Operators are used to refine the results and to maximize the search value.
They are your tools as well as ethical hackers’ weaponsBasic Operators:+, -, ~ , ., *, “”, ,
OR
Advanced Operators:allintext:, allintitle:, allinurl:, bphonebook:, cache:, define:, filetype:, info:, intext:, intitle:, inurl:, link:, phonebook:, related:, rphonebook:, site:, numrange:, daterange
Basic Operators !!
(+) force inclusion of something commonGoogle ignores common words (where, how, digit, single letters) by default:Example: StarStar Wars Episode +I
(-) exclude a search termExample: apple –red
(“) use quotes around a search term to search exact phrases:Example: “Robert Masse”Robert masse without “” has the 309,000 results, but “robert masse”
only has 927 results. Reduce the 99% irrelevant results
Basic Operators
(~) search synonym:Example: ~foodReturn the results about food as well as recipe, nutrition and cooking information
( . ) a single-character wildcard:Example: m.trix Return the results of M@trix, matrix, metrix…….
( * ) any word wildcard
Advanced Operators:
“Site:”Site: Domain_name
Find Web pages only on the specified domain. If we search a specific site, usually we get the Web structure of the domain
Examples:site:http://http://geneliadesouzawallpaper.blogspot.com/
Advanced Operators:
“Filetype:”Filetype: extension_typeFind documents with specified extensionsThe supported extensions are:- HyperText Markup Language (html) - Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt) - Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) - Microsoft Word (doc) - Adobe PostScript (ps) - Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb) - Lotus 1-2-3 - Microsoft Excel (xls) (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku) - Microsoft Write (wri) - Lotus WordPro (lwp) - Rich Text Format (rtf) - MacWrite (mw) - Shockwave Flash (swf) - Text (ans, txt) Note: We actually can search asp, php and cgi, pl files as long as it is text-compatible.Example: Budget filetype: xls
Advanced Operators “Intitle:”Intitle: search_term Find search term within the title of a WebpageAllintitle: search_term1 search_term2 search_term3Find multiple search terms in the Web pages with the title that includes all these wordsThese operators are specifically useful to find the directory listsExample:Find directory list:Intitle: Index.of “parent directory”
Advanced Operators “Inurl:”Inurl: search_termFind search term in a Web addressAllinurl: search_term1 search_term2 search_term3Find multiple search terms in a Web address Examples:Inurl: cgi-binAllinurl: cgi-bin password
Advanced Operators “Intext;”Intext: search_termFind search term in the text body of a document.Allintext: search_term1 search_term2 search_term3Find multiple search terms in the text body of a document.Examples:Intext: Administrator loginAllintext: Administrator login
Advanced Operators: “Cache:”Cache: URLFind the old version of Website in Google cacheSometimes, even the site has already been updated, the old information might be found in cacheExamples:Cache: http://rahulhackingarticles.wetpaint.com
Advanced Operators
Advanced Operators: “Daterange:”Daterange:
Advanced Operators “Link:”Link: URLFind the Web pages having a link to the specified URLRelated: URLFind the Web pages that are “similar” to the specified Web pageinfo: URL Present some information that Google has about that Web pageDefine: search_termProvide a definition of the words gathered from various online sourcesExamples:Link: rahulhackingarticles.wetpaint.comRelated: rahulhackingarticles.wetpaint.comInfo: rahulhackingarticles.wetpaint.comDefine: Network security
Advanced Operators “phonebook:”Phonebook Search the entire Google phonebook rphonebook Search residential listings only bphonebook Search business listings only Examples:Phonebook: robert las vegas (robert in Las Vegas)Phonebook: (702) 944-2001 (reverse search, not always work)The phonebook is quite limited to U.S.A
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