# Is there a way to search for websites with only certain domain extensions?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-websites-with-only-certain-domain-extensions/357589>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-websites-with-only-certain-domain-extensions/357589 "2006-05-21T01:05:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![AnabolicDoberman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@AnabolicDoberman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnabolicDoberman)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-websites-with-only-certain-domain-extensions/357589/1 "2006-05-21T01:05:20Z")

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Like when I go to a search engine and search for something is there a way to only include .org sites?

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-websites-with-only-certain-domain-extensions/357589/2 "2006-05-21T01:22:42Z")

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[Google Advanced Search](http://www.google.com/advanced_search?)  
See Line 5 in the white area below the search terms:

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> Domain **ONLY** return results from the site or domain XXXXX

Fill the space (XXXXX) with .org, .com, [whitehouse.gov](http://whitehouse.gov) etc. to limit the range of the search.

Here’s an example of domain limited search results: [Yahoo Advanced site:.org](http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Yahoo+Advanced&num=10&hl=en&c2coff=1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=.org&as_rights=&safe=images)

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-websites-with-only-certain-domain-extensions/357589/3 "2006-05-21T01:22:46Z")

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Click on “Advanced search” on the right side of Google’s main page. Part way down the next page is a place to select what domain/TLD extension you want to the limit the search to.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-websites-with-only-certain-domain-extensions/357589/4 "2006-05-21T01:28:52Z")

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Or just append site:org to your search terms on the main google page.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-websites-with-only-certain-domain-extensions/357589/5 "2006-05-21T01:29:58Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> Or just append site:org to your search terms on the main google page.

But without the smiley. 😉

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-websites-with-only-certain-domain-extensions/357589/6 "2006-05-21T01:29:59Z")

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Stoopid smilies. That should be: site:org