On-Page SEO – Keyword Density-Prominence & Proximity

Today, we’ll be learning about Keyword Density, Keyword Prominence & Keyword Proximity. Along with these three On-Page SEO elements, we’ll also learn the rest of the on-page SEO for an article or a single page which we try to optimize before publishing it on our website. Today’s tutorial gives you a very deep insight about on-Page SEO and the above mentioned three important SEO components for 2014. All you have to do is to follow this series till the end, and you’ll learn the important points to note before either doing SEO of your website or applying somewhere for an SEO job. Let’s get started.

What’s Keyword Density – Prominence & Proximity?

These all three SEO components are straight belonging to On-Page optimization, we should always take care of these three while optimizing & placing keywords in our articles. To be more clearer on the above terms, let’s know about them below.

Keyword Density = The number of keywords you use in an article is called “Keyword Density”, the maximum keyword density you can put in an article is almost 3%, while if you keep your Keyword Density upto 2% that would be more better for you and things will be balanced. Example :- if you have an article of 500 words, and your keyword is “SEO tips” then you can use “SEO Tips” 15 times in the entire article (maximum) but using it 10 times is more better.

Keyword Prominence = The placements of the keywords in an article is called “Keyword Prominence”, There are many places you can show your keywords on the page so that search engines can discover them easily. Mostly the keyword is being shown in difference places of the page; for example the title of the page, URL of the page, Meta description of the page, Keyword in the starting of the article, Keyword in headings i.e H1, H2 and you can also show your keyword in an Image using ALT attribute. So the more earlier you show up your keyword, the more it will be better for you in terms of “Keyword Prominence”. However, make it balanced, and don’t do keyword stuffing which can destroy your blog/website within days.

Keyword Proximity = The distance between the exact words in a keyword is called“Keyword Proximity”, for example if a person searches for “How to create quality backlinks in 2014″ and Google shows him this result “Quality Backlinks & how to create them?”, so in this scenario the exact keyword is “Create Quality Backlinks“, while in Google’s result there is a distance between the words “Quality Backlinks” And the word “Create“, so this is basically called “Keyword Proximity“, the more closer the exact words are, the more it will be considered as high “Keyword Proximity” which is good and better. If all of the words are exactly next to each other that would mean 100% perfect Keyword Proximity, however, if one word is away from the others that would make it 80% perfect. And if there are three words as in the above example and all are far from one another then it would mean there is less than 50% keyword proximity, which is not good at all from search engine’s point of view.

I think it’s enough theory about these terms, if you are still confused about it then don’t worry, here is the video tutorial for it in Urdu & Hindi languages which will make you understand practically.

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Top 30 height guilty SEO Tools for Bloggers

Top 30 SEO Tools for Bloggers 

I’ve some video tutorials for you which will practically show you the usage of these top 30 SEO tools that I’m going to share on this page. In this list of tools, you’ll find tool for each component of Search Engine optimization. Tools for the following issues will be found out:

Best SEO Tools for Getting Ideas & finding errors:

1. SEOquake (For Knowing the ranking of websites)
2. SEMrush (For knowing the ranking of websites)
3. Website Auditor (For knowing the SEO errors of websites)
4. OpenSiteExplorer (Checking the links+Backlinks)
5. Link Detox (For detecting bad links)
6. Backlink Profiler (Links & ranking)
7. CopyScap (For checking copied content)
8. SEO Spider (For Checking duplications)
9. Google Adword Keyword Tool (For finding best keywords)
10. Google Trends (For finding the target location of your audience)
11. Market Samurai (For finding profitable topics, low competition niches)
12. SimilarSites (For finding the keywords & ranking of similar sites)
13. Xenu Link Sleuth (For finding broken links & other errors)
14. Google Webmaster Tools (For knowing each & everything about a site)
15. Google Analytic tool (For knowing the traffic of the site)
16. Google PageSpeed Tool (For knowing the speed or loading time of the site)
17. SeoMoz (To know each and everything about SEO)
18. SproutSocial  (Social Media promotion)
19. Raven tools (For managing SEO task, social media tasks & marketing)
20. SEO by Yoast (SEO Plugin For WordPress, does all seo tasks)
21. All in one SEO (SEO Plugin for WordPress, does all seo tasks)
22. Bing Webmaster Tools (All data of your website in Bing search engine)
23. Page Rank Checker (for checking the page rank of a site)
24. Alexa (For checking the traffic rank of a site)
25. Link Popularity Tool (For checking the popularity of the link)
26. Moonsy Tool (All in one, Domain Authority, Page Authority, Link Authority, More)
27. IBP SEO Tool (For all SEO statistical Reports)
28. IWebTool (For Checking Backlinks of a site)
29. Keyword Density Analyzer Tool (For Checking the Limit of Keywords in article) Link is below: (http://www.youcanwritearticles.com/tools/keyworddensity)
30. Web PageTest (For checking the speed or loading time of a website)

