Search Engine

Search engines are a powerful tool and particularly useful for conducting OSINT research. By entering specific operators along with relevant keywords, you can quickly discover a vast amount of publicly available data about individuals or organizations that may be of interest, such as an individuals private or personal information, images, professional background, and affiliations with specific groups or organizations.

List of search engines:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines

Operators/Syntax:
bruceclay.com/blog/bing-google-advanced-search-operators
duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax

Basic Operators

Google Bing Description
site: site: Restricts the search to pages within a particular domain and all its subdomains.

Examples:
site:reddit.com wgu c95
site:reddit.com "c958 calculus"
site:reddit.com c958 calculus AND "professor leonard" AND
site:reddit.com c958 calculus OR "professor leonard" OR
'heath adams" the * mentor * (wildcard)
site:tesla.com password filetype:pdf filetype
site:tesla.com filetype:docx
"tesla.com" filetype:xlsx pass
sites:tesla.com -www (subdomains, remove www)
sites:tesla.com -www -forum
"heath adams" -thecybermentor -mentor (remove items)
"heath adams" intext:password intext
"heath adams" inurl:password inurl
"heath adams" intitle:password intitle

Google Advanced Search:
google.com/advanced_search
google.com Tools (on right side) -> Any time / All results

Search Engines/Websites