How to Use Google to Search Within a Specific Website

Co-authored by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: November 8, 2023 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to search for results on a specific website using Google. You can use this feature to view a list of search results that only use the website in question, or—if you use Google Chrome—you can search directly on some sites that have built-in search capabilities.

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Go to Google and type Type site: into the search bar. Type in the website's address without the www prefix. Press space and enter your search terms.
Using the Chrome browser, type the website you want to search into the address bar. When you see the "Press Tab to search", hit Tab ↹ . Enter your search terms.
For both methods, press ↵ Enter after you've entered your search terms. Your search results will appear.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Using Google

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Go to https://www.google.com/ in your preferred web browser.
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It's in the middle of the page.

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Type site: into the search bar. ^{[1]
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Type in your site's address without the "www" part. This should go immediately after the site: tag with no space in between.
- For example: to search Facebook, you would type site:facebook.com .
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Doing so places a space between your website's address and what you'll type next.
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Enter a search term or phrase. ^{[2]
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- For example: to search Facebook for "puppies for sale", your whole search phrase would read site:facebook.com puppies for sale .
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Doing so will run your search; when the search results page loads, you should see only results for items that both match your search and are on the website you specified.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Using Google Chrome

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Google Chrome. Click or double-click the Chrome app icon, which resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue sphere.
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Click the address bar. It's the text box at the top of the browser window.
- If there's any text in the address bar, remove it before proceeding.
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3
Type in a website's address. This should be the address on which you want to search. Make sure you include the website's "www" section here.
- For example, to search Facebook, you would type in www.facebook.com .
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4
Look the "Press Tab to search" message. In the far-right side of the address bar, you should see a message encouraging you to press the Tab ↹ key to search your site.
- If you don't see this message, you can't search the site from within the Google Chrome address bar. You can still use Google to search within a site .
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If you see the "Press Tab to search" message, pressing the Tab ↹ key will open a search bar in which to search your specified website.
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This should be whatever you want to search the website for.
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Doing so will open the search for your term or phrase within the specified website, at which point you can review the search results as needed.

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Open the Chrome app on your Android tablet or phone. Enter your search query in the address bar. Select Go, Continue, or Tap the result.

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