## 🔍 Search Engines

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### General Search Engines
- [Google](https://www.google.com) — The most widely used web search engine  
- [Bing](https://www.bing.com) — Microsoft’s search engine  
- [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com) — Privacy-focused search engine  
- [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com) — Google results with enhanced privacy  
- [Yahoo Search](https://search.yahoo.com) — Web search with integrated news and content  
- [Yandex](https://yandex.com) — Russian search engine with strong image search  
- [Baidu](https://www.baidu.com/) — Leading Chinese search engine  
- [Swisscows](https://swisscows.com/en) — Family-friendly, privacy-based search  
- [Qwant](https://www.qwant.com) — European privacy-focused engine  
- [Brave Search](https://search.brave.com) — Independent index, privacy-first  
- [Mojeek](https://www.mojeek.com) — Independent UK crawler-based search  
- [MetaGer](https://metager.org/) — German metasearch engine with anonymization  
- [Ecosia](https://www.ecosia.org) — Eco-friendly search engine that funds tree planting  
- [Marginalia](https://marginalia-search.com/) — Alternative search engine for the “small web”
- [Ask.com](https://www.ask.com/) — General purpose search engine  
- [Lycos](https://www.lycos.com/) — Legacy search and portal site  
- [Search.com](https://search.com/) — Meta search across engines  
- [All-in-One Search](https://all-io.net/) — Multi-engine meta search  
- [AllTheInternet](https://www.alltheinternet.com/) — Web and multimedia search  
- [Etools](https://www.etools.ch/) — Swiss metasearch engine  
- [FaganFinder](https://www.faganfinder.com/) — Advanced metasearch utilities  
- [iZito](https://www.izito.com/) — European metasearch engine  
- [MyAllSearch](https://www.myallsearch.com/) — Multi-source meta search
- [WebCleaner](https://www.webcleaner.com/) - Search top internet search engines from one page    

### Academic and Research Search
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/) — Search scholarly literature and academic papers  
- [Litmaps](https://app.litmaps.com/) — Visual literature discovery and citation network  
- [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/) — AI-powered academic search  
- [BASE](https://www.base-search.net/) — Bielefeld Academic Search Engine for scholarly resources  
- [CORE](https://core.ac.uk/) — Access millions of open access research papers  
- [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/) — Global library catalog  

### Advanced Search and Dorking
- [Google Hacking Database (GHDB)](https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database) — Community-curated Google dorks  
- [Pentest-Tools Google Hacking](https://pentest-tools.com/information-gathering/google-hacking) — Automate Google dorking  
- [Boolean Strings](https://booleanstrings.com/) — Advanced boolean queries for OSINT  
- [Google Advanced Search](https://www.google.com/advanced_search) — Google advanced search form  
- [Google Search Operators](https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/35890) — Official operator reference  
- [Yandex Advanced Operators](https://yandex.com/support/search/en/search-results/settings) — Yandex operator reference  
- [Bing Search Operators](https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/advanced-search-keywords-ea595928-5d63-4a0b-9c6b-0b769865e78a) — Bing operator reference  
- [DuckDuckGo Syntax](https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax) — Search syntax and operators  
- [Baidu Advanced Search](https://www.baidu.com/gaoji/advanced.html) — Baidu operator guide  

### Specialized Search Engines
- [Social Mention](https://www.socialmention.com/) — Real-time social media search  
- [Google Social Search](https://www.social-searcher.com/google-social-search/) — Google-powered social media search  
- [Carrot2](https://search.carrot2.org/) — Clustered search results visualization  
- [DocJax](https://docjax.com) — Document search engine  
- [PublicWWW](https://publicwww.com) — Search source code and analytics IDs  
- [osint.sh](https://osint.sh/buckets/) — Search exposed cloud buckets  
- [GrayHatWarfare](https://buckets.grayhatwarfare.com) — Public S3 bucket search  
- [I Search From](https://isearchfrom.com) — Google search simulator for location/device  
- [Marginalia](https://marginalia-search.com/) — Alternative search engine focusing on smaller sites  
- [Media Search Tool](https://www.no-nonsense-intel.com/adverse-media-search-tool) — Adverse media OSINT search tool  
- [Shodan](https://www.shodan.io) — Search for internet-connected devices  
- [Censys](https://censys.io) — Search infrastructure and SSL certificates  
- [FOFA](https://fofa.so) — Internet-wide search engine  
- [ZoomEye](https://www.zoomeye.ai) — IoT and cyberspace search    
- [LeakIX](https://leakix.net) — Search exposed services and databases
- [Netlas.io](https://netlas.io/) — Internet-wide search and analytics  
- [Million Short](https://millionshort.com/) — Search engine that omits top sites for discovery  
- [IsLegitSite](https://www.islegitsite.com/) — Check if a website is legit or scam
- [Grep.app](https://grep.app/) — Search Github indexed source code