[9/1/2016 UPDATE: A better search engine for proximity searches may be Yandex. See: http://booleanstrings.com/2016/08/28/who-offers-proximity-search/] I hadn’t seen anything written in the past few years on the undocumented (not in the “official” list) Google “AROUND” operator, which enables the searcher to... Read more »
Search Craigslist by phone number or any partial number, even if the number isn’t displayed within the posting. Select “show contact info” to see the hidden number. Words — including partial names, addresses or numbers — that are in... Read more »
kimono : Turn websites into structured APIs from your browser in seconds Bay Area Equestrian Network – California. Horses for sale, business listings The rest of my favorite links are... Read more »
Mostly free websites for fact finding and online research for private investigators, genealogists, info pros, attorneys, journalists and the public. U.S. News Archives Catalog of Historical Newspapers TombFinder | search by last name Create a mobile website | MoFuse,... Read more »
Someone asked me if there was a way to start with a facial image photo and connect it to an identity and name. Suppose you were searching for a person on a dating site and wanted to corroborate the information... Read more »
A strange thing happened on the way to (once again) reviewing the search engine functions at Linkedin.com. First, when Linkedin introduced the feature “Skills and Expertise” I was put off, and even deleted them! I much prefer the personal recommendations.... Read more »
Check out the results from these search queries to get a sense of the dynamics of Internet search in retrieving known information about your subject from search engines. We know that the same query on Google web, news and archive... Read more »
How to Search Craigslist postings Craigslist has added a mapping feature that plots the location and displays a popup box of the listings you’ve searched. Query terms that appear within Craigslist housing offerings and view the location on a map.... Read more »
How do you view full profiles of 3rd degree connections now that LinkedIn has blocked those to users of the free service? You’ve encountered the problem of selecting a profile from Google (or within LinkedIn) of a person you’re not... Read more »
Finding a social network presence is more a matter of technique applied than the “best” aggregator used. Spokeo.com sweeps many sites to find profiles but these are only the public profiles and not all of those are returned. Even if... Read more »