Welcome to my e-book on Search Engines for the world wide web by Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner. A Visual quickstart guide published by Peachtree press, ISBN 0-201-73401-x, read in December 2005.
PART OF APPENDIX A
| meta word format | What it does |
|---|---|
| title:word or phrase | Searches web page title for word or phrase you specify. |
| domain:name | restricts search to pages containing name selected. can be specified up to 3 levels: domain:com, domain:ford.com, domain:www.ford.com |
| linkdomain:name | restrict search to pages containing links to the domain you specify, if finds pages that link to that domain |
| outgoingurlext:extension | restricts search to pages containing embedded files with a particular extension |
| depth:number | limits how deep within a web site your search goes, i.e. depth:3 = three pages |
| feature:acrobat | detects acrobat files |
| feature:applet | detects embedded Java applets |
| feature:activex | detects activeX controls or layouts |
| feature:audio | detects audio files |
| feature:embed | detects plug-ins |
| feature:flash | detects flash plug-in HTML |
| feature:form | detects forms in HTML documents |
| feature:frame | detects frames in HTML documents |
| feature:image | detects image files |
| feature:script | detects embedded scripts |
| feature:shockwave | detects shockwave files |
| feature:table | detects tables in HTML documents |
| feature:video | detects video formats |
| feature:vrml | detects VRML files |
| scriptlanguage:javascript | Allows you to search for pages containing JavaScript |
| scriptlanguage:vbscript | Allows you to search for pages containing VBScript |
| after:dd/mm/yy | use in a boolean expression to restrict search to pages created or modified after the date specified |
| before:dd/mm/yy | use in a boolean expression to restrict search to pages created or modified before the date specified |
| within:number/unit | use in a boolean expression to restrict search to pages created or modified within a specified time. |
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