| Filter |
Use |
| intext: |
Searches for the given keyword in the base text of the website. I.e. the metadata description. |
| inurl: |
Searches for the keywords in the of the website URL |
| intitle: |
Searches for content with the specified keyword within the page title. |
| site: |
This will specify the particular site you want to search for. Adding this will show only results from that site. |
| filetype: |
This will search and filter for a particular file type. For example, .pdf, .txt,.docx, etc. |
| link: |
This will search for websites that contain links to other websites. Forexample, show all websites that contain ’x’ link. |
| numrange: |
This will search for a specific number range in the search. If you’re looking for a specific number, you can always just use the intext filter. |
| before:/after: |
This allows you to filter for files, or websites within a date range. The format for this is YYYY-MM-DD i.e. 2026-04-20 |
| inanchor: |
This will search for terms in the website tags. |
| inpostauthor: |
This will search for websites or files with a certain author in the metadata. |
| related: |
This will search for related content to a certain website. You use the link in this field. i.e. related:routedbytes.com |
| cache: |
This will show the version of the web page that Google has in the cache. |
“|” is used for this OR that.
“&” is used for this AND that.
“()” are put around one, or many filters, kind of like multiplication and order of operations.
“*” Is a wild card. i.e. facebook.*
“-” This is used to negate a filter. i.e. –filetype:pdf will show no PDF documents.