I do not know what to type in Yandex. How to search in Yandex and Google correctly - we reveal some secrets! Yandex Direct search operators and their secrets
Among the billions of pages of Internet content, only search engines can help the web user and help him find this or that information. But only a few have at their disposal the knowledge of effective search in the major search engines Google and Yandex, because everywhere there are secrets and features.
I already wrote about the Google search engine in a post. And today we’ll talk about the Yandex / Yandex search engine.
Yandex is a search engine that can, at your request, find the most relevant web pages, news, pictures, encyclopedia articles or products in the Russian-speaking part of the Internet, answer a question about the weather or cultural events.
It is enough to type a question - just as you would ask a librarian or a know-it-all polymath. For example, where do crayfish hibernate? or brightest star in the northern hemisphere
Yandex is just program, not a person. No need to endow him with omnipotence: they say, there is everything, just say it.
No matter how hard its developers try, no one on the planet has yet managed to create artificial intelligence. Keep this fact in mind and don't try to ask Yandex "human questions". There is little sense from this - they will not understand.
Therefore, let's start with the most important subtleties of information search. The most important and basic here is the correct formulation of the query in the search engine line. The request should clearly describe what you need to find in the bowels of the Internet. For example, for one non-specific query "apple", we notice in the search engine results the website of a political party, and explanations of the term "apple", and various recipes, and many other pages (useful and not very useful). So in each of your requests, you must clearly answer the question: what is the object that you want to find information about on the issuance pages.
By the way, when typing a query, Yandex itself will offer you the most relevant options - search suggestions.
Now about the query: a very long query can both improve the accuracy of the search and worsen it.
It is better to search in Yandex for phrases,
consisting of two or three words.
After receiving the results, wait to click immediately. Take a look at the suggested links. Evaluate: is this exactly what you are looking for? If not, then just refine your query by adding new words.
If the subject of the query is specific, for example, regarding the “digestive system of the Spanish hedgehog”: o), then the query should consist of no more than 5-6 words (in most cases) When, regarding your long (several words) query, the search engine gives nonsense, then you need to reduce the number of words in the query in order to expand the search area, in the extreme case - it's better than not finding anything at all. Perhaps in this version you will not get 100% what you wanted, but alternatively approximate information is also good, for lack of a better one.
Advice: in the case of very incorrect issuance of your request, the method of selecting synonyms and rephrasing your request helps. Sometimes, this helps to find the necessary information, because search engines are guided by the occurrence of keywords in the text of the page, and if you change the query, then the output changes accordingly.
By the way, there are a couple of secrets here.
Firstly,
Search engines have such an interesting feature,
as "Advanced Search".
Advanced Yandex search is available at: http://yandex.ru/search/advanced
In the window of this most advanced search, you can manipulate the output a little by setting certain parameters, thereby narrowing the search area.
As you can see, in the Yandex advanced search window, we can set up a specific region, word arrangement, page language, page format, date added, and much more. The Google search engine has a similar and intuitive advanced search interface.
Second, know:
Yandex generates the result taking into account
geographic region in which
the user is located.
Most of the time it's really convenient. But what to do, for example, if we want to order the delivery of roses to a girlfriend who lives in Ufa, while we ourselves are in Murmansk? This mode will interfere.
You can search in Yandex without taking into account the region through the advanced search form -
The form is convenient to use for a one-time operation. If you are making a series of requests, then first set the region using the link in the upper right corner.
Thirdly, before searching in Yandex:
decide what exactly you want to find:
links to websites or the answer to a specific question.
With the first option, everything seems to be clear. We entered the words, got the result, then, we begin to methodically explore the proposed sites. Usual, but long.
The second option is not so obvious. By the way, many (the same 85%) do not know about him.
Look, Yandex visits per month almost all sites Runet, even not very well-known and little-visited, and downloads all the pages somewhere to itself (on a dimensionless hard drive). When you enter a query, then Yandex searches not on sites, but in its already downloaded pages, on that very dimensionless disk, or, as experts say, in the cache.
What does this mean? But the fact that
you can get the answer immediately in the search results,
quickly and without bypassing sites.
For example, we want to know the year of construction of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. It is enough to enter the query "saved on blood" and the results will be:
"The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (architect A. Parland) was built on the orders of Alexander III and the decision of the Synod in 1907 on the site of the tragic death of Emperor Alexander II."
Answer received? Yes.
