Search Engines and Google Dorking
Google Dorks
Google hacking / Dorking utilizes Google's advanced search engine features, which allow you to pick out custom content. You can, for instance, pick out results from a certain domain name using the site: filter
Filter
Example
Description
site
site:tryhackme.com
returns results only from the specified website address
inurl
inurl:admin
returns results that have the specified word in the URL
filetype
filetype:pdf
returns results which are a particular file extension
intitle
intitle:admin
returns results that contain the specified word in the title
intitle:ethical.hacker
dot represents the space
IP
IP:10.10.10.10
works on bing. Use to check which websites are hosted on an IP address
linkfromdomain
linkfromdomain:cehpractical.com
Works on Bing. get all links from a domain
Google Advanced Search
Google Advanced Search is a set of specialized search features and filters that allow users to refine their search queries to find more precise and specific results. It offers a range of tools beyond the basic search bar, enabling users to tailor their searches based on various criteria.
Tips
Using double quotes, restrict the results to exact search. (Works on Google,bing)
You can use multiple conditional operators with google dorks
Asterisk can be used as placeholder.
Sometimes you can find cache content on bing if you do not find cache on google.
Web Search Engines
Search Engine
URL
Remarks
Bing
https://www.bing.com/
Yandex
https://yandex.com/
Russian. Has very good image recognition algorithm
Baidu
https://www.baidu.com/
Chinese
DuckDuckGo
https://duckduckgo.com/
Privacy preserving search Engine
S3 Bucket Search
Google Drive Search
AI google Dork Generator
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