Advanced Google Hacking

Advanced Google Hacking

Google hacking, most commonly misunderstood words by newbies as making queries on Google search to find out songs and movies. Google hacking is term given to create and use complex queries on search box to get expected results from Google. But in reality it includes using each and every tool that is provided by Google as hacking weapon. So lets start with google hacking ;)
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1. Link :: This query searches for all links that ends to site mentioned after query.
Syntax : link:“www.starthack.com”
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2. Inurl :: This query will search occurrences of word specified in URL ‘s.
Syntax : inurl:“starthack”
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3. Site :: This query is used if you want to search result from some particular website through Google.
Syntax : site:starthack.com
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4. Intitle :: This query will search occurrences of word specified in title or website.
Syntax : intitle:”starthack”
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5. FileType :: This query will search occurrences of filetype specified.
Syntax : filetype:ppt “Google hacking”
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6. Directories And Files Listing :: Apache server by default uses “Index of ” type title to transverse navigation which can be exploited using Google queries to get specific file or folder.
Syntax : intitle:index.of “songs”
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7. Related :: This query will search web pages for the word specified after related. This will show similar results to your query..
Syntax : related:paul allen
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8. Define :: This query not only brings you definition and dictionary meaning of word but can also reveal you information about victims company. Try following query.
Syntax : define:microsoft
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9. Info :: This query is used to reveal history geography of word typed after it.
Try following queries,
info:starthack team
info:microsoft
info:google
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10 Intext :: This will search every occurrence of word typed after it, it will not only search URL
and title but also the text in body. Try this,
intext: google hacking
intext: start hack
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11. links :: This will search links to the URL that you will specify after it. Try following queries,
links:starthack.com
links:google.com