In this post, I will be sharing some of the Google Dorks that I use for advanced searching and information gathering.
Search filters
| Filter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| allintext | Searches for occurrences of all the keywords given. | allintext:"keyword" |
| intext | Searches for the occurrences of keywords all at once or one at a time. | intext:"keyword" |
| inurl | Searches for a URL matching one of the keywords. | inurl:"keyword" |
| allinurl | Searches for a URL matching all the keywords in the query. | allinurl:"keyword" |
| intitle | Searches for occurrences of keywords in title all or one. | intitle:"keyword" |
| allintitle | Searches for occurrences of keywords all at a time. | allintitle:"keyword" |
| site | Specifically searches that particular site and lists all the results for that site. | site:"www.google.com" |
| filetype | Searches for a particular filetype mentioned in the query. | filetype:"pdf" |
| link | Searches for external links to pages. | link:"keyword" |
| numrange | Used to locate specific numbers in your searches. | numrange:321-325 |
| before/after | Used to search within a particular date range. | filetype:pdf & (before:2000-01-01 after:2001-01-01) |
| allinanchor (and also inanchor) | This shows sites which have the keyterms in links pointing to them, in order of the most links. | inanchor:rat |
| allinpostauthor (and also inpostauthor) | Exclusive to blog search, this one picks out blog posts that are written by specific individuals. | allinpostauthor:"keyword" |
| related | List web pages that are âsimilarâ to a specified web page. | related:www.google.com |
| cache | Shows the version of the web page that Google has in its cache. | cache:www.google.com |
Examples
intext:"index of /"
Nina Simone intitle:âindex.ofâ âparent directoryâ âsizeâ âlast modifiedâ âdescriptionâ I Put A Spell On You (mp4|mp3|avi|flac|aac|ape|ogg) -inurl:(jsp|php|html|aspx|htm|cf|shtml|lyrics-realm|mp3-collection) -site:.info
Bill Gates intitle:âindex.ofâ âparent directoryâ âsizeâ âlast modifiedâ âdescriptionâ Microsoft (pdf|txt|epub|doc|docx) -inurl:(jsp|php|html|aspx|htm|cf|shtml|ebooks|ebook) -site:.info
parent directory DVDRip -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
parent directory MP3 -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
parent directory Name of Singer or album -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
filetype:config inurl:web.config inurl:ftp
âWindows XP Professionalâ 94FBR
ext:(doc | pdf | xls | txt | ps | rtf | odt | sxw | psw | ppt | pps | xml) (intext:confidential salary | intext:"budget approved") inurl:confidential
ext:(doc | pdf | xls | txt | ps | rtf | odt | sxw | psw | ppt | pps | xml) (intext:confidential salary | intext:âbudget approvedâ) inurl:confidential
Operators
Search Term
This operator searches for the exact phrase within speech marks only. This is ideal when the phrase you are using to search is ambiguous and could be easily confused with something else, or when youâre not quite getting relevant enough results back. For example:
"Tinned Sandwiches"
OR
This self explanatory operator searches for a given search term OR an equivalent term.
site:facebook.com | site:twitter.com
AND
site:facebook.com & site:twitter.com
Operators combinaison
(site:facebook.com | site:twitter.com) & intext:"login"
(site:facebook.com | site:twitter.com) (intext:"login")
Include results
This will order results by the number of occurrence of the keyword.
-site:facebook.com +site:facebook.*
Exclude results
site:facebook.* -site:facebook.com
Synonyms
Adding a tilde to a search word tells Google that you want it to bring back synonyms for the term as well. For example, entering â~setâ will bring back results that include words like âconfigureâ, âcollectionâ and âchangeâ which are all synonyms of âsetâ. Fun fact: âsetâ has the most definitions of any word in the dictionary.
~set
Glob pattern (*)
Putting an asterisk in a search tells Google âI donât know what goes hereâ. Basically, itâs really good for finding half remembered song lyrics or names of things.
site:*.com