Google Suche

Also: Google Search

Operator: Google Ireland Limited, Ireland

General search engine for public web pages and documents, with search operators and Advanced Search.

Search Engines & Web Search

OPSEC caution

When “Web & App Activity” is enabled, Google saves searches in the signed-in account, potentially with location information. Without signing in, data may be linked to browser or device identifiers.

Open website (external website)

Product

General Google web search with search operators and Advanced Search.

Availability and source date

Active

As of: 17 October 2026.

Check: 17 October 2026.

Public web search for site:example.com and the exact phrase “Example Domain”, without signing in.

An Example Domain result at example.com, with a title and text snippet.

Use in OSINT research

Finds publicly indexed web pages and documents. Exact phrases, domain filters and Advanced Search narrow down large result sets.

Queries

Input	Result	Result type
Person name + Company / organisation name + Keyword / free text	Indexed web results with titles, URLs and text snippets for names, search terms or exact phrases.	Retrieved
Domain / website + URL	Indexed web pages from a domain or matching a specified web address.	Retrieved

Features

Searches the web index for search terms and exact phrases.
Uses site: to restrict results to a website or domain.
Provides Advanced Search filters for file type, update date, language, region and usage rights.
Provides separate search filters for web, images, videos and news.
Adds AI Mode and AI Overviews with linked sources to search.

Coverage

Dataset

Indexed public web content from different sources. Language, region and update date can be selected as search filters.

Access

Requirements

Standard web search without an account. Personal features and saved activity depend on sign-in and account settings.

Export

A common export format for result lists is not described on the search pages reviewed. Approved researchers can obtain search result HTML through the SRR API.

Provider

Google Ireland Limited

Country of establishment

Ireland

Interfaces

API

Limited availability. Search Researcher Results API for approved researchers following an application, for non-commercial purposes only. Returns search result HTML. The separate Custom Search JSON API is closed to new customers and ends for existing customers on 1 January 2027.

Product or documentation

MCP

Not documented. Not described on the Google Search pages reviewed.

AI agents

Not documented. No dedicated agent integration for standard web search is described on the pages reviewed.

Legal note

Limitations

Results depend on the search index, search filters and selected region.
The separate Custom Search JSON API is closed to new customers; existing customers must switch by 1 January 2027.

Guides and practical reports

Official · Google: refine searches
Google · DE
Explains exact phrases, domain filters, exclusions, date filters and file types.

Sources

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