In this post, we are going to talk about how to "Google" stuff like a pro.

Even though Google search bar itself is very powerful already, however, you can make your search even more precise and accurate. Let's dig in!

site:

You can input your search text, and then type site: with the website domain name to specify your result to show from the site you specified only. For example, you want to search for the results from stackoverflow.com:

google-search-with-site

filetype:

You can search for specific file type like this filetype: and then with the file extension. You can specify any filetype you like, ex: PPT, docx, etc. Here's how you can search for pdf file:

google-search-with-filetype

inurl:

If you are interested of searching for a specific url, here you can type inurl: along with the url you want. For example, you want to search for a php file that takes id as parameter, you can type something like this: inurl:.php?id=:

google-search-with-inurl

Of course, you can search for any phrases that you like, you get what I mean.

intext:

Like what you might have thought, this can be used to search for specific text on the website:

google-search-with-intext

If you want to find related websites but you only know very few of them, you can use related: along with the domain name that you know. For example, you know pexels.com but you also want to find out other similar websites:

google-search-with-related

There are also many other ways to refine your web searches, here is the link from Google that you might also like: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433


That's all about it! Hope this helps!

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