This short article explains how to use Google to search within a single website or type of domain. It can be extremely useful when you are confident the information is on a specific site but don’t know where to look to find it.
You can also limit your searches by a certain domain extension, like .gov or .edu, which can be extremely useful if you’re doing research or looking for reputable sources.
How to search within a specific website
To search within a specific website, you must enter the search following the rules that Google recognises for such a search.
- Click in Google’s search field.
- Type site: in the Google search bar followed by the name of the website you want to limit the search to. There’s no need to use the http:// or the www. part of the site name, but you must include the .com or .org or another domain name. Make sure there’s no space between site: and the website address. For example: site:itchyfingersdesign.com
- Follow the website name with a single space and then type the search phrase. For example:site:lifewire.com google. You can also include additional words to narrow the search further, just include these before pressing enter.
- The results inlude any results on that site with the search term:
What to know!
In A Google search, type site: followed by the domain and extension, like site:ITCHYFINGERSDESIGN.com. Then, include your search, (EG. SITE:ITCHYFINGERSDESIGN.COM GOOGLE and press Enter.
To search by domain extension, type site: followed by the extension, like site:.gov followed by your search, and press Enter.
I hope you found that useful as search done the right way can be very powerful to help us find what we are looking for in the shortest time possible.
