Boolean Operators / Search Operators

Minus sign used in search query ex. jaguar speed -car

Used in a Google search to exclude a term in a search query

NOT

Used in boolean search; results include the first term and exclude the second term

AND

Boolean operator used to narrow your search; results must include both terms; gives fewer search results

Search Operator

characters or a string of characters used in a search engine query to help narrow a search

site:

Put before a domain name or site to limit search to a specific domain or site

related:

Put before the name of a URL that you know to find related sites

cache:

Put in front of the URL to see Google's cached version of a site

@ symbol used in Google Search

Searches social media

Asterick used in search query ex. "largest * in the world"

Used in search as a wildcard character or to search for unknown words in a phrase

OR

Used in search to expand your search; results include either or both term; gives more search results

Quotation marks around search query ex. "tallest building"

Used to search for an exact match of the search query

.. used in Google Search

put in between 2 numbers to search for a range including those numbers

$ used in Google Search

put in front of a number to search for a price

# used in Google search

put in front of a word to search for a hashtag

Boolean Operator

terms such as AND, OR, NOT that help to refine your search