Google is great for searching the web, we all know that right? But did you know that by using a specific query you could get so much more. In fact you can search the entire web for specific files like, mp3, xls, wma and many more. If you get creative you will learn that you can also search for databases “sql”, not bad.
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:”index of” “Last modified” mp3
Simple query string do find mp3 files on directories. Obviously the mp3 tag at the end is for google to search only for mp3 files.
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:”index of” mp3 “pavarotti”
Basically the same function as above, the only thing that changes is the “pavarotti” which specefies what mp3 files you’re looking for.
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:”index of” +(”/ebooks”|”/book”) +(chm|pdf|zip)
This one is a little more complex. With this string you will search for “ebooks” or “|” “book” with the following formats “chm, pdf, zip”.
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:”index of” +(”/ebooks”|”/book”) +(chm|pdf|zip) +”terry”
Once again if you would like to search for a particular author add the name like in the example above.
Another cool search string that you might want to try.
If you’re a cleaver chap, like I know you are, you’ll undoubtedly understand that the options are endless and searching Google using this method can bare many fruit. I for one use it frequently when trying to search for specific documents that are hard or nearly impossible to find using the normal search function.
[tags] Google, Search, Mp3, [/tags]
by Search Rapidshare with Google at Delirium Propaganda, on September 30 2007 @ 3:42 am
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