How to Google with Advanced Search Operators (9 Actionable Tips)

With over 130 trillion pages in Google’s search index, this tutorial shows you how to use Google advanced search operators like a pro with 9 actionable tips and tricks for marketers.
Google’s job is to provide users with the most relevant search results. And seeing millions and sometimes billions of search results can be overwhelming.
This video shows you how to get better search results and explains 9 effective combinations that you can use in your marketing and SEO processes.
Note: There are over 40+ working Google search operators. This video covers 10 of them. You can see the full list of Google advanced search operators here:
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Here’s a breakdown of the video:
In the first couple of minutes, you’ll learn how the following search operators work and see examples in action:
► site:
► -
► “quotation marks”
► OR
► AND
► (brackets)
► filetype
► intitle:
► inurl:
► intext:
The rest of the tutorial is dedicated to teaching you actionable Google search tips that you can use to save time and get better search results.
Tip #1: Find site indexation issues (1:48)
Tip #2: Find people who are stealing your content without your permission (2:54)
Tip #3: Find files that you don’t want to be in Google’s search index (5:16)
Tip #4: Find brilliant ideas for your KZbin thumbnails (5:58) - Hint: These search operators work for Google images advanced searches and the same goes for Google videos.
Tip #5: Find guest posting opportunities (6:38)
Tip #6: Find resource pages and round-ups for link building (8:50)
Tip #7: Find all of the social profiles of a person you want to reach out to (10:23)
Tip #8: Find sites that feature infographics (11:22)
Tip #9: Find opportunities to add internal links (12:40)
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[@debrad.castleberry2457]

This Guide is Extremely Well Done and informative.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, Debra. Glad you found it helpful.

[@girasolrojo5527]

This was great, been searching for "want write a book" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Yonallie Bookworm Blitzer - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my partner got great success with it.

[@jhoncanole2979]

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[@BenjisDad]

Great stuff as always.... you guys have really done a great job at stepping up the KZbin game. Good jobs guys.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, Benji. We have some more good stuff coming your way.

[@wlesie6067]

How to narrow a search for videos only by setting some search operator? for example: bil murray type=video OR: bil murray media=video

[@fmajor206]

Giving examples of how and when to use these advanced search operators made the video unique and very helpful. Thanks guys...

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome. Glad the examples were helpful 🙂

[@maropeno9972]

Hi is there an operator where it can search all at once for a particular name lets say tom cruise in which different article written about him was posted in different website of different search engine. Thank you in advance for your reply.

[@dd-celestine977]

Thanks, had to google this.

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you enjoyed! - Max

[@Zooiest]

This is so helpful! It deserves more views than it has currently.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks for watching Patrik! :)

[@macadamianutz1857]

Wow, didn't know ahref was this powerful. Amazing, especially the content explorer

[@AhrefsCom]

😉

[@yamezbond]

I wonder if you have any info on an action script or way to show people how to search on google, but it makes a link to google and show them the search or how to search typing the words for them. Thanks!

[@AhrefsCom]

I guess you can just share a link to a SERP page for a given keyword. You may copy it from your address bar and send it over to others. Hope that helps. - Max

[@zainulabaidin9343]

awesome. sir plz make a video on how we can check our exact competitors in SERP for a client's website in a specific city in USA. plz let me know how is it possible to find exact competitors in a specific city as google uses our IP to show competitors wheres our client sees different competitors based on different location

[@AhrefsCom]

You can use our Rank Tracker tool to track rankings in specific cities and locations. - SQ

[@aznpride4065]

Hi Sam, Are there any actions that we can take if our descriptions or articles are being copied by other users on the internet?

[@AhrefsCom]

You can try a DMCA takedown. I believe there are other services out there. -Sam

[@drewgriffiths6423]

Very professional . Do you have a tip for finding a company or a business's home page?

[@AhrefsCom]

I guess you can use root domain as a home page, even if there is a redirect that takes me to a home page. - Max

[@drewgriffiths6423]

@@AhrefsCom Thanks Max.. I'll try that

[@aljeearl4481]

What to type if you're looking for guest-posting opportunity on a specific place? (write for us) for example, Hifi in Australia?

[@AhrefsCom]

For country specific terms, you can look for inurl:.com.au for Australian sites. I recommend watching this video on scaling guest blogging. Whether you plan to do it one-by-one or at scale, there are a ton of tips in here for you :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4KuYomYnMdgiLs

[@cpm-freeware]

Learned a lot. Well done!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks! :) -Helen

[@amazingone8187]

Great video. Question how are you able to view more than 300-500 results found in Google search ?

[@AhrefsCom]

I believe the maximum number is 100, which you can do in advanced settings.

[@bendall30]

Great video Sam! Thank you for that. Quick question if I may. (PS I have watched the video twice and could not find an answer to this question). I am trying to set up an alert in Ahrefs that helps me identify mentions of "joint life insurance" (phrase match), as well as mentions of "couple" and "life insurance" in the same article. My query string for this was: "joint life insurance" OR "couples" + "life insurance". However, this identifies mentions including the character + (all of which are irrelevant). I messaged Vlad in Ahrefs support who asked me to try the below query, but he did not seem 100% on whether it would work? ("life insurance suicide" OR "does life insurance cover suicide" OR "suicide") + "life insurance" Are you able to confirm the right approach please? Kind regards Ben

[@AhrefsCom]

Hey Ben. Try this ("joint life insurance" OR "couples") AND "life insurance" You can test the results in Content Explorer and make tweaks as needed (Alerts uses the same database).

