A “Google Dork” is an advanced Google search technique. “Google Dorking” is the activity of performing advanced searches on Google. These terms, also termed advanced Google operators, provide the exact information. It reduces the search time by instantly providing the information as we don’t have to move from one page to another. These operators work as queries.
Examples of Dorks
- Text Dorks
These are helpful if you want to look for web pages containing certain text strings or follow particular patterns
Intitile
This query will return the pages that include the “target_word”.
Eg – intitle:hacking
inurl
This query will return the pages that include the target_word in its URL.
Eg – inurl:login.php
allinurl
Find the links containing all words in the colon(:). Also equivalent to applying “inurl:” to discrete search strings.
Eg – allinurl:healty foods
- Scope-Restricting Dorks
These help specify your target range of websites or data types.
site:
Restrict search to particular websites, top-level domains, or subdomains.
Site:maps.google.com
filetype: , ext:
The filetype: ext: operators allow users to search for specific types of files on the web. This is particularly useful for documents, PDFs, or other specific file formats.
Eg – cybersecurity filetype:pdf
@
Restrict search to a particular social platform. It supports popular platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit.
Eg – cybersecurity @reddit
define:
Return Definitions of a word or phrase.
Eg – define:cybersecurity
source:
Find reports from a Google News source
Eg – source:cnn
- Information Dorks
These dorks appear to work best if used as standalone commands without additional query items.
cache:
Get Google’s last saved version of a particular website. A website snapshot like this is called “cache”
Eg: cache:blog.google
link:
Find pages linking to the given domain
Eg – link:Harvard.edu
related:
Return websites related to the given website
Eg – related:bbc.co.uk
map:
Get a map of the given location
Eg – map: ‘new York’
weather:
Get the weather of the given location
Eg – weather:london
location:
Find information about a location. Results may be inconsistent.
Eg – location:NY
info:
Return pages that convey information about the given website.
- Google Dorks Operators
Search
These refine the search and constrain the results to follow logic rules. Most of the following are logical operators.
OR, |
Return sites containing either query item joined by OR or the pipe character |. This is an inclusive OR.
Eg – Amazon OR Google
Amazon | Google
( )
Group multiple Google dork operators as a logical statement.
Eg – (black OR white) hat hacker
–
Hyphen; exclude search results containing the word or phrase after the hyphen.
Eg – Amazon -reviews, “sql injection” -“penetration testing”
#..#
Search a numerical range specified by the two endpoints.
Eg – 2006..2008 finds all pages that include 2006, 2007, or 2008 in them.
Math
+
Addition
–
Substraction
*
Multiplication
/
Division
% of
Percentage
X^Y, X**Y
Raise X to the power of Y. Both operators ^ and ** perform the same operation.
Eg – 3 ^ 2, 3 ** 2 = 9
in, to
Convert a quantity from a given unit to another. Translate words into another language.
Sqrt
Square root
N choose R
Find how many combinations are possible from N items taken R at a time, where N and R are integers.(Combinatorics)
Eg – 6 choose 4 = 15
ADVANTAGES:
- These operators provide the exact results that we are looking for.
- There is no wastage of time as there is no redirecting from one page to another.
~ Author : Hashan Nethkalum ~
