Monitor which URLs Google has indexed from your site. Use the Removals tool to delete accidental exposures from search results.
This query is often used to find unsecured or publicly accessible motel/hotel security cameras or room management panels. The index.shtml format is frequently used by IP cameras (especially older Axis, Panasonic, or Vivotek models) to display live snapshots or admin views.
Example of what you might find:
The term “Google dork” was popularized by Johnny Long’s Google Hacking Database (GHDB). Strings like inurl:view index.shtml are old-school dorks from the early 2000s. Today, Google actively filters many of these queries to prevent abuse. However, similar information can still be found using:
A modern alternative might be: site:*.motel.com intitle:"index of" "rooms". inurl view index shtml motel rooms 51
If you don’t use Server Side Includes, delete .shtml files entirely. Upgrade to a modern CMS (WordPress, Squarespace, etc.) with built-in security.
This Google operator restricts results to pages where the following term appears inside the URL. For example, inurl:admin finds any page with “admin” in its web address. Monitor which URLs Google has indexed from your site
Remember: Even if a file is “publicly accessible” via a search engine, that doesn’t mean you have legal permission to access or use it. Courts have ruled that “publicly accessible” does not equal “publicly authorized.”