Build precise Google search queries using advanced operators — site:, intitle:, filetype:, inurl: and more. Perfect for SEO research, link building and competitor analysis.
site:✅ Worksintitle:✅ Worksfiletype:✅ Worksbefore:/after:✅ Workslink:❌ DeprecatedType your target keyword, domain, or topic into the keyword field. For site-specific searches, enter the domain you want to investigate. All other fields are optional.
Toggle on the search operators relevant to your task — site:, intitle:, inurl:, filetype:, before:/after: date filters, and more. The live preview updates your full search string in real time.
Click Copy to grab the generated search string, or click Open in Google to run the search immediately in a new tab.
Google search operators are special commands added to a search query to refine and target results. Examples include site: to search within a specific domain, intitle: to find pages with a keyword in the title, filetype: to find specific file types, and inurl: to find URLs containing a certain word. They are essential for SEO research, competitive analysis and link building.
The site: operator restricts results to a specific domain. For example, site:example.com shows only pages Google has indexed from that domain. It is commonly used to audit how many pages of a site are indexed and compare your indexed pages against your actual sitemap.
Enable the inurl: operator and enter write-for-us or guest-post, then add your keyword. The generated query will surface websites in your niche that are actively seeking guest contributors. You can also combine it with intitle: to narrow results further.
The most powerful combination for competitor analysis is: site:competitor.com to audit their indexed content, intitle: with your target keyword to find their content on a topic, and filetype:pdf to uncover lead magnets or downloadable resources they offer.
The filetype: operator limits results to a specific file format. Common uses include filetype:pdf to find research papers and whitepapers, filetype:ppt to find presentations, and filetype:csv to find datasets. It is widely used by researchers and SEO professionals.
Yes — combining operators is where Google search becomes truly powerful. For example: site:reddit.com intitle:"SEO tips" after:2024 will find Reddit threads about SEO tips published after 2024. This generator lets you stack multiple operators and see the combined query update in real time.
The before: and after: operators filter results to pages published before or after a specific date in YYYY-MM-DD format. For example, after:2025-01-01 restricts results to content published in 2025 or later. This is invaluable for finding recent statistics or fresh case studies.
Several operators have been retired by Google, including link: for backlinks, the tilde ~ for synonyms, the plus + for forcing exact terms, inanchor: for anchor text, and info: for page information. These are excluded from our generator so you only build queries using operators that reliably work in 2025.
To find topics your competitor has not covered, use: site:competitor.com intext:"your keyword" -intitle:"your keyword". This finds pages that mention the keyword in their body text but have not dedicated a full page to it — revealing content gaps you could exploit.
Yes. Use OR between two terms to get results matching either. Use AND to require both. Parentheses group logic: (term1 OR term2) site:example.com. The minus sign - excludes a term. Exact phrases go in quotes. This generator helps you assemble these combinations without memorising the syntax.