ICDST Search Engine Syntax Guide

1 inurl: word or inurl:" some text "

Scope: https://[.....] or http://[.....]

This command filters results to include specified text in their URLs.

EXAMPLE: inurl:about-us This finds all websites that include "about-us" in their URLs.

2 intitle: word or intitle:" some text "

Scope: <title>[.....]</title>

This command filters results to include specified text in their title tags.

EXAMPLE: intitle:"introduction to" This finds all webpages with title tags containing the phrase "introduction to".

3 indes: word or indes:" some text "

Scope: <meta name="description" content="[.....]"/>

This command filters results to include specified text in their description meta tags.

EXAMPLE: indes:"learn with" This finds all web pages where the content attribute of their description meta tags contains "learn with."

4 site: domain.com

Scope: httpx://www.domain.com/[.....] or httpx://domain.com/[.....]

This command includes http and https (httpx) plus www and non-www versions of domain.com.

EXAMPLE: launch events site:nasa.gov This finds web pages from httpx://[www. and non-www].nasa.gov with information on "launch events."

EXAMPLE: Crypto market site:icdst.org/blog/ This finds web pages from httpx://[www. and non-www].icdst.org/blog/ with information on "Crypto market."

5 domain: TLD

Scope: httpx://subdomain1.domain.[.....] /directory1/page1.html

This command filters results to include only specified top-level domains in their domain part.

EXAMPLE: how to write an article domain:edu This command searches web pages with a .edu TLD for the phrase "how to write an article."

6 subdomains: domain.com

Scope: httpx://[.....].domain.com /directory1/page1.html

This command includes all subdomains (multiple levels) in search results for specified domain.com, unlike the site command which includes only httpx with www and non-www versions.

EXAMPLE: rocket engine subdomains:nasa.gov This finds rocket engine related pages in all multi-level subdomains of *.*.nasa.gov.

7 filetype: file_extension

Scope: https://subdomain1.domain.com/directory1/page1.[.....]

This command filters results to include only specified file extensions.

EXAMPLE: health and nutrition filetype:html This shows html webpages related to health and nutrition.

8 " some text here "

This command (double quoted text) filters results to include only those that contain the precisely quoted text.

EXAMPLE: "how to learn" This finds exact double quoted keyword(s) in the index.

9 "" some text here ""

This command (double double quoted text), unlike double quoted queries, is used to find results with missing or other words (or phrases) in between.

EXAMPLE: ""The weather is today"" This finds results with "the weather is very hot today" or "the weather is so cold today" or any other results with missing words in between.

10 date: num {s,m,h,d,w,o,y}

This command limits output results based on timespans where {s,m,h,d,w,o,y} represent {seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, weeks, years}.

EXAMPLE: cats and mice date:5.5o This shows results in the period of the last 5.5 months based on index time.

11 related: example.com or related:"example.com"

This command lists content providers which have the most common keywords with httpx://[www. or non-www]example.com.

EXAMPLE: related:archive.org This lists domains which have the most common keywords with archive.org in the index.