Sometimes I'm looking for date-sensitive information and don't want to see results more than a certain age. Is there a way to specify this in a Google search?
Yes, you can.
- Go to Google's Advanced Search Page
- Expand the
Date, Usage Rights, NumericRange, and Moresection
- Choose from the following options
- Past 24 hours
- Past week
- Past month
- Past year
OR
- Do a regular Google Search
- Expand the
ShowSearch toolson the leftunderneath the search field - Choose from the following options.
Before:
These options appear in the query string. I don't think there is a way to include them in the regular search input as a search operator. In other words, I don't think it can be used like the filetype search term.
answered Aug 1 '10 at 5:58
Once you preform the Google search, you can click on More search tools and then Custom Range...
This will use the publication date, which Google describes as:
Limit results according to when they were published on the Web. Google tries to estimate the publication date for a page by using information such as the date when Google first indexed the page.
If want to search for pages which contain a date (year only) within a given range, you can use the Numrange search feature. (e.g. Willie Mays 1950..1960.)