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With the passage of time, Google has made it quite tough for the blogs to get ranked better. So many rules and strategies have to keep in mind including proper use of keywords, well-engaged content, domain name, marketing, promotion as well as appropriate SEO. Without all these things, we can not even imagine of getting our blogs and websites ranked higher in the search engines.

To make the keyword research easier for the SEOs, plenty of tools are available. What you have to do is to insert your desired keyword idea to get relevant suggestions with an automatic keyword research system. If you are a little confused of which SEO keyword research tools would be best and most appropriate, then here are some useful suggestions to consider while searching both short tail and long tail keywords.

#1. Wordtracker:

Wordtracker is one of the most favorite keyword research tools of SEOs and marketers. This tool kit provides you plenty of features and options to get facilitated with while searching your list of keywords. But it is not free of cost, you have to pay a monthly subscription fee in order to make use of it.

#2. Keyword Discovery:

Keyword Discovery is yet another wonderful keyword research tool which lets you get desired keywords by using it pulling from top to end option. With Keyword Discovery, you can also enjoy bidding values on PPC campaigns which get translated into informative data. Its premium version is available by paying a few hundred dollars annually.

#3. Google Adword Tool:

I must say Google Adword is the most appropriate and extensively used keyword research tool all over the world. If I am not wrong then almost 70 to 80 percent website and blog owners make use of Google Adword to find their desired list of keywords. Another plus point of Google Adword is that it is free of cost. Along with the words and phrases, it also provides you the suggested list of short tail and long tail keywords on a global search basis.

Note: For researching keywords, you can use “Keyword Planner” available in Google Adword.

4. Ubersuggest:

Ubersuggest is also a very handy and easy to use keyword research tool. Unlike other traditional keyword research toolkits, Ubersuggest pulls a lot of suggestions on the basis of global research and presents you the list of keywords which are ranked higher by the search engines.

5. SEOBook Keyword List Generator:

SEOBook Keyword List Generator is a quite easy to use keyword research tool. It provides you the facility generating appropriate keywords and phrases. Many of us also call it a nifty keyword research program. To make best use of SEOBook Keyword List Generator, you should either use Chrome or Firefox as the default browser.

6. SpyFu:

With SpyFu, you can see which of your competitors are going up and which are going down in the rankings of search engines. Isn’t it amazing that now you would have clear idea of which keywords your competitors are making use of for the purpose of competing you in the World Wide Web? Yes it definitely is a wonderful idea. So monitor your website niche’ status by inserting your keywords into this tool, and also get the most desired and appropriate list of keywords which you can make use of in writing your web contents / articles.

7. Bing Keyword Research Tool:

We can say it for sure that Bing Keyword research program is not behind the race than Google Adword. It, instead, can be of great help in searching the keywords which can maximize your chances of getting organic traffic for. Bing would also help you get your keywords in multiple languages.

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10000 Search Engine Queries for your Link Building | Web Research Method

Find Websites where you can find industry resources:

Keyword + “top 10 resources”/”top resources”
Keyword + “top 10 sites/”top sites”
Keyword + “top 10 websites”/”top websites”
Keyword + “top 10 articles”/ “top articles”
Keyword + “top 10 tools”/”top tools”
Keyword + “top 10 web resources”/”top web resources”
Keyword + “top 10 internet resources”/”top internet resources”
Keyword + “top 10 online resources”/”top online resources”

