Google Operator Cheat Sheet For Content Marketers

Google Operators Cheat Sheet Google a quick reference for more intelligent search The Basics... "search query . .Use quotes to search for an exact word or set of words -query... Add a dash (-) before a word to exclude results that include that word ~query... Add tilde sign (~) directly in front of a word to search for that word as well as synonyms site:site.com "query" . Uuse this operator to source information withina single website for all mentions of a specific word or phrase Example site:amazon.com "Books" The "Not So" Basics... links:site.com.. Find links to a domain (site) from external domains that are in the Google index Example links:amazon.com Find pages of a domain that are in the Google index Example site:amazon.com site:site.com.. site:sub-directory.site.com..Same as the "site" operator, but will only show results of defined sub-domain Example site:aws.amazon.com .Similar to the "site" operator but explores pages of a sub-directory folder of a domain that are in the site:site.com/folder... Google index Eхample site.amazon.com/books To Find Specific Content... .Find websites in the Google index that have a specific word (query) within the title Example intitle:“books" intitle:query. allintitle:query. . Find websites in the Google index that have all of those specified words (query) within the title Example allintitle:“used books" allinurl:query... Find websites that have all of the keywords (query) as part of their indexed URL allinanchor:query. . Find websites that have all of the keywords as linked text on one or more of their pages For Content Promoters... allintitle:"blog category" .This title search operator will help you take inventory of potential blogs already talking about what you want to promote (infographics, etc) Example allintitle:"mommy blog" When Googling the most popular blog categories (using the "category" operator) we found the following number of search results.* Finance Blog... .291,000 .352,000 .360,000 .596,000 .690,000 758,000 773,000 .864,000 1,320,000 1,460,000 1,700,000 1,760,000 1,860,000 1,930,000 .2,180,000 .2,290,000 .2,540,000 Fashion Blog...3,130,000 Music Blog.. ,910,000 Pet Blog.. | Auto Blog... Social Media Blog.. Shopping Blog.. |Science Blog.. Sports Blog.. Business Blog.. |SEO Blog. |Technology Blog.. Green Blog.. Health Blog... | Wedding Blog. Law Blog. Beauty Blog. Food Blog.. Travel Blog.. 1m 2m 3 m 4 m 5 m 6m *Results were taken from manually entering the search operator "allintitle:query" on April 15th 2013 into Google. Individual results may vary. For Guest Bloggers... These operators help find guest posting opportunities for certain blog categories Example "Finance" submit guest post "SEO" submit guest post "keyword"submit post. site:site.com/submit-post.Can also be combined with the "site" search operator to find out if a certain site accepts guest posts. Try different combinations "submit-guest-blog", "submit-guest-post", etc. Sources: http://www.google.com http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/136861 http://www.seomoz.org/blog/25-killer-combos-for-googles-site-operator WPROM OTE Google Operators Cheat Sheet Google a quick reference for more intelligent search The Basics... "search query . .Use quotes to search for an exact word or set of words -query... Add a dash (-) before a word to exclude results that include that word ~query... Add tilde sign (~) directly in front of a word to search for that word as well as synonyms site:site.com "query" . Uuse this operator to source information withina single website for all mentions of a specific word or phrase Example site:amazon.com "Books" The "Not So" Basics... links:site.com.. Find links to a domain (site) from external domains that are in the Google index Example links:amazon.com Find pages of a domain that are in the Google index Example site:amazon.com site:site.com.. site:sub-directory.site.com..Same as the "site" operator, but will only show results of defined sub-domain Example site:aws.amazon.com .Similar to the "site" operator but explores pages of a sub-directory folder of a domain that are in the site:site.com/folder... Google index Eхample site.amazon.com/books To Find Specific Content... .Find websites in the Google index that have a specific word (query) within the title Example intitle:“books" intitle:query. allintitle:query. . Find websites in the Google index that have all of those specified words (query) within the title Example allintitle:“used books" allinurl:query... Find websites that have all of the keywords (query) as part of their indexed URL allinanchor:query. . Find websites that have all of the keywords as linked text on one or more of their pages For Content Promoters... allintitle:"blog category" .This title search operator will help you take inventory of potential blogs already talking about what you want to promote (infographics, etc) Example allintitle:"mommy blog" When Googling the most popular blog categories (using the "category" operator) we found the following number of search results.* Finance Blog... .291,000 .352,000 .360,000 .596,000 .690,000 758,000 773,000 .864,000 1,320,000 1,460,000 1,700,000 1,760,000 1,860,000 1,930,000 .2,180,000 .2,290,000 .2,540,000 Fashion Blog...3,130,000 Music Blog.. ,910,000 Pet Blog.. | Auto Blog... Social Media Blog.. Shopping Blog.. |Science Blog.. Sports Blog.. Business Blog.. |SEO Blog. |Technology Blog.. Green Blog.. Health Blog... | Wedding Blog. Law Blog. Beauty Blog. Food Blog.. Travel Blog.. 1m 2m 3 m 4 m 5 m 6m *Results were taken from manually entering the search operator "allintitle:query" on April 15th 2013 into Google. Individual results may vary. For Guest Bloggers... These operators help find guest posting opportunities for certain blog categories Example "Finance" submit guest post "SEO" submit guest post "keyword"submit post. site:site.com/submit-post.Can also be combined with the "site" search operator to find out if a certain site accepts guest posts. Try different combinations "submit-guest-blog", "submit-guest-post", etc. Sources: http://www.google.com http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/136861 http://www.seomoz.org/blog/25-killer-combos-for-googles-site-operator WPROM OTE