300 Best Boolean Strings Modern Search Rules and Examples 3rd Edition By Irina Shamaeva TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 GOOGLE BOOLEAN SYNTAX 3 Keyword Search 3 Simple Searches: Find Pages and Sites to Explore 3 Google Direct Answers and Knowledge Graph 4 Quotation Marks 6 Advanced Operator site: (X-Raying) 6 site: Search a Subdomain 6 site: Search a Top Level Domain 7 site: Search a Directory 7 site: (X-Raying) Examples 8 Advanced Operators intitle: and inurl: 10 Operator intitle: 10 Operator inurl: 10 Operators intitle: and inurl: in X-Raying 11 Search Strings Combining intitle: and site: 11 Strings by Search Strings Combining inurl: and site: 12 Operator filetype: 12 Operator related: 13 Operator define 14 Google Operator numrange: 14 Boolean OR Strings 16 Boolean Logic (NOT) 17 Notes for Practical Googling 18 GOOGLE BOOLEAN SEARCH APPLICATIONS 20 Search for Answers 20 LinkedIn Profiles X-Ray 20 XING X-Ray Searches 22 Meetup X-Ray Searches 22 About.me X-Ray Searches 22 Twitter X-Ray Searches 23 X-Ray Other Social Sites 23 X-Raying Professional Databases for Resumes 24 X-Raying Sites with File Storage 24 X-Raying ZoomInfo for Profiles 25 X-Raying Data.com Connect 25 X-Raying Crunchbase 25 Searching for Contact Information – Email 26 Searching for Contact Lists 26 Searching for Diversity 28 ADVANCED SEARCH ON GOOGLE 29 Operator Asterisk * - Fill in the Blanks 29 Multiple Asterisks 30 Asterisk * site: Searches 30 GOOGLE SPECIAL SEARCHES 32 Image Search 32 Other Special Searches 32 CUSTOM SEARCH ENGINES 33 Search Everything (http://bit.ly/SearchEverythingCSE) 33 Slideshare Resumes (http://bit.ly/SlideshareResumesCSE) 33 Slideshare CVs (http://bit.ly/SlideshareCVsCSE) 33 Email Formats (http://bit.ly/EmailFormatsCSE) 33 LinkedIn Persons (http://bit.ly/LinkedInPersonsCSE) 34 Meetup Persons (http://bit.ly/MeetupPersonsCSE) 34 Google-Plus Persons (http://bit.ly/GooglePlusPersonsCSE) 34 Documents by Format (http://bit.ly/DocumentsFormatsCSE) 34 Documents Storage (http://bit.ly/DocumentsStorageCSE) 34 Diversity Associations (http://bit.ly/DiversityAssociationsCSE) 34 Hidden Resumes (http://bit.ly/HiddenResumesCSE) 34 LinkedIn Countries (http://bit.ly/LinkedInCountriesCSE) 35 LinkedIn Language Proficiency (http://bit.ly/LanguageProficiencyCSE) 35 Google Domains (http://bit.ly/GoogleDomainsCSE) 35 Career Pages (http://bit.ly/CareerPagesCSE) 35 Google Scholar Profiles (http://bit.ly/ScholarProfilesCSE) 35 X-Ray About.me (http://bit.ly/XRayAboutMeCSE) 35 X-Ray Vizualize.me (http://bit.ly/XRayVizualizeMe) 35 Behance Resumes (http://bit.ly/BehanceResumes) 35 BING AND OTHER SEARCH ENGINES 36 Bing 36 Yandex 36 DuckDuckGo 37 LINKEDIN 38 Boolean Search on LinkedIn 38 LinkedIn Semantic Search 38 LinkedIn Boolean Search Examples 39 TWITTER 40 GITHUB 41 FACEBOOK 42 APPENDIX A – ALPHABETIZED LIST OF GOOGLE STRINGS 43 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 59

