# Google Dorking

{% embed url="<https://tryhackme.com/room/googledorking>" %}
<https://tryhackme.com/room/googledorking>
{% endembed %}

| Room Attributes       | Value                                                                  |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Subscription Required | <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">False</mark> \[Free] |
| Type                  | Walkthrough                                                            |
| Difficulty            | <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">Easy</mark>          |
| Tags                  | OSINT, Google Dorking, Dork, Beginner                                  |

## Walkthrough Video

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptgoYIn17uA>" %}
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptgoYIn17uA>
{% endembed %}

## Task 1 - Ye Ol' Search Engine

### Roger dodger!

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No answer needed
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## Task 2 - Let's Learn About Crawlers

{% content-ref url="google-dorking/task-2-lets-learn-about-crawlers" %}
[task-2-lets-learn-about-crawlers](https://thmflags.gitbook.io/thm-walkthroughs/difficulty-easy/google-dorking/task-2-lets-learn-about-crawlers)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Task 3 Enter: Search Engine Optimisation

{% embed url="<https://web.dev/measure/>" %}
<https://web.dev/measure/>
{% endembed %}

### Use the same [SEO checkup tool](https://web.dev/measure/) and other online alternatives to see how their results compare for '[https://tryhackme.com](https://tryhackme.com/)' and '[http://googledorking.cmnatic.co.uk](http://googledorking.cmnatic.co.uk/)'

{% hint style="success" %}
No answer needed
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## Task 4 - Beepboop - Robots.txt

{% content-ref url="google-dorking/task-4-beepboop-robots.txt" %}
[task-4-beepboop-robots.txt](https://thmflags.gitbook.io/thm-walkthroughs/difficulty-easy/google-dorking/task-4-beepboop-robots.txt)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Task 5 - Sitemaps

{% content-ref url="google-dorking/task-5-sitemaps" %}
[task-5-sitemaps](https://thmflags.gitbook.io/thm-walkthroughs/difficulty-easy/google-dorking/task-5-sitemaps)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Task 6 - What is Google Dorking?

{% content-ref url="google-dorking/task-6-what-is-google-dorking" %}
[task-6-what-is-google-dorking](https://thmflags.gitbook.io/thm-walkthroughs/difficulty-easy/google-dorking/task-6-what-is-google-dorking)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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