Search Engine Discovery

Google Dorking

Operator	Operator Description	Example	Example Description
site:	Limits results to a specific website or domain.	site:example.com	Find all publicly accessible pages on example.com.
inurl:	Finds pages with a specific term in the URL.	inurl:login	Search for login pages on any website.
filetype:	Searches for files of a particular type.	filetype:pdf	Find downloadable PDF documents.
intitle:	Finds pages with a specific term in the title.	intitle:"confidential report"	Look for documents titled "confidential report" or similar variations.
intext: or inbody:	Searches for a term within the body text of pages.	intext:"password reset"	Identify webpages containing the term “password reset”.
cache:	Displays the cached version of a webpage (if available).	cache:example.com	View the cached version of example.com to see its previous content.
link:	Finds pages that link to a specific webpage.	link:example.com	Identify websites linking to example.com.
related:	Finds websites related to a specific webpage.	related:example.com	Discover websites similar to example.com.
info:	Provides a summary of information about a webpage.	info:example.com	Get basic details about example.com, such as its title and description.
define:	Provides definitions of a word or phrase.	define:phishing	Get a definition of "phishing" from various sources.
numrange:	Searches for numbers within a specific range.	site:example.com numrange:1000-2000	Find pages on example.com containing numbers between 1000 and 2000.
allintext:	Finds pages containing all specified words in the body text.	allintext:admin password reset	Search for pages containing both "admin" and "password reset" in the body text.
allinurl:	Finds pages containing all specified words in the URL.	allinurl:admin panel	Look for pages with "admin" and "panel" in the URL.
allintitle:	Finds pages containing all specified words in the title.	allintitle:confidential report 2023	Search for pages with "confidential," "report," and "2023" in the title.
AND	Narrows results by requiring all terms to be present.	site:example.com AND (inurl:admin OR inurl:login)	Find admin or login pages specifically on example.com.
OR	Broadens results by including pages with any of the terms.	"linux" OR "ubuntu" OR "debian"	Search for webpages mentioning Linux, Ubuntu, or Debian.
NOT	Excludes results containing the specified term.	site:bank.com NOT inurl:login	Find pages on bank.com excluding login pages.
* (wildcard)	Represents any character or word.	site:socialnetwork.com filetype:pdf user* manual	Search for user manuals (user guide, user handbook) in PDF format on socialnetwork.com.
.. (range search)	Finds results within a specified numerical range.	site:ecommerce.com "price" 100..500	Look for products priced between 100 and 500 on an e-commerce website.
" " (quotation marks)	Searches for exact phrases.	"information security policy"	Find documents mentioning the exact phrase "information security policy".
- (minus sign)	Excludes terms from the search results.	site:news.com -inurl:sports	Search for news articles on news.com excluding sports-related content.

• Finding Login Pages:

  • site:example.com inurl:login

  • site:example.com (inurl:login OR inurl:admin)

• Identifying Exposed Files:

  • site:example.com filetype:pdf

  • site:example.com (filetype:xls OR filetype:docx)

• Uncovering Configuration Files:

  • site:example.com inurl:config.php

  • site:example.com (ext:conf OR ext:cnf) (searches for extensions commonly used for configuration files)

• Locating Database Backups:

  • site:example.com inurl:backup

  • site:example.com filetype:sql