[@bendall30]

Thank you very much! I appreciate your fast response.

[@eproductions5115]

Interesting how the logic is very similar to the logic of several coding languages

[@erikschaepers]

...yes, reminded me of JS as well :)

[@Jamman1403]

How do you search multiple urls?

[@AhrefsCom]

Not sure I understand your question, could you pls elaborate? -Helen

[@Jamman1403]

When you use the site: (url) how do you use more then one?

[@AhrefsCom]

You can't use multiple urls with this search operator. -Helen

[@Jamman1403]

Oh, thanks!

[@krateproductions4872]

Can we use these on Google Mobile?

[@AhrefsCom]

Yes. - SQ

[@muhammadarslan2215]

First two methods not working? do u know any reason?

[@AhrefsCom]

Works perfectly for me :) - SQ

[@DrStevePerry]

great video, how can I narrow a boolean search by location?

[@AhrefsCom]

I don't believe you can narrow down your search to a specific location. You could use a VPN as an option if you need localized results.

[@timsyoutubechannel9798]

Thank you, Sam. Really useful.

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome, Tim. Glad you found it helpful.

[@amangautam9263]

Need am updated video with more operators on this topic

[@AhrefsCom]

What operators are you looking at? - SQ

[@amangautam9263]

@@AhrefsCom google operators are really an amazing thing to make any complex SEO related tasks as simple as possible I just wanted to know as much as i can learn about these operators This video already covered a lot of useful operators but is there no any new operator that google has launched in these 3 year??

[@blogkeep3674]

Wow, excellent Insights

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks :) Glad you enjoyed it.

[@cardinal8964]

Very powerful tools. Many thanks!

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@bankauctionpropertie]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Google Search operators are really helpful

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, Alejandro. I use search operators for almost everything.

[@shezzytv4237]

How we can search for comment of our any competitors?

[@AhrefsCom]

Why are you searching for the comments of your competitors? :)

[@shezzytv4237]

Ahrefs because I want to link building at that blog because mostly of the blog website don’t add comments and sometimes our comment are go for pending and it never uploaded. That’s why I want to find the blog comments of the competitors because I think that it can save my time....

[@AhrefsCom]

There are many ways to do link building that doesn't involve blog commenting. Do check out some of our link building tutorials here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hafYY42PjMyCgLM

[@shezzytv4237]

Ahrefs Thanks! it was very helpful

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome :)

[@nikolapupovac2893]

Good stuff man!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, Nikola :)

[@Skynewyear]

amazing video! thanks a lot!

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you enjoyed it, Jimmi!

[@mariekeyrouzsaadeh]

I need your help in technical thing how can I contact you please

[@AhrefsCom]

Try contacting [e-mail]. - SQ

[@tramarthomas6105]

Amazing work

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@allisonjonesphelps2860]

Enlightening - thank you!

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you enjoyed it! -Helen

[@gajananashettigar2572]

How to search business email using search operators?

[@AhrefsCom]

I recommend checking out this video instead which should show you how to find emails from @domain addresses. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnKYpX9-fJ1joNU It's a much more efficient way than using search operators especially with APIs. -Sam

[@andrejjovanovic3695]

thx! Good luck to your channel

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you!

[@Ghostjam1]

Genius

[@JMKtop]

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[@davenilsson5443]

Sam!! Boom what a legend

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, Dave!

[@jameskwon8032]

Thanks!

[@AhrefsCom]

No problem!

[@ovskihouse5271]

Amazing

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks :) -Helen

[@shohaghasan5641]

Just wow type content!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks! -Helen

[@XinyuHuLED]

能用中文讲吗

[@AhrefsCom]

Sam是加拿大人，所以他不会说中文。但是我能。 - SQ

[@mixedbanana2418]

Uh do you know how to do this? My brother showed me that his friend googled who started world war 1 and it showed ariana grande

[@AhrefsCom]

I guess we need a help of your brother's friend here to solve this dilemma🤔 - Max

[@sayelfujael6378]

You made my day!!! :D

[@shimulmostafa807]

hi Your video is very nice

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you!

[@TheLighting2011]

非常棒！

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you!

[@sayelfujael6378]

Still great!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@The12thSeahorse]

This guy is really switched on....however much of he said went over my head....tuned into the wrong level....back to beginners/early intermediate for me.

[@AhrefsCom]

Did you have a chance to watch this videos? - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqfahGqZi556o7M

[@NetrunnerK]

good stuff but you talk too fast, hard to follow you

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks. You can turn the speed on the KZbin player down to 1/2 if you find it easier to follow :)

[@RobertShane]

Why am I here?

[@AhrefsCom]

Good question. But I think you're the only one who can really answer that. 😎 -Sam

[@drazenkamalesev7857]

To search better

[@aliAkbarTV]

this video is making internet naked

[@AhrefsCom]

For those who knows how to search properly😁 - Max

[@ninajefferson4018]

Why do you call it an "operator"? It's not!! It's not an operator! It's a variable of an operator. Like "tutor." NOT OPERATOR!

[@AhrefsCom]

Because Google itself calls it "operator" 🙂 developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/debug/search-operators/overview -Helen

[@fred.c.johnston]

"Tutor." MIGHT be called an 'argument', but NOT a variable... a variable "holds" a value

[@dallasrieck7753]

"tutorial" how about : share?, It's less conceited😉

[@3066961]

[@AhrefsCom]

🙏