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How to Use the Inurl Syntax

By Wendy Boswell, About.com

What is a URL, first of all? URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator", and is the address of a resource, file, site, service, etc. on the Internet. For example, the URL of this page is located in the address bar at the top of your browser, and should include "websearch.about.com" as the first part of it.

The inurl search syntax allows you to search for words within the URL. For example, if I wanted to find all the URL's that contained the word "flower" in Google, I would do this:

inurl:flower

You can also do this in Yahoo - inurl:flower, and in A9.com: inurl:flower. Ask.com supports the inurl syntax - inurl:flower as does AOL Search - inurl:flower. This is just another interesting way to search the Web and find Web sites that you might not have found by just entering in a query word or phrase.

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