| What a shortcut does / where it is used | Google Search Engine | Yahoo! Search Engine | |||
| Shortcut formula | Sample | Shortcut formula | Sample | ||
| Definitions and enciclopedic references | define:term | define:seo | define term | define seo | |
| Define seo | Define seo | term facts | moon facts | ||
| Synonyms and related words | ~term | (seems to work only when it makes sense and is now used by default) Compare: ~clever and ~apple and apple | synonym term | synonym clever | |
| Local / Area soecific | Weather report | weather city | weather San Francisco | weather city | weather San Francisco |
| World time | time city | time London | time city | time London | |
| Area code and zip code clarification | area code and zip code | 415 | area code and zip code | 415 | |
| Local map | address | 875 n Michigan ave Chicago il | address | 875 n Michigan ave Chicago il | |
| Traffic report | - | - | traffic location | los angeles traffic | |
| Hotel reviews and information | hotel-name (+hotel) location / hotel location | hilton hotel san francisco / hotel los angeles | hotel name location / hotel location | hilton san francisc / hotel los angeles | |
| News, scores and schedules for sports teams | team name or league name / team name scores | san francisco 49ers / yankees scores | team name or league name / team name scores | san francisco 49ers / yankees scores | |
| Earthquake activity | earthquake (location) | earthquake | earthquake (location) | earthquake | |
| Store, restaurant, or other local business | business-name location | Chinese food 02138 | business-name location | Chinese food 02138 | |
| Local events | - | - | events location | events chicago | |
| Reviews and showtimes for movies | movies location / showtimes location | movies 02138 / showtimes 90028 | movies location / showtimes location | movies 02138 / showtimes 90028 | |
| U.S. flights | airline name flight number / city airport / city airport code | american airlines 18 / Houston airport / Houston IAH | airline name flight number / N-number / | american airlines 18 / N924an | |
| Finance / stock quotes | stock ticker abbreviation | GOOG | stock ticker abbreviation / company name and "quote." | ford motor quote / GOOG | |
| Recent news headlines | news topic | news obama | news topic | news obama | |
| Artist and song lyrics | - | - | artist-name lyrics / song-name lyrics | u2 lyrics / u2 beautiful day lyrics | |
| Shopping | Product reviews and pricing | product-name | mp3 player (pricing) | product-name | mp3 player (reviews and ategory) |
| Coupon codes | - | - | ... coupons | Gap coupons | |
| Maths | Additions | + | 45 + 39 | + | 45 + 39 |
| subtraction | - | 45 - 39 | - | 45 - 39 | |
| multiplication | * | 45 * 39 | * | 45 * 39 | |
| division | / | 45 / 39 | / | 45 / 39 | |
| percentage | % of | 45% of 39 | % of | 45% of 39 | |
| raise to a power | ^ | 2^5 | ^ | 2^5 | |
| convert | (convert) ... in(to) ... | 2 miles to inches and convert 2 miles to inches | convert ... into ... | convert 2 miles to inches | |
| currency converter | .... in ... / convert ... to ... | 150 GBP in USD / convert 100 dollars to yen | .... in ... / convert ... to ... | 150 GBP in USD / convert 100 dollars to yen | |
| square root | square root / sqrt | square root 4 and sqrt 4 | - | - | |
| Package tracker | UPS | 1zw10f970200027039 | tracking code | 1zw10f970200027039 | |
| FedEx | fedex tracking code | ||||
| postal service | usps tracking code | ||||
| Recipes | - | - | ... recipes | low fat recipes | |
| Search within site | site:domain.com / site:.tld | site:amazon.com bestseller / site:.edu | site:domain.com / site:.tld | site:amazon.com bestseller / site:.edu | |
| Search for backlinks | link:domain.com / link:url | link:http://www.apple.com/itunes apple | link:url / linkdomain:domain.com | link:http://www.apple.com/itunes apple / linkdomain:apple.com apple | |
| Search term location | Term(s) in URL | inurl:term / allinurl:term1 term2 | allinurl:student loans | inurl:term | inurl:student inurl:loans |
| Term(s) in title | intitle:term / allintitle:term1 term2 | allintitle:student loans | intitle:term | intitle:student intitle:loans | |
| Term(s) in body text | intext:term | intext:sun | intext:term | - | |
| Term(s) in backlink anchor text | inanchor:term / allinanchor:term1 term2 | allinanchor:student loans | inanchor:term | - | |
| Specific file type | ext:filetype / filetype:filetype | filetype:pdf] | originurlextension:filetype | originurlextension:pdf | |
| Related sites | related:url / related:domain | related:www.amazon.com | - | - | |
| SE saved copy | cache: | cache:http://www.apple.com/itunes/ | - | - | |
| URL-reltated info | info:url | info:http://www.apple.com/itunes/ | url: | url:http://www.amazon.com | |
| Location of the document | - | - | region: | region:europe | |