Site or Domain Searching in Google
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Use the syntax (prefix) site: in Google to refine your search to search all or parts of a web address. The site: prefix can then be used in combination with other words or phrases to search for those words or phrases but ONLY within the part of the web address (domain name) as specified by site: prefix.
Search within a website using the site: prefix
For example, you can search within a whole website, the following search will search for web pages on “global warming” in 2008 BUT only on the ABC’s website.
"global warming" 2008 site:abc.net.au
The following search will search for the phrase “drivers test” BUT only on the RAA’s website. Click on the image below to see the results.
"drivers test" site:raa.net
Search by websites type & country
You can use the site: syntax to search by website type & country. The following search will search for the phrase “global warming” BUT only Australian Government websites. Notice how ALL of the websites are Australian government web sites with information on “global warming”.
"global warming" site:gov.au
The following search will search for the phrase “global warming” BUT only Australian Education websites. Click on the image below to see the search results. Notice how ALL of the websites are education web sites with information on “global warming”.
"global warming" site:edu.au
Search by country
Use the site: syntax and limit your search to the part of the web address that defines the country code. For example the following search will search for “rocky mountains” and the keywords train & travel but ONLY in Canadian web sites. ca is the country code for Canada.
"rocky mountains" train travel site:ca
