Google Hack Syntax

Operators

NOT or -: exclude a word from search result
OR or |: match one of the phrase, foo | bar | baz
"<phrase>": exact match

(): group any expression

txt

# foo is mandatory, bar and baz are optional
foo (bar | baz)

.: any character
*: any phrase

TIP

Use "" to represent raw string when you need to contain any special character above in your query

Keywords

NOTE

Do not leave spaces between keyword operator and the followed query You can use exact match "" after keyword operator Wildcard not allowed in query after keyword operator

not a exhaustive list but practical enough

intitle:: contains phrase in title
inurl:: match phrase in page url
intext:: match phrase in <body> section of a page
inanchor:: match links of anchors in the page
site:: match by top-level domain
cache:: finds snapshot of page, specify url after it
filetype:: specify only one filetype, use OR if multiple filetypes are desired

Best Practice

Ordering your query by <normal query>[<operator options>][<keyword options>] would be the best practice

I need foo -bar site:foo intitle:foo

Google Hack Syntax ​

Operators ​

Keywords ​

Best Practice ​

Google Hack Syntax

Operators

Keywords

Best Practice