Query Syntax
PublicWWW searches the source code of web pages, not the text visitors see. A query is the fragment of markup, script or stylesheet you expect to find - a tracker id, a library filename, a meta tag, an affiliate code.
Everything, briefly
"..."
Exact phrase - those characters, in that order. What you want almost
every time. A tilde and a number let the words inside move apart.
"math.min.js"
"gtag config"~5
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a b
Several words or phrases means all of them, in any order.
distance:n asks for them close together.
bootstrap jquery
fbq distance:5 init
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( | )
A bar matches either side; brackets say what the bar applies to.
jquery (slick | swiper)
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\"
A backslash escapes a quote inside a phrase, or another backslash.
"<html lang=\"fr\">"
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In detail
- Basics - words, exact phrases, combining, excluding, escaping.
- Operators -
depth:,site:,ip:. - Regular expressions -
snipexp:, with worked examples. - Country domains - every top-level domain PublicWWW indexes.
Where to go next
- Usage examples - ready-made queries by topic.
- API - the same searches from your own code.
- Clusters - keep and compare sets of results.