Today we take a step back towards the most basic OSINT resource – the Google search engine.
Google products are often labelled as privacy unfriendly, equipped with built-in overt and covert features that concentrate on tracking users’ online activities and their physical movements.
That said, the Google search engine remains the best and the most effective out there, which makes it impossible for any OSINT practitioner to disregard.
Anybody can google – but the results will vary drastically.
With speed, accuracy and efficiency in mind, the objective is to refine, narrow down, isolate and prioritize your search results by using a correct combination of sources (websites) to query.
This is the true power of Google custom search engines (CSEs).