AND: Finds documents containing all the specified terms.
OR: Finds documents containing any of the specified terms.
NOT: Excludes documents containing the specified term.
Proximity Search
NEAR: Finds documents where two terms are within a specified distance of each other.
Wildcard Search
*: Matches any number of characters. For example,
"apple*" will match "apple", "apples", "applepie", etc.
?: Matches a single character. For example,
"apple?" will match "apples" but not "applepie".
Phrase Search
"": Finds documents containing the exact phrase. For example,
`"tallest building"`.
File Type Search
filetype:: Finds documents of a specific file type. For example,
`filetype:pdf`.
Site Search
site:: Finds documents from a specific website. For example,
`site:nytimes.com`.
In URL Search
inurl:: Finds documents where the URL contains a specific term. For example,
`inurl:blog`.
Title Search
intitle:: Finds documents where the title contains a specific term. For example,
`intitle:technology`.
Date Range Search
date:: Finds documents from a specific date range. For example,
`date:2023-01-01..2023-12-31`.
Number Range Search
..: Finds documents containing numbers within a specific range. For example,
`price:50..100`.
Define
define:: Provides the definition of a word. For example,
`define:serendipity`.
Related
related:: Finds documents related to a specific URL. For example,
`related:amazon.com`.
Cache
cache:: Displays the cached version of a webpage. For example,
`cache:google.com`.
Allintitle
allintitle:: Finds documents where all the specified terms are in the title.
Allinurl
allinurl:: Finds documents where all the specified terms are in the URL.
phranque
10:00 pm on Aug 29, 2024 (gmt 0)
Brett: "here's some candy"
NickMNS
5:54 pm on Aug 30, 2024 (gmt 0)
I have got to say I'm a little confused by this. Isn't the point of AI/LLM, that you don't need to use "operators". We've always been able to search using operators. I would have thought that you could type
find documents with a distance of ....
Or
find words that start with apple.
Brett_Tabke
11:41 am on Aug 31, 2024 (gmt 0)
It really does blow up the whole ;paradigm Nick. I too went into it thinking:
Bing/Google are search engines with supplemental results by AI. SearchGPT is AI/LLM with Supplemental results by Search.
But it is much more nuanced that that. SearchGPT is really trying to have it's cake and eat it too by being primarily a dual mode beast from the outset. It gives the user the ability to pick-n-choose which mode-of-operation is the most appropriate. Whereas, Bing/Google slam AI results in your face whether you want them or not.
I just love that SearchGPT has one-up'd Google/Bing with the most complete set of search operators ever seen on the modern web. I hope they take it the next level and give users the full raft of options Bing and Google wont (because it would hit their ad income).