General Searching
# Search exact phrase
“widgets�
# Search any part of the term
(apple OR orange)
# Search for all of the words
apple oranges
# Search for none of the terms
-(apple oranges)
# Search for pages from a region (This will give webpages about widgets from the US and Australia)
(loc:US OR loc:AU) widget
Link Research
# Search for backward links from 1 domain
link:http://www.yahoo.com
# Search for backward links from multiple domains
(link:yahoo.com OR link:google.com)
Site Research
# Display 250 pages from a site
site:widgets.com –qasw
# Display page excluding a domain
-site:widgets.com
Misc.
# To emphasize sites that have been recently added to the search index (you can select the amount of empahsis by picking a value between 0-100)
widgets {frsh=100}
# To emphasize sites by the number of other sites that link to them(you can select the amount of empahsis by picking a value between 0-100)
widgets {popl=100}
# To emphasize on the match between your exact search words and your results, This will de-emphasize the two other slider rankings. (you can select the amount of empahsis by picking a value between 0-100)
widgets {mtch=100}
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