Let's learn about Google Dorks
What is Google Dork ?
It is an act of searching using google.com to find anything that is left behind by sys-admin or web developer, which is not meant to be public consumption.
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It is basically a search string that uses advanced search query to find information that are not easily available on the websites.
Google dorking, also known as Google hacking, can return information that is difficult to locate through simple search queries
Special google search operators
Before starting with google dorks, you need to have a basic understanding of a few special google search operators and also how it functions.
1. intitle:
This will ask google to show pages that have the term in their HTML title.
2. inurl:
Searches for specified term in the URL. For example: inurl:register.php
3. filetype:
Searched for a certain file type. Example: filetype:pdf will search for all the pdf files on the websites.
4. ext:
It works similar to filetype. Example: ext:pdf finds pdf extension files.
5. intext:
This will search the content of the page. This works somewhat like plain google search
6. site:
This limits the search to a specific site only. Example: site:abc@d.com will limit search to only abc@d.com.
7. Cache:
This will show you cached version of any website. Example: cache: aa.com
8. *
This works like a wildcard. Example: How to * sites, will show you all the results like “how to…” design/create/hack, etc… “sites”
