What is Google Dork? How to use it?
You guys already know about Google very well. But that’s not the topic we are going to discuss now. But, maybe you are not aware of Google Dork. I am not talking about Google’s Dark theme but this is Google Dork not Dark :).
You may have heard of this term in some hacking courses. So, let’s break the suspense and let’s get to know what is Google Dork.
What is Google Dork?
Well, Google dork is just an advanced technique that is used to search Google’s Index in a better way. Using this technique you can do a lot of things. You can search for a very specific query or find someone’s email and even passwords. There are many hackers and I.T. Professionals who use these advanced search techniques everyday to find confidential things that are somehow leaked and got indexed by Google.
Google Dork have both good side and the bad side. It depends on you how you use it. There are many peoples who use it for good purpose like finding a particular article, for learning purpose and accessing a particular file. But there are some peoples who use it for bad things like hacking into websites through Google Dork. These bad guys use this technique to find out the directories that store the website’s login credentials.
All Google Dork Advanced Operators
Here are some commonly use Advanced search operators :
“particular term” – (” “)
Use this double inverted commas to search for a particular term
site:innovativebeast.com
Use this operator to find results from a particular website.
inurl:football
Use this operator to find out the pages that have “football” term in their URLs.
intext:Mahatma Gandhi
Use this operator to find out the pages that have Mahatma Gandhi as text.
camera $400
Use this operator to Search for a price
Use this operator to Search social media
#throwbackthursday
Use this operator to Search hashtags
jaguar speed -car
Use this operator to Exclude words from your search
camera $50..$100
Use this operator to Search within a range of numbers
marathon OR race
Use this operator to Combine searches
related:time.com
Use this operator to Search for related sites
cache:
Use this operator to See Google’s cached version of a site
For complete list please checkout lists of SearchEngineJournal and Ahrefs. 🙂
How to use Google Dork?
You need to put all the operators before that actual query you want to search. It can be used for various things like :
- Finding a news article of a particular time
from:12/3/2007 to:12/2/2008 “Old News”
- Downloading a particular file
rd sharma solution filetype:pdf
You should use it for good things. Never try this for stealing passwords and other confidential details. Doing so is completely illegal.
Warning : All the information provided here is for educational purpose only. Please do not use it for bad means. You’ll be completely responsible for it.
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Abhishek Verma is a tech enthusiast and freelance tech journalist. He has been writing about technology for 4 years. He is passionate about every aspect of technology, especially Android. Abhishek’s articles have been referred by India Today, 360Gadgets, Times of India, MacRumors, AndroidPolice, AndroidAuthority, BGR, Zee News, and many more.
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With havin so much content do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or
copyright violation? My website has a lot of unique content I’ve either written myself or outsourced
but it looks like a lot of it is popping it up all over the
internet without my authorization. Do you know any solutions
to help prevent content from being stolen? I’d genuinely appreciate it.
Try using Plagiarism tools, or try DMCA services. You can also use Copyscape.