3.3. Google Images Search Syntax
Images offers a few special syntaxes: intitle :
Finds keywords in the page title. This is an excellent way to narrow
down search results. intitle:paramecium
filetype :
Finds pictures of a particular type: JPEG, GIF, or PNG. Note that
searching for filetype:jpg and
filetype:jpeg will get you different results
because the filtering is based on file extension, not some deeper
understanding of the file type. filetype:jpg paramecium
inurl :
As with any regular Google search, inurl: finds
the search term in the URL. The results for this one can be
confusing. For example, you may search for
inurl:cat and get the following URL as part of the
search result: www.example.com/something/somethingelse/somethingl Hey, where's the cat? Because Google indexes the
graphic name as part of the URL, it's probably
there. If the page above includes a graphic named
cat.jpg, that's what Google is
finding when you search for inurl:cat.
It's finding the cat in the name of the picture, not
in the URL itself. inurl:cat
site :
As with any other Google web search, site:
restricts your results to a specified host or domain.
Don't use this to restrict results to a certain host
unless you're really sure what's
there. Instead, use it to restrict results to certain domains. For
example, search for
football.site:uk and then
search for football.site:com is a good example of how dramatic a
difference using site: can make. site:amazon.com shakespeare