Can you combine multiple Google Advanced Search Operators?

[dirtysecret]

Like the thread title says, can you?

I'm sorry if this very noobish but I couldn't find a definite answer from doing a google search.

Much of it was old and outdated (on forums like DP, webmasterworld, etc) and no one in thread of those sites seemed to know the answer either.

 

[kaliyuga]

Well yes of course you can combine them.

To save on "head work" go the Advanced search form that Google gives you:

http://www.g**gle.co.uk/advanced_search?q=advanced+operators&hl=en

There you can combine them all you like. Enter all the things you want and it'll generate the combined syntax for you.

 

[dirtysecret]

I'm looking to combine adv ops like "allinurl:" and "allinanchor:" into one query.

I want to find websites that have my keywords both in their domain name and in the anchor text of backlinks.

Can someone show me what that would look like?

For example, if the query worked the way I wanted it to, I would type:

allinurl: financial planning allinanchor: financial planning

And it would show me all websites that have the phrase "financial planning" anywhere in their URL and "financial planning" in the anchor text of at least one backlink to their site.

Can this be done?

 

[kaliyuga]

Sadly no. I don't know of any way to get more than one of those to work at a time.

 

[WickednDivine]

you can do "OR", but not "AND"

allinurl: financial planning || allinanchor: financial planning

It's a "this or that" rather than "this and that"

 

[dhamma_man]

Hi all!

I think the link that kaliuyuga is trying to point you to (it doesn't work if you scramble (g**gle) a redirect link) is:

http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

BTW - Thanks to pollfactory!

_

 

[dirtysecret]

It's a "this or that" rather than "this and that"

Are you 100% certain of this? If so....damn...that sux.

 

[WickednDivine]

Are you 100% certain of this? If so....damn...that sux.

yes, 100%

4.1. Search Operators that Can't Be Combined

There are about a dozen search operators that can't be combined with any other. If you do, Google probably won't return any matching documents. Search operators that shouldn't be mixed include:

* All the search operators whose names begin with "allin," e.g., allinanchor:, allintext:, allintitle:, and allinurl:.
* Syntaxes that request special information, e.g., define: or phonebook.
* Page-specific search operators, e.g., cache:, info:, related:.

from:

http://www.googleguide.com/using_advanced_operators.html