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Google Dorking

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Advanced Searching

Google Dorking describes the process of using advanced search filters that allow to retrieve more efficient results. It is a technique often used by cybersecurity professionals in order to find valuable information about a target. While Google Dorking itself is legal (in most countries), it might quickly lead to actions that aren't, such as visiting a site with illegal content in it. Hence using TOR or a VPN is recommended. It is also beneficial to use a search aggregator like SearX.


Search Operators

Operator Description Syntax Example
() Group multiple terms or operators. Allows advanced expressions (<term> or <operator>) inurl:(html | php)
* Wildcard. Matches any word <text> * <text> How to * a computer
"" The given keyword has to match exactly. case-insensitive "<keywords>" "google"
m..n / m...n Search for a range of numbers. n should be greater than m <number>..<number> 1..100
- Documents that match the operator are excluded. NOT-Operator -<operator> -site:youtube.com
+ Include documents that match the operator +<operator> +site:youtube.com
| Logical OR-Operator. Only one operator needs to match in order for the overall expression to match <operator> | <operator> "google" | "yahoo"
~ Search for synonyms of the given word. Not supported by Google ~<word> ~book
@ Perform a search only on the given social media platform. Rather use site @<socialmedia> @instagram
after Search for documents published / indexed after the given date after:<yy(-mm-dd)> after:2020-06-03
allintitle Same as intitle but allows multiple keywords seperated by a space allintitle:<keywords> allintitle:dog cat
allinurl Same as inurl but allows multiple keywords seperated by a space allinurl:<keywords> allinurl:search com
allintext Same as intext but allows multiple keywords seperated by a space allintext:<keywords> allintext:math science university
AROUND Search for documents in which the first word is up to n words away from the second word and vice versa <word1> AROUND(<n>) <word2> google AROUND(10) good
author Search for articles written by the given author if applicable author:<name> author:Max
before Search for documents published / indexed before the given date before:<yy(-mm-dd)> before:2020-06-03
cache Search on the cached version of the given website. Uses Google's cache to do so cache:<domain> cache:google.com
contains Search for documents that link to the given fileype. Not supported by Google contains:<filetype> contains:pdf
date Search for documents published within the past n months. Not supported by Google date:<number> date:3
define Search for the definition of the given word define:<word> define:funny
ext Search for a specific filetype ext:<documenttype> ext:pdf
filetype Refer to ext filetype:<documenttype> filetype:pdf
inanchor Search for the given keyword in a website's anchors inanchor:<keyword> inanchor:security
index of Search for documents containing direct downloads index of:<term> index of:mp4 videos
info Search for information about a website info:<domain> info:google.com
intext Keyword needs to be in the text of the document intext:<keyword> intext:news
intitle Keyword needs to be in the title of the document intitle:<keyword> intitle:money
inurl Keyword needs to be in the URL of the document inurl:<keyword> inurl:sheet
link / links Search for documents whose links contain the given keyword. Useful for finding documents that link to a specific website link:<keyword> link:google
location Show documents based on the given location location:<location> location:USA
numrange Refer to m..n numrange:<number>-<number> numrange:1-100
OR Refer to | <operator> OR <operator> "google" OR "yahoo"
phonebook Search for related phone numbers associated with the given name phonebook:<name> phonebook:"william smith"
relate / related Search for documents that are related to the given website relate:<domain> relate:google.com
safesearch Exclude adult content such as pornographic videos safesearch:<keyword> safesearch:sex
source Search on a specific news site. Rather use site source:<news> source:theguardian
site Search on the given site. Given argument might also be just a TLD such as com, net, etc site:<domain> site:google.com
stock Search for information about a market stock stock:<stock> stock:dax
weather Search for information about the weather of the given location weather:<location> weather:Miami

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Simple Examples

"google" 1..100

Search for websites that contain the word "google" and a number between 1 and 100

Videos -site:youtube.*

Search for the term "Videos" but exclude results from YouTube

How to * a computer after:2022-01-01

Search for websites published after the 1st January 2022 dealing about how to use/repair/shutdown/... a computer

allintext:homework teacher school site:gov before:2020 ext:(html | php)

Search for websites published before 2020 which have the TLD .gov, are either html or php documents and contain the words "homework", "teacher" and "school"

@instagram chr3st5an

Search for the term "chr3st5an" on instagram

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Finding Valuable Information

intitle:"webcamXP 5" | inurl:"lvappl.htm"

Find open/public webcams

intext:password ext:log

Find log documents wich have the string "password" in it

inurl:/proc/self/cwd

Find vulnerable webservers

inurl:email.xls ext:xls

Find excel documents that contain email addresses

index of:mp3 intext:.mp3

Find mp3 (music) documents

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Further

You can find more Google Dorks at the exploit-db

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Meta

License

The information provided here are dedicated to the public domain. Use them as you wish.

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