You can use symbols or words in your search to make your search results more precise.
- Google Search usually ignores punctuation that isn’t part of a search operator.
- Don’t put spaces between the symbol or word and your search term. A search for
site:nytimes.com
will work, butsite: nytimes.com
won’t.
Refine image searches
Overall Advanced Search
- Go to Advanced Image Search.
- Use filters like region or file type to narrow your results.
- At the bottom, click Advanced Search.
Search for an exact image size
Right after the word you're looking for, add the text imagesize:widthxheight
. Make sure to add the dimensions in pixels.
Example: imagesize:500x400
Common search techniques
Search social media
Put @
in front of a word to search social media. For example: @twitter
.
Search for a price
Put $
in front of a number. For example: camera $400
.
Search hashtags
Put #
in front of a word. For example: #throwbackthursday
Exclude words from your search
Put -
in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed -car
Search for an exact match
Put a word or phrase inside quotes. For example, "tallest building"
.
Search within a range of numbers
Put ..
between two numbers. For example, camera $50..$100
.
Combine searches
Put "OR
" between each search query. For example, marathon OR race
.
Search for a specific site
Put "site:
" in front of a site or domain. For example, site:youtube.com
or site:.gov
.
Search for related sites
Put "related:
" in front of a web address you already know. For example, related:time.com
.
See Google’s cached version of a site
Put "cache:
" in front of the site address.
Important: Not all search operators return exhaustive results.