A search operator also referred as a Google search parameter, is a string of characters used in search engine query to narrow down the focus of the search. Knowing how to build or edit your own search string can be very useful when trying to dig up information from the World Wide Web and is a very useful skill for anyone dealing with the web on a daily basis.

As Julie Andrews once sang, “Let’s start from the very beginning, which is a very good place to start” and same is true for learning to build your own Google search string.

Let’s for a moment assume that you have been lost in wilderness during the last decade and start from the basic of the Google search URL;