Keyword + “recommended resources”/”suggested resources”
Keyword + “useful resources”/”interesting resources”
Keyword + “favorite resources”
Keyword + “recommended sites”/”suggested sites”
Keyword + “useful sites”/”interesting sites”
Keyword + “favorite sites”
Keyword + “recommended websites”/”suggested websites”
Keyword + “useful websites”/”interesting websites”
Keyword + “favorite websites”

Keyword + “recommended articles”/”suggested articles”
Keyword + “useful articles”/”interesting articles”
Keyword + “favorite articles”

Keyword + “recommended tools”/”suggested tools”
Keyword + “useful tools”/”interesting tools”
Keyword + “favorite tools”

Keyword + “recommended links”/”suggested links”
Keyword + “useful links”/”interesting links”
Keyword + “favorite links”

Keyword + “intitle:resources”
Keyword + “round up”
Keyword + intitle:”round up”
Keyword + “round up” + intitle:weekly/daily/monthly
Keyword + intitle:list
Keyword + “guide”

“list of + Keyword + sites”

Keyword + “news”/”industry news”
Keyword + “magazine”/”industry magazine”
Keyword + “journal”/”industry journal”

Keyword + “whitepapers”
Keyword + “videos”
Keyword + “podcasts”
Keyword + “research”
Keyword + site:.edu
Keyword + site:.info
Keyword + filetype:doc/docx/xls/ppt/pdf

inanchor:keyword
allinanchor:keyword

Keyword +  inurl:links/resources

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Find websites which provide guest post opportunities

Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “guest blog”
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “guest blogger”
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “guest Column”
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “guest article”
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + guest post
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + guest author

Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “write for us”
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “write for me”
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “become a contributor”
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “contribute to this site”
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + inurl:category/guest
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + inurl:contributors

Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “guest blog” + inanchor:contact
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “guest blogger” + inanchor:contact
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “guest Column” + inanchor:contact
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “guest article” + inanchor:contact
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “write for us” + inanchor:contact
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “write for me” + inanchor:contact
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “become a contributor” + inanchor:contact
Keyword/yourCompetitorName + “contribute to this site” + inanchor:contact

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Find Link Reclamation Opportunities

“your-company-name-without-space”
“your-company-name-with-space”

“your-1st-product-name-with-space”“your-1st-product-name-without-space”“your-2nd-product-name-with-space”“your-2nd-product-name-without-space”
“your-Nth-product-name-with-space”
“your-Nth-product-name-with-space”

“company URL”
“key-employee-name”

“your-1st-website-name/url”“your-2nd-website-name/url”
“your-Nth-website-name/url”

“http://www.yoursite.com”
“www.yoursite.com”
“yoursite.com”

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Find blogs relevant to your industry

Keyword + site:wordpress.com
Keyword + site:blogspot.com
Keyword + site:typepad.com
Keyword + site:edublogs.org
Keyword + site:livejournal.com
Keyword + intext:”powered by wordpress”
Keyword + intext:”powered by typepad”

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Find Interview Opportunities

industryName + intitle:interview -job
industryVertical + intitle:interview -job
competitorName + intitle:interview -job
industryName + inurl:interview -job
industryVertical + intitle:interview -job
competitorName + inurl:interview -job
Keyword + intitle:”experts interview”/talk/discuss/answer

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Find sites where you can list your website

Keyword + “add a site”/”submit site”/”suggest site”/”post site”/”recommend site”
Keyword + “add URL”/”submit URL”/”suggest URL”/”post URL”/”recommend URL”
Keyword + “add listing”/”submit listing”/”suggest listing”/”post listing”/”recommend listing”

Keyword + add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend article
Keyword + add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend video
Keyword + add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend podcast
Keyword + add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend whitepaper
Keyword + add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend webinars
Keyword + add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend event
Keyword + add/submit/suggest/post/list  job
Keyword + add/submit/suggest/post/list contest
Keyword + add/submit/post/list coupons

Keyword + intitle:add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend article
Keyword + intitle:add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend video
Keyword + intitle:add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend podcast
Keyword + intitle:add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend whitepaper
Keyword + intitle:add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend webinars
Keyword + intitle:add/submit/suggest/post/list/recommend event
Keyword + intitle:add/submit/suggest/post/list job
Keyword + intitle:add/submit/suggest/post/list contest
Keyword + intitle:add/submit/post/list coupons

