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Investigative Reporters and
Editors
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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?
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Advanced search
Think about how people live online: Email addresses User names Phone Numbers
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• Ask.com (Subject-Specific Popularity™)
• Yippy.com (clustered results)
• Yahoo! (directory)
• Bing
• Duck Duck Go
• Browsys
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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
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Court records (both for business and people). Find neighbors with whitepages. Sex offender registry. Corporate records Professional licenses
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Pipl 123people SocialMention Whostalkin Samepoint Icerocket PeekYou Topsy
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Domain searches can reveal a lot.Domain Tools http://www.domaintools.comAllwhois http://www.allwhois.comQuarkbase
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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
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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