This is a simple example. For complex ones, knowledge of special commands and skill will be required. With the first I will help, the second will come with experience.
In order to effectively master the search on the Internet, you need to know at least the basic principles of the functioning of search engines.
So, Yandex commands for searching:
1. If needed search whole phrase, enclose it in quotes.(By default, the search words can be found anywhere on the page or not at all, and the quotation marks force Yandex to look for the exact phrase.)
Example: "Red roses"
2. If Search words must be in the same sentence and it is admitted that there may be other words between them, then insert an ampersand character.
Example: Red Rose
3. If you need to withdraw pages that must contain some word, then add it to the request and put before it plus sign.
Example: "red roses" + Ufa + prices
4. It is convenient to use the plus sign when you need to search taking into account the preposition, by default the preposition can be ignored.
Example: "red roses" + in Ufa
5. If you put before the word space and two tildes, That pages containing this word will be removed from the results.
Example: "red roses" + Ufa + prices ~ ~ Russia ~ ~ wholesale
6. If the word has synonyms or other words that are close in meaning, then they can be listed through the vertical line, while the entire enumeration is framed with parentheses.
Example: "red roses" + Ufa + (prices | cost) ~~ (Russia | wholesale | wholesale)
In this example, the result will include pages containing "ufa" and one of the words "price" or "cost", while none of them should contain: "russia", "wholesale", "wholesale".
The entire list can be viewed in the Yandex help or in the memo, a link to it is in the advanced search form.
What is morphology consideration in search?
I'll show you with an example...
In Russian, words can have different forms (cases, singular and plural, etc.). In whatever form the word is in the page text (even if it is different from the form of the word in the query), Yandex will find it. For example, if the query "go" is given, then the search will find documents containing the words "go", "goes", "walked", "walked", etc. The request “window” will return information containing the word “windows”, and the request “revoked” will return documents containing the word “revoked”.
Please note that when choosing word forms for search, Yandex distinguishes between parts of speech. For example, if you search for "computer" (noun), then pages with the words "computer" or "computers" will be found, but not "computer" (adjective).
Basic search queries.
Yesterday, some residents of our country suddenly discovered that. It was temporarily blocked by TTK, Akado, Avaks and Sumtel providers at the direction of Roskomnadzor. But a significant proportion of subscribers of these providers did not notice the blocking, as they use the domestic search engine.
IN April 2017 in "Yandex" searched for something 43 million people. If you are one of them, then this short article is for you.
P.S. For those who prefer Google and DuckDuckGo, there are links in the last section.
1. How to search among sites of a certain city, region, federal district or country?
This is how you can find information on the request "graduates' ball" among the sites of the city of Bratsk:
alumni ball cat:11000976
To find out the number to be dialed after the operator cat:, it is necessary to add to 1100000 region code in "Yandex.Catalog". For example:
- Moscow - 1100001;
- Chernihiv - 1100966;
- Voronezh - 1100193;
- Volga region - 1100040;
- Kyrgyzstan - 1100207;
- CIS countries - 166.
There are already more than 117 thousand sites in Yandex.Catalog. Similarly, you can search for something only among resources dedicated to a particular topic. To do this, instead of region codes, you need to use theme codes and add 9000000 to them instead of 1100000.
2. How to deceive Yandex about your location?
Using the Chrome Extension Manual Geolocation you can mark any point on the map and the search engine will think that you are exactly there and adjust the search results in accordance with this data. For example, you can search for objects located near your home in St. Petersburg, but at the same time located in Moscow. Handy when planning trips.
This item is relevant for all sites that use your location data.
3. How to search for pages in a specific domain zone and in a specific language?
This is how you can find what Ukrainian sites write about zebras (in the ua domain zone) in Ukrainian:
zebra domain:ua lang:uk
Similarly, you can find out the opinion of the sites of other states on various issues. Language codes for Yandex:
- Russian (ru);
- Ukrainian (UK);
- Belarusian (be);
- English (en);
- French (fr);
- German (de);
- Kazakh (kk);
- Tatar (tt);
- Turkish (tr).
4. How to search for pages on a specific site?
This is how you can search for pages only on the site site:
zebras site: site
This way you can search only among articles of a certain category. For example, among the questions in Rescue site:
messages url:website/iNotes/q/*
And here's how to get a list of all the tags that are used on the site:
5. How to search for pages created on a specific date?
This is how you can find pages created on a specific day:
steve jobs date:20170617
And like this between two dates:
steve jobs date:20170610..20170617
And with the operator idate: you can search pages by the date of the last indexing.
