Search Engines
Search Engines
• Inurl: The inurl: operator can be used to find specific words within the URL of a page.
• For example, inurl:login would return pages with login in the URL.
• Intext: With the intext: operator, you can search for specific text within the content of a web page.
• For example, intext:password would yield pages that contain the word “password”.
• Intitle: The intitle: operator is used to search for specific terms in the title of a webpage.
• For example, intitle:index of could reveal web servers with directory listing enabled.
• Link: The link: operator can be used to find pages that link to a specific URL.
• For example, link:example.com would find pages linking to example.com.
• Site: The site: operator allows you to search within a specific site.
• For example, site:example.com would search within example.com.
Operator Description
"Search Term" Search for the exact phrase within quotes.
- Remove pages that mention a given term from the search results.
+ Force Google to return common words that might ordinarily be discarded. (Deprecated
in Google, but used in some contexts)
OR Search for a given search term OR another term.
site: Search within a given domain.
filetype: Search for a certain file type (e.g., PDF, DOCX).
intitle: Search for sites with the given word(s) in the page title.
inurl: Search for sites with the given word(s) in the URL.
intext: Search for sites with the given word(s) in the text of the page.
inanchor: Search for sites that have the given word(s) in links pointing to them.
cache: Show the most recent cached version of a webpage.
IP: Bing only: Finds results based on a given IP address.
linkfromdomain: Bing only: Search for links on the given domain.
Searching Archived
Tool Description Usage URL
Wayback Stores historical snapshots of websites. Enter a URL to browse archive.org/web/
Machine Useful for retrieving deleted content. past versions.
Archive Captures and stores static snapshots of web Enter a URL to archive archive.is
Today pages. or retrieve pages.
References
1. Gardner, B., Long, J., & Brown, J. (2011). Google hacking for penetration testers (Vol. 2). Elsevier.
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Google_Hacking_for_Penetration_Testers/bvB1-
MmhEjQC?hl=en&gbpv=0
2. Bazzell, M. (2016). Open source intelligence techniques: resources for searching and analyzing online
information. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.5555/3033260
Important Links
1. https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database
2. https://pagespeed.web.dev/