Keyword +”add your business”/”list your business”

Keyword + directory
Keyword + directory + add/submit/suggest/post
Keyword + intitle:”directory”
Keyword+ inurl:”directory”
Keyword + Listings

IndustryKeyword + “sign up”/join/register/”create an account”

keyword + coupons + intitle:list
keyword + coupons + intitle:submit/add
keyword + deals + intitle:submit/add
“deals for” + “keyword *” + intitle:submit/add
“coupons for” + “Keyword *” + intitle:submit/add

keyword + sweeps* +  intitle:submit
keyword + giveaways  + intitle:submit

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Find non-profit organizations which accepts donations

In US (www.google.com)
Keyword + site:.org
In UK (www.google.co.uk)
Keyword + site:.org
Keyword + site:.org.uk
In India (www.google.co.in)
Keyword + site:.org
Keyword + site:.org.in
In Canada (www.google.ca)
Keyword + site:.org
In Australia (www.google.com.au)
Keyword + site:.org
Keyword + site:.org.au

Note: Use following keywords to find non-profit organizations:

1. “donate for”
2.  ”donate to”
3. “donate online”
4. “donate now”
5. “make donation”
6. “make charity”
7. “charity online”
8.  ”money for donation”
9. “goods for donation”
10. “services for donation”
11. “partner”
12. “support”
13. “contribute”
14. “sponsor”
15. “sponsorship”

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Find websites to promote your tools,badges, widgets & infographics for Link Building

industryName + intitle:tools
industryName + intitle:badges
industryName + intitle:widgets
industryName + intitle:infographics

industryName + inurl:tools
industryName + inurl:badges
industryName + inurl:widgets
industryName + inurl:infographics

industryName + top/recommended/useful/favorite/amazing/awesome tools
industryName + top/recommended/useful/favorite/amazing/awesome badges
industryName + top/recommended/useful/favorite/amazing/awesome widgets
industryName + top/recommended/useful/favorite/amazing/awesome infographics

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Find blogs which review products

ProductName + review + site:wordpress.com
ProductName + ratings + site:wordpress.com
ProductName + comparison + site:wordpress.com
ProductName + price comparison + site:wordpress.com
ProductName + compare + intext:”powered by wordpress”

ProductName + review + site:blogspot.com
ProductName + ratings + site:blogspot.com
ProductName + comparison + site:blogspot.com
ProductName + price comparison + site:blogspot.com

ProductName + review + site:typepad.com
ProductName + ratings + site:typepad.com
ProductName + comparison + site:typepad.com
ProductName + price comparison + site:typepad.com
ProductName + recommended intext:”powered by typepad”

ProductName + review + site:livejournal.com
ProductName + ratings + site:livejournal.com
ProductName + comparison + site:livejournal.com
ProductName + price comparison + site:livejournal.com

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Find websites which review products

ProductName + intitle:review
ProductName + intitle:ratings
ProductName + intitle:comparison
ProductName + intitle:price comparison
ProductName + intitle:compare
ProductName + intitle:recommended

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Find Industry Specific Q & A

industryName + site:quora.com
industryName + site:askville.amazon.com
industryName + site:linkedin.com/answers
industryName + site:wiki.answers.com
industryName + site:answers.yahoo.com

Other Q & A queries

[Gaming] + site:gaming.stackexchange.com
[Programmers] + site:programmers.stackexchange.com
[Mathematics] + site:math.stackexchange.com
[Apple] + site:apple.stackexchange.com

[WordPress] + site:wordpress.stackexchange.com
[Android Enthusiasts] + site:android.stackexchange.com
[Web Applications] + site:webapps.stackexchange.com
[Game Development] + site:gamedev.stackexchange.com
[OnStartups] + site:answers.onstartups.com

[Cooking] + site:cooking.stackexchange.com
[Webmasters] + site:webmasters.stackexchange.com
[Electrical Engineering] + site:electronics.stackexchange.com
[Photography] + site:photo.stackexchange.com
[User Experience] + site:ux.stackexchange.com
[Physics] + site:physics.stackexchange.com
[Home Improvement] + site:diy.stackexchange.com

