cybersecurity:osint:docs_search-engines

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🔍 Search Engines

🔍 Search Engines

General Search Engines

Google — The most widely used web search engine
Bing — Microsoft’s search engine
DuckDuckGo — Privacy-focused search engine
Startpage — Google results with enhanced privacy
Yahoo Search — Web search with integrated news and content
Yandex — Russian search engine with strong image search
Baidu — Leading Chinese search engine
Swisscows — Family-friendly, privacy-based search
Qwant — European privacy-focused engine
Brave Search — Independent index, privacy-first
Mojeek — Independent UK crawler-based search
MetaGer — German metasearch engine with anonymization
Ecosia — Eco-friendly search engine that funds tree planting
Marginalia — Alternative search engine for the “small web”
Ask.com — General purpose search engine
Lycos — Legacy search and portal site
Search.com — Meta search across engines
All-in-One Search — Multi-engine meta search
AllTheInternet — Web and multimedia search
Etools — Swiss metasearch engine
FaganFinder — Advanced metasearch utilities
iZito — European metasearch engine
MyAllSearch — Multi-source meta search
WebCleaner - Search top internet search engines from one page

Academic and Research Search

Google Scholar — Search scholarly literature and academic papers
Litmaps — Visual literature discovery and citation network
Semantic Scholar — AI-powered academic search
BASE — Bielefeld Academic Search Engine for scholarly resources
CORE — Access millions of open access research papers
WorldCat — Global library catalog

Advanced Search and Dorking

Google Hacking Database (GHDB) — Community-curated Google dorks
Pentest-Tools Google Hacking — Automate Google dorking
Boolean Strings — Advanced boolean queries for OSINT
Google Advanced Search — Google advanced search form
Google Search Operators — Official operator reference
Yandex Advanced Operators — Yandex operator reference
Bing Search Operators — Bing operator reference
DuckDuckGo Syntax — Search syntax and operators
Baidu Advanced Search — Baidu operator guide

Specialized Search Engines

Social Mention — Real-time social media search
Google Social Search — Google-powered social media search
Carrot2 — Clustered search results visualization
DocJax — Document search engine
PublicWWW — Search source code and analytics IDs
osint.sh — Search exposed cloud buckets
GrayHatWarfare — Public S3 bucket search
I Search From — Google search simulator for location/device
Marginalia — Alternative search engine focusing on smaller sites
Media Search Tool — Adverse media OSINT search tool
Shodan — Search for internet-connected devices
Censys — Search infrastructure and SSL certificates
FOFA — Internet-wide search engine
ZoomEye — IoT and cyberspace search
LeakIX — Search exposed services and databases
Netlas.io — Internet-wide search and analytics
Million Short — Search engine that omits top sites for discovery
IsLegitSite — Check if a website is legit or scam
Grep.app — Search Github indexed source code