OSINT Search Engines

OSINT Search Engines#

Search-engine operators across the major providers. The operator chains these dorks to narrow open-source hits during target development.

Operator	Description
`"search term"`	Force exact match. `"steve jobs"`.
`OR`	Either / both. `jobs OR gates` or `jobs \| gates`.
`AND`	Both. `jobs AND gates`.
`-term`	Exclude a term. `jobs -apple`.
`*`	Wildcard. `steve * apple`.
`( )`	Group operators. `(ipad OR iphone) apple`.
`$`	Search prices. Works for Euro too, not GBP. `ipad $329`.
`define:`	Dictionary lookup. `define:entrepreneur`.
`cache:`	Most recent cached version of a page. `cache:apple.com`.
`filetype:` / `ext:`	Restrict to file type. `apple filetype:pdf`.
`site:`	Limit to a specific website. `site:apple.com`.
`related:`	Find related sites. `related:apple.com`.
`intitle:` / `allintitle:`	Word in title (single / all).
`inurl:` / `allinurl:`	Word in URL.
`intext:` / `allintext:`	Word in page content.
`AROUND(X)`	Proximity search, X words apart. `apple AROUND(4) iphone`.
`weather:`	Weather snippet. `weather:san francisco`.
`stocks:`	Stock info. `stocks:aapl`.
`map:`	Map results. `map:silicon valley`.
`movie:`	Movie info / showtimes. `movie:steve jobs`.
`in`	Unit conversion. `$329 in GBP`.
`source:`	News from a specific source. `apple source:the_verge`.
`_`	Autocomplete wildcard. `apple CEO _ jobs`.
`#..#`	Number range. `wwdc video 2010..2014`.
`inanchor:` / `allinanchor:`	Inbound anchor text.
`loc:placename` / `location:`	Limit by area or news location.

Yandex supports most of the standard Boolean operators that Google does.