Google Hack - Find File Folders

You'll notice that when you link to the Lily videos, it's simply a directory (folder) of files.  There is no sophisticated front-end web page.

All kinds of people and departments keep such simple web folders for convenience (not necessarily for public consumption) - and guess what - Google will help you find them!

The following is an example query you can use in Google.  Simply put the type of file you're looking for (either the extension or filename) after this search and you will get back a list of directories accessible over the web:

intitle:index.of name "last modified" 

For example, to find a list of directories containing .jpg images of San Francisco:

intitle:index.of name "last modified"  San Francisco jpg

You'll get thousands of photos dumped from people's digital cameras and forgotton.  These can be far more interesting than Google's standard image search!

(Note that savvy webmasters can spoof such directories.  They build a web page that looks like a file-listing, but with links that suck you into their site, so don't be too surprised when you see a page that looks like a directory listing but links to a commercial site instead of that compromising celebrity photo you’re searching for!)