6. How to search for files of a specific type?
Finding a PDF Book to Download in iBooks:
flowers for algernon mime:pdf
And this is how you can find all MS Word documents with the mention of the word "declaration" on the website of the Federal Tax Service:
declaration mime:docx site:nalog.ru
Types of documents indexed by Yandex:
- html;
- docx;
- xlsx;
- pptx;
7. How to search only in page titles?
With this operator:
It is very convenient when you need to find an article by the exact title.
8. How to search by image file name?
Saved a picture to your computer, want to use it with the source, but don't remember where it came from? The search operator for the exact image name will help:
Operators for searching by attribute values of HTML tags:
applet:– code of the applet tag;
script:- src of the script tag;
object:– all object attributes;
action:– action of the form tag;
profile:– profile of the head tag.
9. How to find links to a specific page?
Yandex has an operator for searching for mentions of a query inside links. This way you can find links to a specific page.
inlink:”www.website/iNotes/533552″
10. How do I use widgets and hints?
If you type one of the four words below in the search, mini-applications will appear under the search bar:
- "Calculator";
- "Currency Converter";
- "Converter";
- "Translation".
And for some queries, the answers are displayed directly in the search bar. Examples.
Search operators (special characters that are added to the search query) help to get a huge amount of useful information about the site. With their help, you can significantly narrow the search range and find the information you need. Basically, the operators in different search engines are the same, but there are differences. Therefore, we will consider operators for Google and Yandex separately.
Google Operators
Consider first the simplest operators:
+ - the plus operator is used to find words in the same sentence, just insert this symbol between words. For example, by making a query like “winter + tires + for + nissan”, you will receive in the search results those sites that have sentences with a complete set of all the words from the query.
- - the "minus" operator will help to exclude unwanted words from the query. For example, if you make a request "The Godfather -online", then you will be given sites with information about the film, review, review, etc., but exclude sites with online viewing.
.. - will help to search for results containing numbers in the specified range.
@ And #- symbols for searching by tags and hashtags of social networks.
OR- the "or" operator, with its help you can find pages on which at least one of several words occurs.
« » - quotes tell the search engine that you need to find sites where the entered words are in the specified order - exact match.
Complex operators:
site: will help you find the information you need on a particular site.
cache: useful operator in case the content of some page has changed or been blocked. Will show the cached version. Example: cache:site
info: serves to display all information about the address.
related: a great operator for finding sites with similar content.
allintitle: pages are displayed that have the words specified in the query in the title tag
allinurl: a great operator with which you can find the pages you really need. Shows sites containing the specified words in the page address. Unfortunately, there are still few sites in the Russian segment of the Internet that use Cyrillic, so you will have to use either transliteration, for example, allinurl:steklopakety, or Latin.
inurl: does the same as the operator above, but the selection occurs only for one word.
allintext: Pages are selected based on page content. It can be useful if you are looking for some information, but you simply forgot the site address.
intext: the same for just one word.
allinanchor: the operator shows pages that have keywords in the description. For example: allinanchor: wrist watch.
inanchor: the same for only one keyword.
Operators Yandex
Simple Operators:
! - is placed in front of the keyword and in the search results pages are displayed where exactly the same word is indicated (without changing the word form).
+ - just like Google, pages with all the words between the plus are displayed.
« » - shows the exact match of the phrase.
() - used to group words in complex queries.
& - is needed to search for pages in which the words combined by this operator occur in one sentence.
* - serves to search for missing words in quotes. For example: Russia * soul. One * operator replaces one word.
The following operators are already built into the Yandex advanced search, so there is no point in memorizing them, but still we will explain what each of them does.
title: search by page titles
url: search through pages located at a given address, for example url:site/blog/*
host: searches the entire host.
site: here the search is already performed on all subdomains and pages of the site.
inurl: search through the pages of only this domain using keywords. For example, inurl:site blog
mime: search for documents of a given type, for example mime:xls.
cat: search for sites that are present in Yandex.Catalogue, as well as the region and category of which matches the specified one. For example: car cat:category_ID
Here is how these operators look in the search engine itself:
Thus, by correctly selecting and using search engine operators Google and Yandex, you can independently compose the semantic core for the site, find shortcomings and errors in work, analyze competitors, and also find out where and what external links go to your site.
