Keyword
| Function |
| anchor:text | Finds
pages that contain the specified word or phrase in the text of a hyperlink. anchor:"Click
here to visit alta vista home page" would find pages
with "Click here to visit alta vista home page" as a link. |
| applet:class | Finds
pages that contain a specified Java applet. Use applet:morph
to find pages using applets called morph. |
| domain:domainname | Finds
pages within the specified domain. Use domain:uk
to find pages from the United Kingdom, or use domain:com
to find pages from commercial sites. |
| host:name | Finds
pages on a specific computer. The search host:www.shopping.com
would find pages on the Shopping.com computer, and host:dilbert.unitedmedia.com
would find pages on the computer called dilbert at unitedmedia.com. |
| image:filename | Finds
pages with images having a specific filename. Use image:altavista
to find pages with images called altavista. |
| link:URLtext | Finds
pages with a link to a page with the specified URL text. Use link:www.altavista.com
to find all pages linking to altavista.com. |
| title:text | Finds
pages that contain the specified word or phrase in the page title (which appears
in the title bar of most browsers). The search title:sunset
would find pages with sunset in the title. |
| url:text | Finds
pages with a specific word or phrase in the URL. Use url:rate
to find all pages on all servers that have the word rate in the host name,
path, or filename--the complete URL, in other words. |
| * | AltaVista's
wild card or truncation symbol, the * or asterisk, has expanded so that it covers
an unlimited number of characters. So bed* would find bedlam, bedroom, bedraggled
etc. |
