General queries:
- "x y z" phrase: match the whole string as one
- x (y OR z) boolean: match x and either y or z (same as x (y|z))
- x -y negation: match x but not y
- +the fuzz explicit inclusion: to prevent auto-ignore of common words (or put in quotes)
- ~x synonyms: match x or words like x
- x 1..100 number range: match x and any number between 1 and 100 (can also leave out one of the numbers to do a floor or ceiling)
- for ** bell tolls full-word wildcards: match for, any 2 words, then bell and tolls
- intitle:x search titles of web pages (use allintitle: to include all following words)
- intext:html search only body text
- inahchor:x search links' descriptive text
- site:x search a certain website (does not understand subdirectories)
- inurl:x search within urls
- link:x return a list of pages that link to a certain page
- cache:x return the cached copy of a page
- filtype:x search for certain filename extensions (htm and html return different results)
- related:x find pages related to x
- info:x show information that Google has gathered about a page
- phonebook:x search Google's phonebook for a certain number
- define:x gives definitions for a word according to the web
- movie:x search for a movie
- music:x search for music
- source:x search for news from a specific source
- intext:x search within text
- intitle:x search within titles
- insubject:x searches posting subjects for query words
- group:x search within a certain group
- author:x search for posts by the author
- blogurl:x searches a specific blog by its URL
- inblogtitle:x search blogs titles
- inposttitle:x search post titles
- inpostauthor:x search by post author
- Searches are case-insensitive
- Google advanced search (gives even more options)
- Zeitgeist (also has archives of past zeitgeists)
- Use Gmail as a Linux filesystem
- Use Gmail as a hard drive
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