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# Google Dorking

First of all - and the important part - it's legal! It's all indexed, publicly available information. However, what you do with this is where the question of legality comes in to play...

A few common terms we can search and combine include:

| Term     | Action                                                    |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| site     | Searches for content within specific website              |
| filetype | Search for a file by its extension (e.g. PDF)             |
| cache    | View Google's Cached version of a specified URL           |
| intitle  | The specified phrase MUST appear in the title of the page |