[Personal Finance and Money] + site:money.stackexchange.com
[Skeptics] + site:skeptics.stackexchange.com
[Science Fiction and Fantasy] + site:scifi.stackexchange.com
[Role-playing Games] + site:rpg.stackexchange.com
[Stack Apps] + site:stackapps.com

[Bicycles] + site:bicycles.stackexchange.com
[Jewish Life and Learning] + site:judaism.stackexchange.com
[Graphic Design] + site:graphicdesign.stackexchange.com
[Fitness and Nutrition] + site:fitness.stackexchange.com
[Board and Card Games] + site:boardgames.stackexchange.com
[Homebrew] + site:homebrew.stackexchange.com
[Writers] + site:writers.stackexchange.com
[Project Management] + site:pm.stackexchange.com

[Musical Practice and Performance] + site:music.stackexchange.com
[Parenting] + site:parenting.stackexchange.com
[Travel] + site:travel.stackexchange.com
[Audio-Video Production] + site:avp.stackexchange.com
[Christianity] + site:christianity.stackexchange.com
[Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair] + site:mechanics.stackexchange.com
[Quantitative Finance] + site:quant.stackexchange.com

[Personal Productivity] + site:productivity.stackexchange.com
[Gardening and Landscaping] + site:gardening.stackexchange.com
[Cryptography] + site:crypto.stackexchange.com
[Philosophy] + site:philosophy.stackexchange.com
[Astronomy] + site:astronomy.stackexchange.com

[Literature] + site:literature.stackexchange.com
[Linguistics] + site:linguistics.stackexchange.com
[Movies and TV] + site:movies.stackexchange.com
[History] + site:history.stackexchange.com
[Economics] + site:economics.stackexchange.com
[Mathematica] + site:mathematica.stackexchange.com
[Firearms] + site:firearms.stackexchange.com
[Biology] + site:biology.stackexchange.com
[Healthcare IT] + site:healthcareit.stackexchange.com
[Poker] + site:poker.stackexchange.com

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Find blogs which accept sponsored/paid reviews

Keyword + intext:”this is a sponsored post”
Keyword + intext:”this was a sponsored post”
Keyword + intext:”this is a paid post”
Keyword + intext:”this was a paid post”
Keyword + intext:”this is a Sponsored review”
Keyword + intext:”this was a Sponsored review”
Keyword + intext:”this is a paid review”
Keyword + intext:”this was a paid review”

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Find Industry Specific Social Profiles

industryName + site:facebook.com
industryName + site:twitter.com
industryName + site:linkedin.com

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Find Industry Specific Events

industryName + site:meetup.com
industryName + intitle:conference
industryName + intitle:seminar
industryName + intitle:expo
industryName + intitle:trade show
industryName + intitle:exhibition

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Find Google Public User Profiles

You can search Google’s public user profiles with search query strings like this:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=your-search-query&tbs=prfl:e

Example: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=himanshu+sharma&tbs=prfl:e or by appending &tbs=prfl:e onto any search URL.

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Find Chamber of Commerce Site

In US (www.google.com)
<city-name> + Chamber of commerce site:.<state-code>.us
Chamber of commerce site:.<state-code>.us
<city-name> + Chamber of commerce site:.org
<city-name>+ Chamber of commerce site:.com
In UK (www.google.co.uk)
<city-name> + Chamber of Commerce site:.uk
<city-name> + Chamber of Commerce site:.com
In India (www.google.co.in)
<city-name> + Chamber of Commerce site:.in
<city-name> + Chamber of Commerce site:.com
In Canada (www.google.ca)
<city-name> + Chamber of Commerce site:.ca
<city-name> + Chamber of Commerce site:.com
In Australia (www.google.com.au)
<city-name> + Chamber of Commerce site:.au
<city-name> + Chamber of Commerce site:.com

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Find institutions which provide primary and secondary education

In US (www.google.com)
<city-name> + Site:.k12.<state-code>.us
<city-name> + Site:.pvt.k12.<state-code>.us
<city-name> + site:.kid
In UK (www.google.co.uk)
Site:.<city-name>.sch.uk
In India (www.google.co.in)
<city-name> + School
In Canada (www.google.ca)
<city-name> + School
In Australia (www.google.com.au)
<city-name> + School + site:.<state-code>.au
<city-name> + School
In New Zeland (www.google.co.nz)
<city-name> + site:.school.nz

