Google Dorking describes the process of using advanced search filters that allow to retrieve more efficient results. It is a technique often used by cybersecurity professionals in order to find valuable information about a target.
Note: While Google Dorking itself is legal (in most countries), it might quickly lead to actions that aren't, such as visiting a site with illegal content in it.
| Operator | Description | Syntax | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| () | Group multiple terms or operators. Allows advanced expressions | (<term> or <operator>) | inurl:(html | php) |
| * | Wildcard. Matches any word | <text> * <text> | How to * a computer |
| "" | The given keyword has to match exactly. case-insensitive | "<keywords>" | "google" |
| m..n / m...n | Search for a range of numbers. n should be greater than m | <number>..<number> | 1..100 |
| - | Documents that match the operator are excluded. NOT-Operator | -<operator> | -site:youtube.com |
| + | Include documents that match the operator | +<operator> | +site:youtube.com |
| | | Logical OR-Operator. Only one operator needs to match in order for the overall expression to match | <operator> | <operator> | "google" | "yahoo" |
| ~ | Search for synonyms of the given word. Not supported by Google | ~<word> | ~book |
| @ | Perform a search only on the given social media platform. Rather use site | @<socialmedia> | |
| after | Search for documents published / indexed after the given date | after:<yy(-mm-dd)> | after:2020-06-03 |
| allintitle | Same as intitle but allows multiple keywords seperated by a space | allintitle:<keywords> | allintitle:dog cat |
| allinurl | Same as inurl but allows multiple keywords seperated by a space | allinurl:<keywords> | allinurl:search com |
| allintext | Same as intext but allows multiple keywords seperated by a space | allintext:<keywords> | allintext:math science university |
| AROUND | Search for documents in which the first word is up to n words away from the second word and vice versa | <word1> AROUND(<n>) <word2> | google AROUND(10) good |
| author | Search for articles written by the given author if applicable | author:<name> | author:Max |
| before | Search for documents published / indexed before the given date | before:<yy(-mm-dd)> | before:2020-06-03 |
| cache | Search on the cached version of the given website. Uses Google's cache to do so | cache:<domain> | cache:google.com |
| contains | Search for documents that link to the given fileype. Not supported by Google | contains:<filetype> | contains:pdf |
| date | Search for documents published within the past n months. Not supported by Google | date:<number> | date:3 |
| define | Search for the definition of the given word | define:<word> | define:funny |
| ext | Search for a specific filetype | ext:<documenttype> | ext:pdf |
| filetype | Refer to ext | filetype:<documenttype> | filetype:pdf |
| inanchor | Search for the given keyword in a website's anchors | inanchor:<keyword> | inanchor:security |
| index of | Search for documents containing direct downloads | index of:<term> | index of:mp4 videos |
| info | Search for information about a website | info:<domain> | info:google.com |
| intext | Keyword needs to be in the text of the document | intext:<keyword> | intext:news |
| intitle | Keyword needs to be in the title of the document | intitle:<keyword> | intitle:money |
| inurl | Keyword needs to be in the URL of the document | inurl:<keyword> | inurl:sheet |
| link / links | Search for documents whose links contain the given keyword. Useful for finding documents that link to a specific website | link:<keyword> | link:google |
| location | Show documents based on the given location | location:<location> | location:USA |
| numrange | Refer to m..n | numrange:<number>-<number> | numrange:1-100 |
| OR | Refer to | | <operator> OR <operator> | "google" OR "yahoo" |
| phonebook | Search for related phone numbers associated with the given name | phonebook:<name> | phonebook:"william smith" |
| relate / related | Search for documents that are related to the given website | relate:<domain> | relate:google.com |
| safesearch | Exclude adult content such as pornographic videos | safesearch:<keyword> | safesearch:sex |
| source | Search on a specific news site. Rather use site | source:<news> | source:theguardian |
| site | Search on the given site. Given argument might also be just a TLD such as com, net, etc | site:<domain> | site:google.com |
| stock | Search for information about a market stock | stock:<stock> | stock:dax |
| weather | Search for information about the weather of the given location | weather:<location> | weather:Miami |
"google" 1..100
Search for websites that contain the word "google" and a number between 1 and 100
Spiderman -site:youtube.*
Search for the term "Spiderman" but exclude results from YouTube
How to * a computer after:2022-01-01
Search for websites published after the 1st January 2022 dealing about how to
use/repair/shutdown/...a computer
allintext:homework teacher school site:gov before:2020 ext:(html | php)
Search for websites published before 2020 which have the TLD
.gov, are either html or php documents and contain the words "homework", "teacher" and "school"
@twitter jatinkrmalik
Search for the term "jatinkrmalik" on instagram
inurl:/proc/self/cwd
Find vulnerable webservers
inurl:email.xls ext:xls
Find excel documents that contain email addresses
index of:mp3 intext:.mp3
Find mp3 (music) documents
intitle:"webcamXP 5" | inurl:"lvappl.htm"
Find open/public webcams
intext:password ext:log
Find log documents wich have the string "password" in it