Google Dorking
Google dorks are search filters you can use in google. These allow you to find very specific sites (vendor/cms) or files.
External services
| Service | info |
|---|---|
| GHDB | Google Hacking Database |
EXACT-MATCH
Force an exact-match search. Use this to refine results for ambiguous searches, or to exclude synonyms when searching for single words.
"Dank memes"
OR
Search for X or Y. This will return results related to X or Y, or both.
Note: The pipe (|) operator can also be used in place of “OR”.
dank OR memes
dank | memes
AND
Search for X and Y. This will return only results related to both X and Y.
Note: It doesn’t really make much difference for regular searches, as Google defaults to “AND” anyway. But it’s very useful when paired with other operators.
dank AND memes
EXCLUDE
Exclude a term or phrase. In our example, any pages returned will be related to (dank) memes but not fresh.
memes -fresh
WILDCARD
Acts as a wildcard and will match any word or phrase.
dank * memes
GROUP TERMS
Group multiple terms or search operators to control how the search is executed.
(fresh OR dank) memes
PRICES
Search for prices. Also works for Euro (€), but not GBP (£) 🙁
liver $329
DEFINE:
A dictionary built into Google, basically. This will display the meaning of a word in a card-like result in the SERPs.
define:mimikatz
CACHE:
Returns the most recent cached version of a web page (providing the page is indexed, of course).
cache:reddit.com
FILETYPE:
Restrict results to those of a certain filetype. E.g., PDF, DOCX, TXT, PPT, XLSX, CSV, etc.
Note: The “ext:” operator can also be used—the results are identical.
classified filetype:pdf
classified ext:pdf
SITE:
Limit results to those from a specific website.
site:reddit.com
RELATED:
Find sites related to a given domain.
related:reddit.com
INTITLE:
Find pages with a certain word (or words) in the title.
In our example, the exact words “index of /” in the title tag will be returned.
intitle:"index of /"
ALLINTITLE:
Similar to “intitle”, but only results containing all of the specified words in the title tag will be returned.
intitle:index of /
INURL:
Find pages with a certain word (or words) in the URL. For this example, any results containing the word “memes” in the URL will be returned.
inurl:memes
ALLINURL:
Similar to “inurl”, but only results containing all of the specified words in the URL will be returned.
allinurl:dank memes
INTEXT:
Find pages containing a certain word (or words) somewhere in the content. For this example, any results containing the word “memes” in the page content will be returned.
intext:memes
ALLINTEXT:
Similar to “intext”, but only results containing all of the specified words somewhere on the page will be returned.
allintext:dank memes
AROUND(X)
Proximity search. Find pages containing two words or phrases within X words of each other. For this example, the words “dank” and “funny” must be present in the content and no further than four words apart.
dank AROUND(4) funny
WEATHER:
Find the weather for a specific location. This is displayed in a weather snippet, but it also returns results from other “weather” websites.
weather:rotterdam
STOCKS:
See stock information (i.e., price, etc.) for a specific ticker.
stocks:nintendo
MAP:
Force Google to show map results for a locational search.
map:rotterdam
MOVIE:
movie:war games
IN
Convert one unit to another. Works with currencies, weights, temperatures, etc.
420 euros in usd
SOURCE:
Find news results from a certain source in Google News.
malware source:security.nl
#..#
Search for a range of numbers.
arcade 1980..1990
INANCHOR:
Find pages that are being linked to with specific anchor text.
inanchor:apple iphone
ALLINANCHOR:
Similar to “inanchor”, but only results containing all of the specified words in the inbound anchor text will be returned.
allinanchor:apple iphone
BLOGURL:
Find blog URLs under a specific domain. This was used in Google blog search, but I’ve found it does return some results in regular search.
blogurl:microsoft.com
LOCATION:
Find results from a given area.
location:"rotterdam" taco