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ddeck on Jan 28, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Drops Discussions Search Filter and Others

Thank you, it works. After some googling, it seems the following are supported [1]:

  Applications : tbm=app
  Blogs*       : tbm=blg
  Books        : tbm=bks
  Discussions* : tbm=dsc
  Images       : tbm=isch
  News         : tbm=nws
  Patents      : tbm=pts
  Places*      : tbm=plcs
  Recipes*     : tbm=rcp
  Shopping*    : tbm=shop
  Video        : tbm=vid

* those not available via normal search page (from my location at least).

[1] http://stenevang.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/google-search-url-...

warnhardcode on Jan 28, 2014 | [–]

Does anyone know what these searches do? Does a filter limit the search to known domains, or silently add keywords that identify a site as a blog or a video?

cynwoody on Jan 28, 2014 | [–]

Does anyone know what 'tbm' stands for?

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