Google Dork Builder
Build precise search queries with operators like site:, filetype: and intitle:, with ready-made presets for common research tasks, and run them on Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo.
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How to build an advanced search
- Pick a preset, or fill in the words, exact phrase, sites, file type and dates you want.
- Check the query as it builds.
- Click Copy query, or search it on Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo.
Search operators ("Google dorks")
Search engines understand short operators that narrow results far beyond plain keywords. Investigators and researchers use them to find documents, profiles and mentions that ordinary searches bury. The builder combines them for you, quoting phrases and multi-word values correctly.
"exact phrase" | Only pages with these words together, in this order. |
site:example.com | Only results from this site or domain, including subdomains. site:.gov.uk limits to a whole domain ending; site:linkedin.com/in to part of a site. |
-word, -site:example.com | Leave out results containing the word, or from the site. |
(a OR b) | Either word. |
filetype:pdf | Only files of this type (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and others). |
intitle:word, inurl:word | The word must be in the page title, or in the address. |
after:2025-01-01, before: | Google only: pages it dates after or before a day. |
Bing and DuckDuckGo support most of these (not before:/after:), and results differ between engines, so it's worth trying more than one. Only search for information you have a legitimate reason to look for, and respect people's privacy. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere until you click a search link.
Questions about search operators
What is a Google dork?
A search using operators such as site:, filetype: and intitle: to find specific pages and documents that plain searches miss.
How do I search only one website?
Use site:, for example site:gov.uk passport. site:.ac.uk searches every UK university site.
How do I find PDFs on a topic?
Add filetype:pdf, for example "annual report" filetype:pdf.
Is using search operators legal?
Yes. They only search what’s already public. What you do with what you find must still respect the law and people’s privacy.