1. 300 Best Boolean Strings
Modern Search Rules and Examples
3rd
Edition
By Irina Shamaeva
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
GOOGLE BOOLEAN SYNTAX 3
Keyword Search 3
Simple Searches: Find Pages and Sites to Explore 3
Google Direct Answers and Knowledge Graph 4
Quotation Marks 6
Advanced Operator site: (X-Raying) 6
site: Search a Subdomain 6
site: Search a Top Level Domain 7
site: Search a Directory 7
site: (X-Raying) Examples 8
Advanced Operators intitle: and inurl: 10
Operator intitle: 10
Operator inurl: 10
Operators intitle: and inurl: in X-Raying 11
Search Strings Combining intitle: and site: 11
Strings by Search Strings Combining inurl: and site: 12
Operator filetype: 12
Operator related: 13

2. Operator define 14
Google Operator numrange: 14
Boolean OR Strings 16
Boolean Logic (NOT) 17
Notes for Practical Googling 18
GOOGLE BOOLEAN SEARCH APPLICATIONS 20
Search for Answers 20
LinkedIn Profiles X-Ray 20
XING X-Ray Searches 22
Meetup X-Ray Searches 22
About.me X-Ray Searches 22
Twitter X-Ray Searches 23
X-Ray Other Social Sites 23
X-Raying Professional Databases for Resumes 24
X-Raying Sites with File Storage 24
X-Raying ZoomInfo for Profiles 25
X-Raying Data.com Connect 25
X-Raying Crunchbase 25
Searching for Contact Information – Email 26
Searching for Contact Lists 26
Searching for Diversity 28
ADVANCED SEARCH ON GOOGLE 29
Operator Asterisk * - Fill in the Blanks 29
Multiple Asterisks 30
Asterisk * site: Searches 30
GOOGLE SPECIAL SEARCHES 32
Image Search 32
Other Special Searches 32
CUSTOM SEARCH ENGINES 33
Search Everything (http://bit.ly/SearchEverythingCSE) 33

3. Slideshare Resumes (http://bit.ly/SlideshareResumesCSE) 33
Slideshare CVs (http://bit.ly/SlideshareCVsCSE) 33
Email Formats (http://bit.ly/EmailFormatsCSE) 33
LinkedIn Persons (http://bit.ly/LinkedInPersonsCSE) 34
Meetup Persons (http://bit.ly/MeetupPersonsCSE) 34
Google-Plus Persons (http://bit.ly/GooglePlusPersonsCSE) 34
Documents by Format (http://bit.ly/DocumentsFormatsCSE) 34
Documents Storage (http://bit.ly/DocumentsStorageCSE) 34
Diversity Associations (http://bit.ly/DiversityAssociationsCSE) 34
Hidden Resumes (http://bit.ly/HiddenResumesCSE) 34
LinkedIn Countries (http://bit.ly/LinkedInCountriesCSE) 35
LinkedIn Language Proficiency (http://bit.ly/LanguageProficiencyCSE) 35
Google Domains (http://bit.ly/GoogleDomainsCSE) 35
Career Pages (http://bit.ly/CareerPagesCSE) 35
Google Scholar Profiles (http://bit.ly/ScholarProfilesCSE) 35
X-Ray About.me (http://bit.ly/XRayAboutMeCSE) 35
X-Ray Vizualize.me (http://bit.ly/XRayVizualizeMe) 35
Behance Resumes (http://bit.ly/BehanceResumes) 35
BING AND OTHER SEARCH ENGINES 36
Bing36
Yandex 36
DuckDuckGo 37
LINKEDIN 38
Boolean Search on LinkedIn 38
LinkedIn Semantic Search 38
LinkedIn Boolean Search Examples 39
TWITTER 40
GITHUB 41
FACEBOOK 42
APPENDIX A – ALPHABETIZED LIST OF GOOGLE STRINGS 43

4. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 59
TIP SHEETS
Tip Sheet: Google Boolean Syntax 2
Tip Sheet: Look for What You Expect to Find 5
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