AdvancedQuerying
Query Description&Example
inurl: Valueiscontainedsomewhereintheurl.
Ex:preventingransomwareinurl:fbi
site: Onlysearchwithinthiswebsitesgivendomain
Ex:windowsxpendoflifesite:microsoft.com
filetype: Searchonlyforfiles,notwebpages
Ex:nasamoonlandingfiletype:JPG
allinurl: Searchallofthefollowingwordsintheurl.
Ex:allinurl:blogwordpressinformationsecurity
intext: Searchthebodyofthewebpageforspecifictext.
Ex:patientrecordintext:"indexof/htdocs"
related: Findwebsiteresultsthatarerelatedtoyoursearchterm.
Ex:related:sans.org
info: FindsupplementalinformationGooglemayhaveonthispage
(usefulforfindingcachedpages)
Ex:info:www.usgs.gov
link: FindotherpagesindexedbyGooglethatreferencethislink
Ex:link:http://www.somecompany.com/supersecretfile.doc
quote Findanexactphrase(thoughresultsmayincluderelatedwords)
Ex:MalwareHunting
+word Showresultswiththiswordexactly.Donotincludesimilarwords.
Ex:Malware+Hunter
word/query Donotincludethiswordinsearchresultsorqueries.
Ex:AdvancedMalwareHuntingbeginnerintroductionsite:microsoft.com
word*word Wildcard.Searchforanythingbetweenthesetwowords,butincludeboth.
Ex:Next*Firewallswith*
OR(or|) Returnresultsforeitheritem.Thepipecharactercanbeusedinplace
Ex:lockyORransomwareEx:locky|ransomware
AND(or&) Returnresultswithbothitems.Ampersandcharactercanbeusedinplace.
Ex:cisspANDcertificationEx:cissp&certification
Remember,therealpowercomesinstringingmultipleadvancedoperatorstogether.
(IndexOf|[ToParentDirectory])AND*financ*inbody:xlsxsite:somebank.com