Internet research. How to do it effectively?

[Rory]

Searching for 'john stevens lust for enlightenment', the first google page has links to where the book's for sale, and at the bottom says:

Some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe. Learn more

When I go to duckduckgo.com, the eighth result is a link to a pdf at ebook-dl.com

Clicking through all 9 pages of google results doesn't give me anything.

But I wonder: is this a Europe-only thing?

 

[Mick West]

But I wonder: is this a Europe-only thing?

Probably. I don't get that message, even using your link to google.es. I don't get any of the pirate site either.

 

[qed]

(My evidence would be extractions from Merchants of Doubt, etc.)

[... you wont find it on Google, cause the what-what complained, use https://search.disconnect.me/ instead ...]
[... shame on what-what, let this go viral, you will still make money and possibly save the world ...]

This happens to me often. I am Googling from South Africa.

In this case, Google said they removed the reference because the copyright owner had complained.

 

[deirdre]

But I wonder: is this a Europe-only thing?

I get several links when I search [ "lust for enlightment" pdf ]. 2 on the first page here have a ".uk" ending.

 

[Rory]

I get several links when I search [ "lust for enlightment" pdf ]. 2 on the first page here have a ".uk" ending.

Are they real downloads?

 

[deirdre]

Are they real downloads?

the few I clicked on I have to sign up for a free month trial to download them.. which of course I didn't.

 

[Leifer]

Dan Russell is a senior computer scientist at Google, specializing in effective Google searches and how to do/use them.
His website home page is... https://sites.google.com/site/dmrussell/

He does conduct educational MOOCs (online courses).

 

[Leifer]

The good or favorable outcome here on Metabunk, is that most of us here know the basic methods of credible research and fact oriented verification.
In fact, we often use even more complicated methods of search(es), like using Google Scholar or Google Earth data to pinpoint eco-placement of seemingly random photos....and over a period of time ....using original photo meta-data.

Dan has a page on his Blog, SearchReSearch, where he posts challenges...for people to find answers to random photo questions/mysteries. Most of them are not too hard to solve for those who know how to do it.
But the problem is "most" people do not know how to search effectively.

 

[Resistor]

Advanced google search syntax web site that includes examples of search syntax used by the cybersecurity community to identify Internet facing exposed vulnerabilities, data sets, files - https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database

Open Source Intelligence Search Tools - https://www.osintcombine.com/tools

Reverse image search engine - https://tineye.com/

 

[yoshy]

Thread originally started in 2012 wow!

New advice from 2024: don't blindly accept the responses from AI models like ChatGPT!

 

[FatPhil]

Advanced google search syntax web site that includes examples of search syntax used by the cybersecurity community to identify Internet facing exposed vulnerabilities, data sets, files - https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database

That sounds a bit like /Shodan/ https://www.shodan.io/

Shodan is a search engine that lets users search for various types of servers (webcams, routers, servers, etc.) connected to the internet using a variety of filters.[1] Some have also described it as a search engine of service banners, which is metadata that the server sends back to the client.[2] This can be information about the server software, what options the service supports, a welcome message or anything else that the client can find out before interacting with the server.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shodan_(website)

 

[Tezcatlipoca]

That sounds a bit like /Shodan/ https://www.shodan.io/

Shodan is a search engine that lets users search for various types of servers (webcams, routers, servers, etc.) connected to the internet using a variety of filters.[1] Some have also described it as a search engine of service banners, which is metadata that the server sends back to the client.[2] This can be information about the server software, what options the service supports, a welcome message or anything else that the client can find out before interacting with the server.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shodan_(website)

Shodan does act similar but for more cyber type stuff. The syntax results, which differ a bit for every search engine, are also just as helpful for general searching. Hilariously before the public "OSINT" boom, there's actually a pretty big manual from the NSA that basically covers how to google search, but, super fancy.

For example, if I look up Karl Nell, it brings me all sorts of results, my own searches are gonna be algo bias so not reflective of yours, but you get everything.
If I do "Karl Nell" filetype: pdf the search is then narrowed to only PDF files containing the name Karl Nell.
If I extend this to "Karl Nell" filetype: pdf site:.mil I only get one result, which is his paper "Hearts and Minds: A Strategy of Conciliation, Coercion, or Commitment" https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA568622.pdf

Small note: For the filetype part, there is no space, but it wouldn't let me put pdf without making the face.