Search engine commands to help track your web site. Example: Go to yahoo.com and search for your web site like this linkdomain:www.yourdomain.com and it will tell you all the reverse links that their bot found when searching the web for your site. Power Searching Commands
This section is being updated to cover the major crawler-based search engines of AllTheWeb, AltaVista, Google, Inktomi and Teoma. These crawlers also provide results to other search engines, so you may find commands on them work with their partners. Major partnerships are as follows: AllTheWeb (Lycos), Google (AOL Search, Yahoo), Inktomi (HotBot), MSN Search (Inktomi), Teoma (Ask Jeeves) | Command | How | Supported By | Title Search
(Updated March 11, 2003) | title: | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Inktomi | | intitle: | Google
Teoma | | allintitle: | Google | Site
Search | host: | AltaVista | | site: | Excite, Google (Netscape, Yahoo) | | url.host: | AllTheWeb,
Lycos (for AllTheWeb results only) | | domain: | Inktomi (HotBot, iWon, LookSmart) | | none | AOL, Direct Hit, HotBot, LookSmart, Lycos, MSN, Netscape, Northern Light, Open Directory, Yahoo | | URL Search | url: | AltaVista, Excite, Northern Light | | url.all: | AllTheWeb,
Lycos (for AllTheWeb results only) | allinurl:
inurl: | Google | | originurl: | Inktomi
(AOL, GoTo, HotBot) | | u: | Yahoo | | none | AOL, Direct Hit, HotBot, LookSmart, MSN
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Open Directory | | Link Search | link: | AltaVista, Google, Northern Light | | linkdomain: | Inktomi (AOL, HotBot, iWon, MSN)
(NOTE: measures links to entire domains) | | link.all: | AllTheWeb,
Lycos (for AllTheWeb results only) | | none | AOL, Direct Hit, Excite, HotBot, LookSmart,
Northern Light
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Netscape, Yahoo (n/a) | | Wildcard | * | AltaVista, Inktomi (iWon), Northern Light
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | ? | AOL Search, Inktomi (iWon) | | % | Northern Light | | none | AllTheWeb, Direct Hit, Excite, Google, HotBot, LookSmart, Lycos, MSN
(MSN's help says it offers wildcard,
but it failed to during testing) | | Anchor Search | anchor: | AltaVista | | None | AllTheWeb, AOL Search, Direct Hit, Excite, Google, Inktomi, HotBot, Lycos | NOTE: The commands above are primarily useful when dealing with crawler-based search engines. "None" indicates any crawler-based or human-powered search engine that creates its own listings but which does not provide a particular command for searching within those listings. It may also indicate a portal that that outsources for its listings and which lacks a single command to work across the multiple datasets it uses. Search Assistance Features
| Feature | Offered By | | Related Searches | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Excite, HotBot, Lycos, MSN, Yahoo
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
iWon | | Clustering | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Excite, Google,
HotBot, MSN, Northern Light | | Find Similar | AltaVista, AOL Search, Google | | Stemming | AOL Search, Direct Hit, HotBot, Inktomi (HotBot, MSN) | | Search Within | AltaVista, Google, HotBot, Lycos | | Spidered Version | Google | | Search By Language | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Excite, Google,
HotBot, Lycos, MSN, Northern Light | | Page Translation | AltaVista, Google, Lycos | | Porn Filter | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Google | | Porn Warning | HotBot, MSN, Northern Light | Customization & Display Features
| Feature | Supported By | Number Of
Listings Shown
(10 unless noted) | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, AOL Search (5), Direct Hit,
Excite, Google, HotBot, LookSmart (15),
Lycos, MSN (15), Northern Light
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
iWon, Netscape, Yahoo (20) | | Ability To Increase Number Of Listings? | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Excite, Google, HotBot, MSN
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | See 20 Results | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Excite, Google, HotBot, MSN
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | See 50 Results | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Excite, Google, HotBot, MSN
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | See 100 Results | AllTheWeb, Google, HotBot,
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | Sort By Date | MSN Search, Northern Light | | Date Range | AltaVista, Google, HotBot, MSN, Northern Light
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
iWon, Yahoo | | Date Displayed? | AltaVista, HotBot (for Inktomi results),
Northern Light | | Display Titles Only? | AltaVista, Excite, HotBot (URLs only option), MSN | | Other Major Customize Options | AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Google | Boolean Commands
(See Boolean Searching page for more details) | Command | How | Supported By | | Or | OR | AltaVista, AOL Search, Excite, Google,
Inktomi (HotBot, MSN), Lycos, Northern Light | | None | AllTheWeb, Direct Hit, LookSmart,
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | And | AND | AltaVista, AOL Search, Excite,
Inktomi (HotBot, MSN) Lycos, Northern Light | | None | AllTheWeb, Direct Hit, Google, LookSmart
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | Not | NOT | AOL Search, Excite, Inktomi (HotBot),
Lycos, Northern Light | | AND NOT | AltaVista, Inktomi (MSN)
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Netscape | | None | AllTheWeb, Direct Hit, Google, LookSmart,
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | Nesting | ( ) | AltaVista, AOL Search, Excite,
Inktomi (MSN), Northern Light | | None | AllTheWeb, Direct Hit, Google, Inktomi (HotBot), LookSmart, Lycos
Not yet updated, but may be still correct:
Yahoo | | Near | NEAR | AltaVista (10 words), AOL Search (specify number), Lycos (25 words) | | None | AllTheWeb, Direct Hit, Google,
Inktomi (HotBot, MSN), LookSmart | Notes
At AltaVista, Boolean only works on advanced search page.
At Excite, Google & MSN, Boolean commands must be in UPPERCASE
At Inktomi-powered services, set menu to "Boolean" |
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