What does the site: directive do in Google searches?

• A. Searches results within the entire internet
• B. Narrows search to a single site or domain
• C. Finds pages with similar content
• D. Filters results by date

Answer: (B)

The site: operator is a Google search tool that confines results to a specific site or domain. When you include site:example.com in a query, Google only returns pages hosted on that site, ignoring content from other domains. For example, site:wikipedia.org "quantum mechanics" will show Wikipedia pages about quantum mechanics rather than pages from across the web. You can target subdomains or particular domains too, like site:edu or site:docs.google.com, to focus the search on that area. It’s useful for quickly finding information within a trusted site or checking how that site covers a topic. It doesn’t pull in similar pages or filter by date by itself; those would require different operators or tools.