Here is a little basic information that everyone needs to have regarding Google.
Download toolbar.google.com for Page Rank information and a quick search bar for IE.
Here are search features for Google, use these in the search bar:
link:url shows which pages link to url
related:url shows whats related
site:domain limits results to the domain
allinurl: shows only pages with all terms in the url.
inurl: like allinurl but only for the next query word.
allintitle: shows only results with terms in title.
intitle: similar to allintitle, but only for the next word. "intitle:webdevforums google" finds only pages with webdevforums in the title, and google anywhere on the page.
cache:url shows the Google version of the url
info:url will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and pages containing the url.
spell: will spell check your query and search for it.
stocks: will lookup the search query in a stock index.
filetype: will restrict searches to that filetype. "-filetype:doc" to remove Microsoft word files.
daterange: is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.
maps: If you enter a street address, a link to Yahoo Maps and to MapBlast will be presented.
phone: enter anything that looks like a phone number to have a name and address displayed. Same is true for something that looks like an address (include a name and zip code)
site:
yoursite.net "+www.yoursite.+net"
(tells you how many pages of your site are indexed by google)
allintext: searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title
allinlinks: searches only within links, not text or title