If you use some other operators in your work that we have not taken into account, share in the comments. Let's discuss =)
Each Internet user uses search engines to find the information they need. How to search for information in Yandex? At first glance, everything looks pretty simple and easy. We go to the Internet, open the main page of the search engine, write down the question of interest to us and proceed to study and sort the answers received as a result of the search.
But not everyone knows that they have some secrets that make the search for information easier, more accessible and more enjoyable.
Consider the main features and capabilities of this system.
How to search for information in Yandex with a request in a few words?
How to search in "Yandex"? The very first thing that needs to be done is to formulate the request itself as accurately as possible. It must include two or more words. When you enter it into the search bar, the system traditionally issues similar queries, synonymous words. For example, you need to find the answer to the question: “Where can I have a good rest?” In the search bar, when entering a query, synonymous words, sentences leading to the sites of the services offered (at sea, in Egypt, in India) begin to be added. Some people like it, because the search is greatly simplified, and some are distracting. If you belong to the category of the latter, then try to accurately formulate the question, the answer to which you want to find in Yandex. As an option - take it in normal quotes and write it in the input line.
If you forgot a word, then you can put any sign in its place. For example: we enter in a string in quotation marks, and in place of an unknown word we put "*".
For example, in "Yandex" look for: "Diagnostic * in gynecology". The use of such a wording is convenient when searching and selecting quotes, lines from famous books, poems, when some words are simply forgotten.
It is convenient to search for information in Yandex in that it gives answers to the synonyms found. You can also list synonyms in the search line, taking them in brackets and separating them with the sign I. For example: “successful conduct (of business I of business I of entrepreneurship)”.
How to search in Yandex using all the features of the sign system
But what if you need to find sites where the specified query should be used completely and without changes? How to search exactly in Yandex? To do this, enter the full sentence in the search bar using the & sign.
Let's look at an example: "In order to & use & the five & secrets & of effective & communication & you need & the following."
It happens that when you enter a large query, the search engine gives out extra links that make the search much more difficult. If you want the sentences to contain a specific word, then search using the “+” sign: “Learning English + courses”.
In Yandex, look for answers to questions that contain general information (for example, about the product being sold, the services offered), without wasting time browsing pages about their sale.
Have you decided to purchase a specific car, but just want to get acquainted with its characteristics? Then in the search bar, enter "CITROËN C4 PICASSO - buy".
Possibilities
In Yandex, look for information using the following features:
1. If you need to go to a specific site, then specify it in the request. Example: "Clothes site: http: site name".
2. You can find a specific document by specifying its type in the search bar.
3. If you need to find information in a specific language, then enter the following command. Example: Michael Jackson lang: en (you can specify any required language - ru, uk, be).
The Yandex search engine provides the ability to search not only for information by entering verbal queries: you can also find the video, pictures you are interested in, open a mailbox and get access to letters around the clock.
Search for pictures and images
Consider the possibility of image search. How to search for pictures in Yandex?
The system finds the exact or similar image and provides the result. The picture can be saved on the user's computer or on the Internet.
Please note: the image must be in jpeg, gif, png format and must not exceed 8 MB.
We perform the following steps:
2. Loading the picture. If the image has its own address on the Internet, then enter it in the search bar or upload a picture from your computer that was previously saved. You can use a simple method: use the left mouse button to drag the picture to the specified location.
Searching for similar images allows the user to look at other images. For example, you liked the item and want to buy it in the future. By uploading a picture to the Yandex system, you can view similar items, the range offered, and also select a site with sale conditions that suit you.
The most popular queries in "Yandex"
Internet users may have a question: “What are they most often looking for in Yandex?”. It may seem strange, but people are interested in the number of most frequently entered queries, keywords, query sizes. In order to find the answer to one question, a person spends about 2-3 minutes. A huge number of queries consist of several words (3-5), and single-word queries are getting smaller. These include, for example, the names of social networks, mail, sites for adults. The number of clarifying words is also great: buy, sell, find, download, price, free, cost, delivery.
In short, the system is so versatile that it can satisfy a wide variety of information search needs for users.
Conclusion
These are the main recommendations that simplify the search for information in the Yandex system, open up the possibility of using sites that contain the necessary information and answer the question of how to search in Yandex correctly. By putting our tips into practice, you will be convinced that it will be much easier to find the information you need. And the result will please you: you will get rid of "water" by 100%, getting exactly what you wanted. Now you know how to search for information in Yandex. Dare!
