
WEBMASTER WEDNESDAY: Stalker tools
by
Justin
on Wed 13 Aug 2008 05:00 AM CDT
If you've ever logged onto this site before, you know that Sheletta not only has a reputation as a stalker, but she's proud of it! She moved up here from Texas to stalk her husband Shawn. She's also been seen sneaking around the set of Oprah.
What she probably doesn't know, is that she wouldn't have needed to go cross-country and hide in the bushes, she could've stalked him right from her computer.
Oh come one now, be fair, you've typed the name of that person that you dated in High School into a search engine just to see 'what they are up to,' right? Well search engines have nothing compared to the list of stalker tools I've compiled below. Sheletta, take some notes:
-Zabasearch.com: This site is the ultimate online white pages, far better than whitepages.com, Dex or Anywho. I've found police officers and unlisted people on this site. They have everything on me there--my last three addresses, a satellite picture of my old apartment and even my dog's name!
-Google Street View: Ok, so now that you've got an address, you can see what their house looks like. Just type in the address and click on Street View, and if they are in the system, you can see their quarters, close up. If you haven't done this, it's incredible, you can see the streaks on the windows.
-Linkedin: Find out where your friend works and where they've worked in the past. Over 25 million people are listed on this site!
-Pipl: This web site claims it searches the deep web, going into places that normal search engines don't like public records and social networking sites. Luckily for many of us, no criminal records...yet.
-Technorati: This search engine searches only blogs, letting you know exactly who's out there in the blogosphere--a great way to find out what's really on people's minds. In fact, this post should be showing up on Technorati shortly.
Did I miss one? Do you have a favorite stalker tool that I missed. Click 'Post A Comment' below and please share...
Sheletta.com Webmaster and Internet Guru Justin Piehowski helps the Internet make sense every Wednesday on Sheletta.com. Next Wednesday, how to use the Internet to find out what that crazy dream you had last night REALLY means!