Advanced Search Engine Utilization

h Engines

• Google: https://www.google.com/

• Bing: https://www.bing.com/

• DuckDuckGo: https://duckduckgo.com/

• Baidu: http://www.baidu.com/

Advanced Google Searches / Google Dorking

Note: Don’t put spaces between the symbol or word and your search term.

Operator	Description	Example
“ ”	Search for exact match of word/phrase	“cisco”
-	Exclude a specific word or phrase from your results.	jobs -apple
*	Include a wildcard in your search. Google fills in the blank.	cisco * firewall
( )	Make a complex combination of search operators.	(ipad OR iphone) apple
AND	Search for results related to X AND Y.	cisco AND academy
OR |	Search for results related to X OR Y.	cisco OR academy
intext:	Search for pages with a particular word in the title tag.	intext:cisco
allintext:	Restricts results to pages with all query words in the page text	allintext:cisco netacad
filetype:	Restricts results to pages of the specified file type (.pdf, .ppt, .doc, etc.)	filetype:pdf
ext:	Same as filetype:	ext:docx
intitle:	Include the word or phrase in the page's title.	intitle:cisco
allintitle:	Include multiple words in the page's title.	allintitle:cisco netacad
inurl:	Restricts results to pages with a certain word (or words) in the URL	inurl:network
allinurl:	Search for pages with multiple words in the URL.	allinurl:network testing
site:	Restrict results to pages from athe specified domain	site:cisco.com
cache:	Find the most recent cache of a webpage.	cache:cisco.com
related:	Search for sites related to a given domain.	related:cisco.com

Advanced Search Engine Tools

• Google Advanced Search: https://www.google.com/advanced_search

• DorkSearch: https://dorksearch.com/

• GHDB: https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database

Resources

• Google Dorking Cheat Sheet: https://www.googleguide.com/print/adv_op_ref.pdf

• Advanced Search Operators for Bing and Google (Guide and Cheat Sheet): https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/bing-google-advanced-search-operators/

• DuckDuckGo Advanced Search: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/

• Google Search Operators: The Complete List (44 Advanced Operators): https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/

• Google Search Operators: 50+ Advanced Search Commands: https://www.spyfu.com/blog/google-search-operators/