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> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://yandex.com/support/search/en/llms.txt
# Search pages and sites
You can specify your search query using document operators, such as the host where the site pages are located.
Typically, the operator is specified after the text of the search query and is separated from it by a space. You can use multiple operators in the same query, separating them with a space. If an operator itself contains a space, replace it with the `%20` character combination.
When using operators where the hostname is a parameter (`url`, `host`, or `rhost`), enter the [primary site address](https://yandex.com/support/webmaster/yandex-indexing/site-mirrors.xml). For example, [host:archive.org], not [host:www.archive.org]. You can [add a host](https://webmaster.yandex.com/sites/add/) to the Yandex database to find out whether a specific address is the primary one.
## Search pages located at a specific address (URL) {#url}
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**Operator**
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**Syntax**
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**Query description and example**
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`url:`
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```
url:full URL
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This finds documents containing the word "temperature" and located at the specified address:
```
temperature url:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
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```
url: hostname/category/*
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This finds documents that contain the word "warming" and have addresses starting with `en.wikipedia.org/wiki`:
```
warming url:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*
```
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To find all documents with addresses that start with the specified value, put the `*` character at the end of the URL. The URL in the query should be enclosed in inverted commas if it contains one of the following characters:`'` `"` `(` `)` `_`.
{% note info %}
The address isn't case sensitive.
{% endnote %}
## Search all subdomains and pages of a specific site {#site}
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**Operator**
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**Syntax**
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**Query description and example**
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`site:`
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```
site:website URL
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This finds documents containing the word "search" and posted on the subdomains and pages of `wikiquote.org`:
```
search site:wikiquote.org
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## Search pages on a specific host {#host}
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**Operator**
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**Syntax**
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**Query description and example**
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`host:`
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```
host:host name in the format www.second-level domain.top-level domain
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Finds documents containing the word "warming" and hosted on `www.wikipedia.org`:
```
warming host:www.wikipedia.org
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Identical to the [url:](#url) operator with the specified hostname.
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**Operator**
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**Syntax**
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**Query description and example**
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`rhost:`
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```
rhost:hostname formatted as top-level domain.second-level domain.www
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This finds documents containing the word "warming" and hosted on the `wikipedia.org` domain:
```
warming rhost:org.wikipedia.www
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```
rhost:hostname formatted as top-level domain.second-level domain.*
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This finds documents containing the word "warming" and hosted on all subdomains of the `wikipedia.org` domain:
```
warming rhost:org.wikipedia.*
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Identical to the [host:](#host) operator, but the host name is written in reverse order: the top-level domain first, then the second-level domain, and so on.
To search by all subdomains of the specified domain, put the `*` character at the end of the URL.
## Search pages on a specific domain {#domain}
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**Operator**
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**Syntax**
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**Query description and example**
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`domain:`
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```
domain:domain
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This finds documents containing the word "search" and hosted on the `com` domain:
```
search domain:com
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