Search Engine Operators
Bing
Bing Search Guide: https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/bing-google-advanced-search-operators/
Example
What It Does
contains:gif
Keeps results focused on sites that have links to the file types that you specify
ext: docx
filetype: pdf
Returns only web pages created in the file type that you specify
intitle: 2019 inbody: wimbledon
Returns only web pages that contain the specified term in the metadata
ip: 207.241.148.80
Language: fr
loc: US
prefer: history
Adds emphasis to a search term or another operator to help focus the results
site: site.com
feed: Technology
Finds RSS or Atom feeds about the search term
site: site.com hasfeed: world
Finds web pages that contain an RSS or Atom feed on a website for the terms you search for
url: site.com
Source: https://www.lifewire.com/bing-advanced-search-3482817
Google
Advanced Search Page: https://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search
Linked examples: https://moz.com/learn/seo/search-operators
PDF Guide: http://www.googleguide.com/print/adv_op_ref.pdf
Google has a large variety of search operators. It would be advisable to download and consult the above linked PDF.
DuckDuckGo
Search Syntax: https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/
cats dogs
Results about cats or dogs
"cats and dogs"
Results for exact term "cats and dogs". If no results are found, we'll try to show related results.
cats -dogs
Fewer dogs in results
cats +dogs
More dogs in results
cats filetype: pdf
PDFs about cats. Supported file types: pdf, doc(x), xls(x), ppt(x), html
dogs site: example.com
Pages about dogs from example.com
cats -site: example.com
Pages about cats, excluding example.com
intitle: dogs
Page title includes the word "dogs"
inurl: cats
Page url includes the word "cats"
!safeon
Append to search to turn on Safe Search
!safeoff
Append to search to turn off Safe Search
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