Refine web searches (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, but site: nytimes.com won’t.

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.