Referrer Search Operator

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I am trying to find an article.

What I remember about the article is that “site one” linked to “site two”.

To do this search, there would have to be a new search operator–eg referrer:–which indicated the origin or site one.

An example would be something like:

referrer:one.com site:two.com keyword-shim

My intent is to get a result on two.com which was linked from one.com.

In my case, I believe Ars Technica linked to CDC.gov or vaccines.gov. So I might enter:

referrer:arstechnica.com site:cdc.gov johnson

inanchor: doesn’t apply because that searches the link text. I have no idea what the link text says. Ars Technica’s style is to use inline links which might have any combination of words. I’m more confident about the destination URL.

inurl: doesn’t apply because that searches the URL of the result. For example, if I wanted something from mojeek.com, then I might use inurl:mojeek I already know the result is on cdc.gov. The key feature would be specifying the referrer.

Feature Request

Please add a search operator where I can specify a referrer by URL.

Mike

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Hey @mike, short answer is that this is not necessarily an easy one, but it’s definitely something that we will look into. I’ve raised it internally and so when we’ve got a chance it’ll be looked at.

I don’t suppose you’ve seen this functionality elsewhere? I’m interested in trying it out if so.

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I have not seen it. The closest has been inanchor.

If possible, I assume it would be a side effect of page rank.

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It’s been 20 years so my memory is real - real fuzzy, but there used to be a thing in Google that you could put in a domain and some operator and see a partial list of pages that linked back.

Google dumped the feature because it was being used by SEO’s.

Does anyone else remember that?

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Way too early on/long ago for me, @ricardo81 might have something in the memory banks.

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link:

Find pages linking to a specific domain or URL. Google killed this operator in 2017, but it does still show some results—they likely aren’t particularly accurate though. (Deprecated in 2017)

Example: link:apple.com

Google Search Operators: The Complete List (42 Advanced Operators)

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Here is a (related) example I just came across.

I know Ars Technica linked to Wikipedia.

I know the subject was immunoglobulin class switching.

But searching

immunoglobulin class switching site:arstechnica.com

turns up nothing on Mojeek or DuckDuckGo.

And the inanchor: would be

variety of antibody subtypes

which I have no way of knowing.

Sidebar

inanchor:variety inanchor:antibody inanchor:subtypes site:arstechnica.com

does show the correct article.

If I had not just run across this example, I’d have no way to refer to it later except to remember it exactly or have some impractical note-taking habit.

My issue is not the subject matter. I can find information on immunoglobulin class switching or thrombosis adverse events on my own.

The specific thing I’m trying to find is an exact URL based on what I know:

  • the two top-level sites
  • the link relationship
  • a general topic

Originally, I wanted to know the URL on site two. In my original problem, there was a specific anchor that I got from an article but which I could not reproduce. I did not want to link to the top of a twenty page fact sheet. And I did not see a useful id= in the information I found. So, I was interested in the reference I originally followed.

But, looking at today’s example, it might also be useful to get the URL for site one: where I might remember that one site linked to the other and want to refer to the original article. I’m not sure how the operator would then need to change: referee: ?

referee:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoglobulin_class_switching site:arstechnica.com

… to produce the same result as the sidebar.

My memory is unusual. I typically remember the relationships between these sites and a general topic. And it would be helpful to me if I could turn up more details like a list of anchors or original articles based on that information.

Mike

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way off-topic, but for those interested…

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The Contagion Myth - Why Viruses (including “Coronavirus”) Are Not the Cause of Disease - Dr. Thomas S. Cowan, 2020

Virus Mania, 3rd edition: How the Medical Industry Continually Invents Epidemics, Making Billion-Dollar Profits At Our Expense

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‘Germ Theory’ isn’t spreading like it used to - 12Bytes.org

Medical School 101: Virology - 12Bytes.org

Vaccines - What You Need To Know - 12Bytes.org

Kary Mullis (Full Interview) PCR Test Inventor on Science, FDA, AIDS, Fauci…

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BOMBSHELL: There’s No Proof Of Contagious Viruses Causing Disease; Drs Cowan, Bailey, Lanka, Kaufman

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