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Web - Search - Paramaeters - Google PDF

This document summarizes the various parameters that can be used in Google web searches to modify search queries and results. Parameters include search modifiers to define exact phrases, date ranges, file types, and sites to include or exclude. Other parameters control result formatting, localization, and safe search settings.

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Web - Search - Paramaeters - Google PDF

This document summarizes the various parameters that can be used in Google web searches to modify search queries and results. Parameters include search modifiers to define exact phrases, date ranges, file types, and sites to include or exclude. Other parameters control result formatting, localization, and safe search settings.

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Google websearch parameters

Parameter Description (Value)


Search modifiers

q / as_q the search query


as_epq matches exact phrase, same as searchphrase surrounded by quotes in searchbox
as_oq with at least one of the search terms, same as searchterms combined with OR in searchbox
as_eq without these searchterms, same as searchterm prefixed with - in the searchbox

qdr / as_qdr Date restriction, show results up to either 3 months old, 6 months old, or 1 year old
(3m | 6m | y)
as_occt query term occurs in (any | title | body | url | links)

as_filetype specify filetype (pdf | ps | dwf | kml | kmz | xls | ppt | doc | rtf | swf)
as_ft exclude or include solely files with filetype given in as_filetype (e | i)

sitesearch the same as site: (URL with or without http://)


as_sitesearch same as sitesearch, but shows site:URL in the search box, can be used together with as_dt
(URL with or without http://)
as_dt together with as_sitesearch shows you results from URL, or from all except that URL (i (only
this URL)| e (except this URL))
as_rq find sites related to URL, same as related: in the search box (URL)
as_lq find sites linking to URL, same as link: in the search box (URL)

hl specifies the interface language


lr language restrict (<langcode>)

ie input encoding
oe output encoding (<documentation>)

safe safe search filtering (active (default)| off)


filter 0

Result modifiers

num number of results (<0..100>)


newwindow open results in new window (1)
pws disable personalized web search (0)
adtest allows testing of ads without registering an impression, url's are not clickable (on)

Buttons

btnG normal search from webinterface


btnI I'm feeling lucky search (I%27m+Feeling+Lucky)

Localization (taken from: bluetent.typepad.com)

gl country, for instance "US" (<countrycode>)


gll latitude&longitude, (<latitude>,<longitude>)
gr region, for instance GB-ENG (<region>)
gcs city, to use this gr must be set to the same value (<city>)
gpc postal code, only works if gl is set to "US" (<postalcode>)
gm US designated metropolitan areas (<GM>)

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