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Find Institutions which provide Higher Education

In US (www.google.com)
<city-name> + site:.cc.<state-code>.us
<city-name> + site:.tec.<state-code>.us
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.edu
In UK (www.google.co.uk)
<city-name> + site:.ac.uk
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.edu
In India (www.google.co.in)
<city-name> + site:.ac.in
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.edu
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.edu.in
<city-name> + site:.res.in
In Canada (www.google.ca)
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.edu
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.ca
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.com
In Australia (www.google.com.au)
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.edu
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.edu.<state-code>.au
In New Zeland (www.google.co.nz)
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.edu
<city-name>  + College/university + site:.ac.nz

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Find Library Sites

In US (www.google.com)
<city-name> + site:.lib.<state-code>.us
<city-name> + library + site:.<state-code>.us
<city-name> + library + site:.edu
In UK (www.google.co.uk)
<city-name> + library +site:.uk
<city-name> + library +site:.edu
In India (www.google.co.in)
<city-name> + library +site:.in
<city-name> + library +site:.edu
In Canada (www.google.ca)
<city-name> + library +site:.ca
<city-name> + library +site:.edu
In Australia (www.google.com.au)
<city-name> + library + site:.<state-code>.au
<city-name> + library + site:.edu

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Find Research Council Sites

In US (www.google.com)
Research Council + site:.<state-code>.us
Research Council + site:.com
In UK (www.google.co.uk)
Research Council + site:.uk
Research Council + site:.com
In India (www.google.co.in)
Research Council + site:.in
Research Council + site:.com
In Canada (www.google.ca)
Research Council + site:.ca
Research Council + site:.com
In Australia (www.google.com.au)
Research Council + site:.<state-code>.au
Research Council + site:.com

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Find goverment institutions

In US (www.google.com)
Keyword + site:.gov
In UK (www.google.co.uk)
Keyword + site:.gov.uk
In India (www.google.co.in)
Keyword + site:.gov.in
Keyword + site:.nic.in
In Canada (www.google.ca)
Keyword + site:.gov
In Australia (www.google.com.au)
Keyword + site:.gov.au

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Google Search Operators

allinanchor: This operator is used to return web documents in which the anchor text contains all the words following the colon. For example: allinanchor:car insurance

This search will return all the web documents in which the anchor text contains the words ‘car’ and ‘insurance’

Note: This operator can’t be easily combined with other Google Operators.

inanchor:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the anchor text contains the word following the colon. For example: inanchor:car

This search will return all the web documents in which the anchor text contains the words ‘car’.

allintext:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the body text (text on the web page) of a web document contains all the word following the colon. For example: allintext:car insurance

This search will return all the web documents in which the body text of a web document contains the words ‘car’ and ‘insurance’

intext:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the body text of a web document contains the word following the colon. For example: intext:car

This search will return all the web documents in which the body text of a web document contains the words ‘car’.

allintitle:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the title tag of a web document contains all the word following the colon. For example: allintitle:car insurance

This search will return all the web documents in which the title tag of a web document contains the words ‘car’ and ‘insurance’

intitle:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the title tag of a web document contains the word following the colon. For example: intitle:car

This search will return all the web documents in which the title tag of a web document contains the words ‘car’

allinurl:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the URL of a web document contains all the word following the colon. For example: allinurl:car insurance

This search will return all the web documents in which the URL of a web document contains the words ‘car’ and ‘insurance’.

inurl:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the URL of a web document contains the word following the colon. For example: inurl:car

This search will return all the web documents in which the URL of a web document contains the words ‘car’

filetype:
This operator is used to return web documents of a particular file type. For example: “SEO Checklist: filetype:pdf

This search will return all the web documents which contains the words ‘seo’ and ‘checklist’ and which are PDF documents. This operator is useful in finding valuable resources.

link:

This is a most common search operator of Google and is used to determine back links of a website. For e.g. link:seomoz.org

This search operator will return a sample of the web documents which link out to the website seomoz.org

related:

This search operator returns web documents which are similar to the webpage you specified following the colon. For example: related:seomoz.org

This search operator will return websites which are similar to seomoz.org website like search engine land, seobook etc. This operator can help a lot in finding link building opportunities.

site:

This search operator is used to search within a specific website. For example: “checklist” site:seomoz.org

This search result will return all the checklist type blog posts published on seomoz so far. The operator can also be used to find contact information or guest post opportunities within a website.

