Advanced search options are filters offered by most search engines. They narrow the scope of a search query to eliminate irrelevant information and help you find the exact content you are looking for.
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These filters are not limited to websites like Google. Any website with a search function can have additional search options, including people search engines, music and video streaming sites, email programs and websites, social media platforms, and blogs.
Web search engines like Google, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Bing all have tabs that you can select after you perform a search. These limit your results to things like web pages, videos, images, directions, news, and more. Advanced search options take things a step further, letting you choose which words to exclude from your results, which websites to search, the language of the pages, and more.
Below is a list of options you will commonly encounter in Internet search engines:
