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site: search operator
A site: query is a search operator that allows you to request search results from
the particular domain, URL, or URL prefix specified in the operator. For example:
site: examples
site:example.com
Show results only from the example.com domain (www.example.com
and recipes.example.com).
site:https://www.example.com/ramen tsukemen
Shows results for pages that contain URLs that start with
https://www.example.com/ramen and are relevant to the term tsukemen.
The site: search operator is available on all Google Search properties.
Uses for site owners
A site: query can help in a few ways with debugging a site. A few examples:
site: examples
site:example.com
Returns a list of indexed and serving URLs.
site:https://example.com/recipes/tsukemen.html
May help you understand whether a specific URL is indexed and served.
site:example.com viagra casino
Helps with identifying and monitoring spam problems on your site.
site:https://example.com/ lemon
Shows which URLs on the site can show up for the term "lemon".
Shows whether the specific URL is indexed for the term "lemon".
Limitations
The site: operator was designed primarily for search users and so it has some
restrictions that site owners might find limiting. Specifically:
The site: operator doesn't necessarily return all the URLs that are indexed
under the prefix specified in the query. Keep this in mind if you want to use the
site: operator for tasks like identifying how many URLs are indexed and serving
under a prefix.
A site: operator without a query (for example site:example.com)
doesn't rank the results. It will generally show the shortest URL for the prefix at the top,
but otherwise the results are relatively random.
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