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If you want to search within a specific folder of a website use

site:abc.com/folder

For example: site:seomoz.org/blog

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If you want to search within a specific sub-domain of a website use

site:subdomain.abc.com

For example:

site:books.google.com/

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site:games.*.com –  find websites whose sub domain is ‘games’ and the top level domain is ‘.com’

The search results for this query can be something like:

1. games.softpedia.com/
2. games.yahoo.com/
3. games.ifeng.com/
4. games.msn.com/

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site:games.* –  find websites whose primary domain is ‘games’

The search results for this query can be something like:

1. www.games.com/
2. www.games.ca/
3. www.games.it/
4. games.de/

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site:ebay.* – Find all the top level domains of ebay website.

The search results for this query can be something like:

1. www.ebay.ca/
2. www.ebay.cn/
3. www.ebay.ie/
4. www.ebay.hu/
5. www.ebay.no/

- (minus) operator

Using a minus sign immediately before a word tells Google not to return web documents which contain the word immediately after the minus operator. For e.g. Java -coffee -beans

Here you are telling Google not to return web documents which contain the word ‘coffee’ and ‘beans’

* (Wildcard operator)

Through this search operator you can create a placeholder in your search query and let the Google fill it. For e.g. the query: * management courses will return different types of management courses available.

Google Advanced Search

Google Advanced search let you apply following filters to modify your search results:

1. Language
2. Region
3. Last updated date
4. Where the search terms appear on the page
5. Safe Search filter turned on or off
6. Reading level
7. Usage rights

Google Search Operators which work with Google Image Search

allintitle:, allinurl:, filetype:, inurl:, intitle:, site:

For more advanced search options use Google Advanced image search 

Google Search Operators which work with Google Blog Search

You can use following search operators with Google Blog Search:

inblogtitle:keyword – restricts search to blog titles

blogurl:keyword – restricts search to blog URLs

link:http://www.abc.com – find blogs linking to the given page

inpostauthor:”Author Name”  - find blog posts written by a specified author

Bing Search Operators

LinkFromDomain:

Through this search operator you can get a list of all the external links of a website. For example: linkfromdomain:seomoz.org – returns a list of all the external links of the seomoz website.

url:

This operator is used to check whether a particular URL is in the Bing index. For example: url:seomoz.org

feed:

This operator can be used to find RSS feeds of the blogs related to your search term. For e.g. feed:seo – returns the RSS feeds of all the SEO related blogs.

location:country_code

This operator is used to return webpages from a specific country or region. For example: “seo blogs” location:gb – returns UK seo blogs

Note: You can get a complete list of country codes from here

prefer:

This operator is used to add emphasis to a search term. For e.g. jaguar prefer:car – returns list of web pages which talk about the Jaguar car and not jaguar cat or any other thing related to jaguar.

contains:filetype

Use this operator to find websites which link out to a particular file type. For e.g. contains:pdf – returns a list of websites which link out to PDF documents.

site:seomoz.org contains:pdf – find all the webpages of seomoz which link out to a PDF document.

linkfromdomain:seomoz.org contains:pdf – Find all the external links of seomoz which in turn link out to a PDF document.

inbody:

This operator is used to return web documents in which the HTML body of a web document contains all the words following the colon. For example: inbody:”seo takeaways”

Note: inbody: operator can be used to find web pages which mention your brand name but don’t link out to you.

language:language_code

This operator returns web pages written in a specific language. For e.g. “seo cheatsheet” language:fr – returns all the web pages which contain seo cheatsheet in french.

Note: you can get a complete list of language codes from here

ip:

This operator is used to find websites hosted on a specific IP address. For example: ip:202.54.119.149

site:

Same as Google Search operator ‘site:’

inurl:

Same as Google Search operator ‘inurl:’

intitle:

Same as Google Search operator ‘intitle:’

inanchor:

Same as Google Search Operator ‘inanchor:’

filetype:

Same as Google Search operator ‘filetype:’

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