This 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 recognizes 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:lifewire.com
Follow the website name with a single space and then type the search phrase. For example:
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When you want to search a website for an article on a specific topic, it is better to use more than one word in the search phrase to narrow the search results. Searching only for "tricks" or "search" would be far too general in this example.
Press Return or Enter to begin the search.
The results will include any article from the Lifewire website that concerns search tricks.
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How to Search a Single Domain
Usually searching an entire domain casts too wide a net, but if you are searching for government information, for example, you could search just within .gov sites by entering only the domain for the name. For example:
site:.gov seized property ohio
This site search is confined to all the websites in the .gov domain.
If you know the specific government agency, it is better to add it to filter your results further. For example, if you seek tax information results only from the IRS website, use:
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