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Investigative
Reporters and
Editors


Run every candidate in key races through the
same basic checks. This can include things
like:
Have they paid their property taxes?
 Do they have any liens?
 Do they have criminal records?
 Are there any civil suits against them?
 Any discipline from professional licensing bodies?



Advanced search



Think about how people live online:
Email addresses
 User names
 Phone Numbers

•
•
•
•
•
•

Ask.com (Subject-Specific Popularity™)
Yippy.com (clustered results)
Yahoo! (directory)
Bing
Duck Duck Go
Browsys


Who is he/she?
 Google, yes, Google
 Also check at least one other search engine.



Where has he/she lived?
 Zabasearch



Does the person still live there? Do they own?
 Subtitle: Property records are fun
 BRB Publications


Court records (both for business and people).



Find neighbors with whitepages.



Sex offender registry.



Corporate records



Professional licenses
Pipl
 123people
 SocialMention
 Whostalkin
 Samepoint
 Icerocket
 PeekYou
 Topsy

Domain

searches can reveal a lot.
Domain Tools http://www.domaintools.com
Allwhois http://www.allwhois.com
Quarkbase


Search by image with Google



Search by image with Tin Eye



EXIF
Exchangeable Image File: the file format used
by most digital cameras.  Usually consists of the
JPEG file format along with metadata tags.
Firefox add-on






Search engine cache (Google, Bing)
Wayback Machine
Library of Congress’ archiving project: Mapping
the Internet Electronic Resources Virtual
Archive (MINERVA)
CyberCemetery – sites of defunct government
agencies and commissions

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Mark Horvit, Doing deep background checks on candidates for local office

  • 2.  Run every candidate in key races through the same basic checks. This can include things like: Have they paid their property taxes?  Do they have any liens?  Do they have criminal records?  Are there any civil suits against them?  Any discipline from professional licensing bodies? 
  • 3.
  • 4.  Advanced search  Think about how people live online: Email addresses  User names  Phone Numbers 
  • 5. • • • • • • Ask.com (Subject-Specific Popularity™) Yippy.com (clustered results) Yahoo! (directory) Bing Duck Duck Go Browsys
  • 6.  Who is he/she?  Google, yes, Google  Also check at least one other search engine.  Where has he/she lived?  Zabasearch  Does the person still live there? Do they own?  Subtitle: Property records are fun  BRB Publications
  • 7.  Court records (both for business and people).  Find neighbors with whitepages.  Sex offender registry.  Corporate records  Professional licenses
  • 8. Pipl  123people  SocialMention  Whostalkin  Samepoint  Icerocket  PeekYou  Topsy 
  • 9.
  • 10. Domain searches can reveal a lot. Domain Tools http://www.domaintools.com Allwhois http://www.allwhois.com Quarkbase
  • 11.  Search by image with Google  Search by image with Tin Eye  EXIF Exchangeable Image File: the file format used by most digital cameras.  Usually consists of the JPEG file format along with metadata tags. Firefox add-on
  • 12.     Search engine cache (Google, Bing) Wayback Machine Library of Congress’ archiving project: Mapping the Internet Electronic Resources Virtual Archive (MINERVA) CyberCemetery – sites of defunct government agencies and commissions