☎️Search Engine OSINT

Other documentation about google searches:

Google Search

Google - https://www.google.com/

Google Advanced Search - https://www.google.com/advanced_search

Google Search Guide - http://www.googleguide.com/print/adv_op_ref.pdf

Bing - https://www.bing.com/

Bing Search Guide - https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/bing-google-advanced-search-operators/

Yandex - https://yandex.com/

DuckDuckGo - https://duckduckgo.com/

DuckDuckGo Search Guide - https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/

Baidu - http://www.baidu.com/

1. Basic Site Search:

• Query: site:example.com

• Explanation: This narrows down your search results to a specific website. For instance, site:reddit.com will show results only from Reddit.

2. Combining Keywords:

• Query: example AND example2 site:reddit

• Explanation: Use "AND" to combine keywords. This query looks for pages on Reddit that mention both "example" and "example2".

3. Exact Phrase Search:

• Query: "exact phrase" site:reddit

• Explanation: Enclose a phrase in quotes to find pages where the words appear exactly as you typed them. Useful for finding specific discussions.

4. Combining Exact Phrase and Keywords:

• Query: "exact phrase" theme * site:reddit.com

• Explanation: Looks for pages on Reddit that contain an exact phrase and the word "theme".

5. Excluding Terms:

• Query: site:tesla -www -forums

• Explanation: Exclude certain terms using "-" to refine your search. This example excludes pages from Tesla's main website and forums.

6. Searching Filetypes:

• Query: site:tesla password filetype:pdf

• Explanation: Find PDF files on Tesla's site containing the word "password".

7. Incorrect Filetype Search:

• Query: site:tesla filetype:dockxbn

• Explanation: Search for a specific filetype on a website. In this case, looking for files with a "dockxbn" extension.

8. Removing Subdomains:

• Query: site:tesla.com -www

• Explanation: Exclude pages from the "www" subdomain of Tesla's website.

9. Complex Exclusions:

• Query: site:tesla.com -www -forums

• Explanation: Exclude multiple terms to further filter results from Tesla's website.

10. Intext, Inurl, Intitle Searches:

• Queries:

  • name intext:password

  • name intext:password site:twitter.com

  • name inurl:password

  • name intitle:password

• Explanation: These search methods help find pages where a specific word (like "password") appears in the text, URL, or title, often used for security research.