Apr 04

Google query parameters

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This list includes modifiers for many of the advanced search queries, such as date restrictions or appearance of a certain phrase in a page’s title, body, url or links. It also includes result modifiers, such as the one used for getting non-personalized search results. Other modifiers allow localization, from country down to latitude/longitude coordinates.

Parameter Description (Value)
Search modifiers
q / as_q the search query
as_epq matches exact phrase, same as searchphrase surrounded by quotes in searchbox
as_oq with at least one of the search terms, same as searchterms combined with OR in searchbox
as_eq without these searchterms, same as searchterm prefixed with – in the searchbox
qdr / as_qdr Date restriction, show results up to either 3 months old, 6 months old, or 1 year old (3m | 6m | y)
as_occt query term occurs in (any | title | body | url | links)
as_filetype specify filetype (pdf | ps | dwf | kml | kmz | xls | ppt | doc | rtf | swf)
as_ft exclude or include solely files with filetype given in as_filetype (e | i)
sitesearch the same as site: (URL with or without http://)
as_sitesearch same as sitesearch, but shows site:URL in the search box, can be used together with as_dt
as_dt (URL with or without http://)
as_rq together with as_sitesearch shows you results from URL, or from all except that URL (i (only
as_lq this URL)| e (except this URL))
hl find sites related to URL, same as related: in the search box (URL)
lr find sites linking to URL, same as link: in the search box (URL)
ie specifies the interface language
oe language restrict
safe input encoding
filter safe search filtering (active (default)| off)
Result modifiers
num number of results (<0..100>)
newwindow open results in new window (1)
pws disable personalized web search (0)
adtest allows testing of ads without registering an impression, url’s are not clickable (on)
Buttons
btnG normal search from webinterface
btnI I’m feeling lucky search (I’m+Feeling+Lucky)
Localization
gl country, for instance “US”
gll latitude&longitude
gr region, for instance GB-ENG
gcs city, to use this gr must be set to the same value
gpc postal code, only works if gl is set to “US”
gm US designated metropolitan areas

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