Posts Tagged ‘Advanced Search’

Advanced Search Operators in Yahoo Site Explorer

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Excerpt: This is not really new but it is really useful and something that many SEOs are unaware of. We all know about Google’s advanced search operators that allow you to refine your search in such a way as to search for links in Google and pages that have been indexed. Yahoo’s Site Explorer offers an easy to use link finder but two search modifiers are available from the Yahoo search bar. These are: site: linkdomain: Used in combination they can be used to create powerful link analysis queries. linkdomain:seothegame.com -site:seothegame.com This will create a search for the links that are connected to the domain…

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Advanced Search Techniques

October 9th, 2008 by Carl | 4 Comments | Filed in Basic SEO, Google, Keyword Research, Linking, SEO tips, URLs

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Excerpt: One of the best tools to use for SEO is the Google search engine. It allows you to perform very specific searches on sites and for file types. Knowing how to get information out of Google should be part of every SEO specialist’s basic knowledge. Search Operators or Query Modifiers These are placed in front of the search term and allow you define searches for phrases that occur within a website title or in the anchor text of the site. The search allows you to do searches using the minus character to excludes certain words. Complete phrases can be added between double…

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