Get more out of Google Search by using operators

Hack College recently published a Google infographic titled Get More out of Google. The infographic defines a number of operators for refining Google search results. The operators can greatly reduce the number of results in a search query.

Here are some of the more commonly used operators. Note that operators can be strung together by separating each operator with a space.

Operator	Use	Example	Result
site:	Only searches the specified site pages	site:regis.edu	Only regis.edu sites are included
" "	Searches for the exact phrase	"service learning"	Returns only phrases that include "service learning"
-	Excludes the term	-CPS	Excluded all results with CPS
filetype:	Searches only for the specified doc type	filetype:jpg	Returns only jpg image files
~	Includes words related to the primary search word	~college	Also returns related terms such as 'university' and 'higher education'
intitle:	Shows only results with the specified word in the title	intitle:learning technologies	Returns results with the phrase 'learning technologies' in the page title
..	Specifies a time range	2009..2011	Shows only results between 2009 and 2011
*	Wild card	*technologies	Includes learning technologies, instructional technologies, information technologies, etc.

The complete infographic also includes tips for using Google Scholar, keyboard shortcuts, word definition searches, and more. The infographic is published under a Creative Commons license and can be shared with others by following the Hack College attribution instructions, located at the bottom of the infographic web page.