Advanced searching
Popular search modifiers that work with many popular search engines.
| Symbol / Syntax | Function |
|---|---|
| "search phrase" | Find results with exact search phrase |
| OSINT filetype:pdf | Find files of type PDF related to a certain term |
| salary site:blog.target.com | Limit search results to a specific site |
| pentest -site:target.com | Exclude a specific site from results |
| walkthrough intitle:TryHackMe | Find pages with a specific term in the page title |
| challenge inurl:tryhackme | Find pages with a specific term in the page URL |
Note: In addition to pdf, other interesting filetypes are: doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls and xlsx.
Public Google Drive documents:
site:docs.google.com "Target Name"
Documents on documentcloud.org:
site:documentcloud.org "Target Name"
Documents uploaded to Scribd:
site:scribd.com "targetname.tld"
Public PowerPoint presentations:
intext:"Target Name" filetype:pptx
Public PDF documents:
intext:"Target Name" filetype:pdf
.docx documents on GP’s website:
intext:"Target Name" filetype:docx
Google observes copyright infringement laws and moderates its search output, so also try other search engines.
Resources
YaCy will allow you to set up your own collections. You can wipe your index when done.