Search engine Bing Advanced search usage Tips

Bing Bing, Microsoft's search engine, offers a wealth of advanced search syntax, using advanced keywords to get better search results, so you can quickly find what you really need, so let's get to the bottom of it.

Use the following keywords to narrow your search:

Key Words	definition	Sample
Contains	Searches only for sites that contain links to the specified file type.	To search for a Web site that contains a microsoftwindowsmediaaudio (. wma) file link, type: Music contains:wma
FileType	Only pages created with the specified file type are returned.	To find a report that you created in PDF format, type a topic, followed by filetype:pdf
Inanchor:, Inbody:, intitle:	These keywords return web pages in the metadata that contain the specified search criteria, such as anchor, body, or caption. Specify a keyword for each search condition, or you can use more than one keyword as needed.	To find pages that contain MSN in the anchor and that contains SEO and sem in the body, type Inanchor:msninbody:seoinbody:sem
Ip:	Find a Web site hosted on a specific IP address. The IP address must be an address separated by an English period. Type the keyword IP:, followed by the site's IP address.	Type ip:207.46.249.252
Language	Returns the Web page for the specified language. Specify the language code directly after the keyword language: You can also specify the language of a Web page by using the language feature in the Search builder.	To view an English page about antique artifacts, type "antiques" language:en
LOC: or Location:	Returns a Web page for a specific country or region. Specify the country or region code directly after the keyword loc:. To search for two or more languages, use logical operators or to group the languages.	To view a Web page about American or British sculptures, type sculpture (Loc:USORloc:GB). To see a list of language codes available for Bing, see Country, Region, and language code.
Prefer:	Emphasize a search condition or operator to qualify search results.	To find the relevant web page for football, but the content of the search is limited to a team, type the football prefer: Team
Site	Returns the page that belongs to the specified Web site. To search for two or more fields, use logical operators or to group the fields. You can use site to search for Web domains, top-level domains, and directories that do not exceed two levels. You can also search a Web site for pages that contain specific search terms.	To search for SEO-related web pages on the "roll over, in the world of the Internet" site, type site:www.chinaz.com SEO
Feed	An RSS (reallysimplesyndication) or atom source that looks up search criteria on a Web site.	To find an RSS or atom source for soccer, type the feed: football.
Hasfeed:	On the Web site, locate the Web page that contains the RSS or atom source for the search criteria.	To find a Web page that contains a football-related RSS or atom source on the Newyorktimes Web site, type site:www.nytimes.com hasfeed: Football
Url:	Check whether the listed domain or Web address is in the Bing index.	To verify "roll to roll, in the world of the Internet" is the site in the index, type url:feedbb.com

Note: In these keywords, do not follow the colon followed by a space.