Some Google search operators & calendar

Google advanced search operators (via Daniel Russell)

Essential operators

• “exact phrase”
• * wildcard
• filetype:
• site:
• - excluding
• inurl/allinurl
• OR
• AND

Time

Google search calendar

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Examples

• Find an excel file showing suppliers used by Network Rail

• Find a pdf file that includes the phrase “claims against Cardiff council” but search for any councils, not just Cardiff.

• Repeat, but looking for excel files

• Find someone anywhere in the UK on spareroom.co.uk who is renting a room and who doesn’t want any musicians moving in. What else do they not want?

• Find sites that mention Cardiff and stadium but no rugby or football related results allowed

• Find someone talking about this youtube video but not on the youtube website

• Find a story featuring the Roath neighbourhood on the BBC website from March 2021

• When was each of these councillors last mentioned on Wales Online?: Jane Henshaw, Sue Lent

• What case(s) did the BBC cover from Cardiff Magistrates’ Court in March 2019?

• Find two stories on Wales Online out of Cardiff Crown Court that were published in July 2021

• Find an article whose URL includes all the words Mayo and hurling and inspirational. What’s the name of the club’s village?

• Find a forum where Cardiff City football team is being discussed