Many users of the Google search engine, resorting to its help, notice that it is often not always possible to find the information you need the first time. Perhaps users believe that these are shortcomings of the search engine itself, but this is not always the case. Sometimes, in order to find very specific information, you need to resort to the help of special tools (operators) of this search engine.
How to search on Google correctly?
For starters, do not forget that the Google search algorithm is case insensitive, in other words, if you enter “Russia” or “Russia” in the query, then the search result will not change. However, this search engine is very sensitive to the algorithm of search operators, which is why the search results for the queries "Windows OR Linux" and "Windows or Linux" can be radically different.
The next thing to consider is that the Google search engine does not take into account many words - bundles, for example, such as "and", "a", "but" and the like. For this reason, the result of search results does not depend on their use in any way.
Thirdly, in order to correctly search in this search engine, you should remember the presence of certain operators (characters or words that refine the search) and learn how to use them.
Such operators are used not only by Google, but also by other search engines, for example, Yandex.
So, Google operators that will help you find the information you need:
«+» - better to use when you need to find documents containing more than two words, for example, "SEO + tools".
«-» - must be used to exclude from the issuance of documents containing any word, for example, “drinks - non-alcoholic”. In this case, the search engine will only find alcoholic beverages.
"OR"- needed to search for documents containing one of several words, for example, "woman OR girl".
«“”» - needed in order to find documents in which there is a certain phrase in the same form in which it is used as a search query, for example "buy TV Tver"
«~» - is needed to search for synonyms of the words that are specified in the query, for example, “image ~ smartphones”.
«..» - is used if it is necessary to find documents that contain numerical values in the specified intervals, for example, "300 ... 500 rubles per day."
There are more popular Google operators for the right search, among which the average user of this search engine may need the following.
daterange:- needed to search for documents created in a certain period of time, for example, "fire in Kyiv daterange: 20092011-21102010".
filetype:- used when searching for links to a document of a certain type, for example, "Solzhenitsyn's autobiography filetype:rtf".
site:- is needed in order to find all pages of the site you need or pages of the site containing a certain word, for example, "site:dirfreesoft.ru antivirus".
phonebook:- a very necessary operator that searches for phone numbers according to the specified parameters, for example, "phonebook: Omsk hotels."
It turns out it's not that hard to search Google correctly if you know how.
How to search in Yandex?
The answer to this seemingly stupid question is by no means known to all Yandex users. The reason lies in the fact that the largest number of users of Internet resources do not fully use the capabilities of search programs, which is why in certain cases many users of search engines may encounter any obstacles and difficulties in finding the necessary information.
Well, how to use the Yandex search engine correctly - the most popular search engine in the Russian-speaking segment of the World Wide Web?
1. If you need to find a specific, specifically formulated phrase. The search for such phrases is most conveniently used using the " " operator, in other words, in order to find a web document in which the phrase you need is located, it should be printed in quotes. For example, "Which files can be excluded from virus scanning?"
2. If you need to find a quote, but you have forgotten some words or simply do not know. There is no difficulty in this. In this case, the entire phrase should be enclosed in quotation marks, and the “*” sign should be put in place of the forgotten words. For example, "I'm coming to you * what more."
3. If you need to generate output for several words or phrases at the same time. For such an operation, the operator | must be used, it must be used after each searched word or phrase. For example, raspberries | wild strawberries | strawberry.
4. If you have to find several words that are in the same sentence. When performing this task, you need to use the & operator, it must be placed between the search words. For example, a monument to Mayakovsky & Samara.
5. If you need to find a document that contains a particular word. To do this, use the + operator. It should be used before the search words and should not be separated by a space. Also, the query may contain clarifying words or phrases. For example, a monument to Chapaev + square.
6. If you need to exclude documents that contain a specific word from the search. You need to use the - operator. It is placed before the words to be excluded and is not separated by a space. For example, a modern laptop - buy.
7. If you need to find information only from a specific site. In this case, the site operator will help. It is used along with a colon and is placed immediately before the site name. For example, PDF site:dirfreesoft.ru
8. If you need to find documents of one type or another. When searching for such files, use the mine operator. It is also used with a colon. For example, the instruction for HTS mine:doc.
9. If you need to find information in a specific language. For such a task, you need to use the lang operator, after which you should put a colon and specify the selected language for the documents you are looking for. For example, Angels and Demons lang:ru.