Google.com has quietly improved its filetype: searches. Previously, it was looking (simply) for the part of a page URL that ends in the filetype: argument, and it can still do so: filetype:tonini (finds Facebook profiles in particular). However, for standard, common file types, Google now also searches for all files of a given kind (such as MS Excel), with a …
The Complete Guide to X-Raying LinkedIn
Have you been finding that you are not getting the right results with some LinkedIn X-Ray strings that used to work? That is because the structure of public profiles has changed in several ways over the past few months. Here is what can and cannot be done as of now. X-Ray LinkedIn for: Current Job Title: possible using the operator …
The Job Function Hack
So, LinkedIn operators have briefly reappeared last week and are now gone again. Oh well. Let me show you a LinkedIn search hack I have found that does currently work, and that is – searching by the job function. To use the hack, you need to know LinkedIn codes for job functions, and they are as follows: Code Description 1 …
New Hacks Replace Old Hacks
It’s never boring with sourcing tools and sites. Things change all the time and, at times, we lose tools. A major #OSINT publication Bellingcat writes that last week was “a hell week for research”: The past week dealt several blows to open source researchers. First, Facebook made major changes to its Graph search interface, effectively breaking previous methods to search …
Bye, Facebook Graph Search
On Friday, June 7th, Facebook Graph Search stopped working. “Hand-made” URLs and tools Intelligence Search, SearchIsBack, StalkScan, and others, no longer work. (I believe it’s a permanent change). Needless to say, the drop in functionality badly affects Sourcers and, especially, OSINT people. Searches that used to have URLs with Facebook IDs and pieces like “visitors” and “likers” combined, now look …
21 Tools and Sites I Use Everyday
Chrome Advanced Google Search Google Custom Search Engines, using Advanced Operators Yahoo Reverse Image Search LinkedIn.com People and Content Search LinkedIn Recruiter Social List Social List Contact Finder Connectifier Social Links Lusha Rocketreach Hunter.io Pipl.com Finding People by Email on LinkedIn Intelligence Search for Facebook [gone now] Email Extractor Instant Data Scraper Outwit Hub Github Search for Users and Files …
Hidden Github Resumes
Github has tens of thousands of resumes that Google won’t find. Intrigued? Read on. Unknown to many, Github is widely used not only to work on software code but to store documents such as resumes. Just as software code, documents are stored in the code section. This search – “my resume” – would reveal some, but it’s not well targeted. …
Broken LinkedIn Boolean Explained and Webinar
I have figured out how it works and will briefly explain below. We have announced a new delivery of the LinkedHacks webinar, live on May 1st, to fully update you. (Don’t miss it; seating is limited). Come to learn how to not only work with Premium and Basic accounts but take advantage of a new hidden feature! Of course, …
Update on LinkedIn People Search
What happened? As of two days ago, search operators (that I have covered in previous posts) have stopped working on LinkedIn. This includes not only undocumented operators like headline: but also the officially documented operators firstname:, lastname:, title:, company:, and school:. (They were introduced in 2017). It’s quite unfortunate! [Edited April 22, 2019: LinkedIn has taken down that help page.] …
Google Introduces before: and after:
Google has just introduced two new search operators – before: and after: Here is what @searchliaison tells us: The before: & after: commands return documents before & after a date. You must provide year-month-day dates or only a year. You can combine both. For example: [avengers endgame before:2019] [avengers endgame after:2019-04-01] [avengers endgame after:2019-03-01 before:2019-03-05]. If you provide only …