Search Engines & Advanced Operators

Mastering Google Dorks, regex searching, and alternative search engines (Yandex, Baidu, Bing).

The Art of Google Dorking

A search engine is a database of the internet. Most users query it with keywords. Analysts query it with operators.

site:

Limit results to a specific domain.

site:linkedin.com "project manager"

filetype:

Search for specific file extensions.

filetype:pdf "confidential"

intitle:

Search for terms in the page title.

intitle:"index of" "backup"

inurl:

Search for terms in the URL structure.

inurl:admin-login