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		<title>Are You Searching the Internet as Effectively as You Think You Are?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Rosch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2015 22:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In a <a href="http://linkon.in/silkroadgoogle" target="_blank">December 25, &#34;Dealbook&#34; article, the New York Times</a> details how IRS agent Gary L. Alford used his online searching skills to correctly identify the previously-anonymous, &#34;nearly-mythical leader&#34; of the illicit online marketplace Silk Road. Known for years to authorities only by his online alias &#34;Dread Pirate Roberts,&#34; Alford positively uncovered the criminal&#39;s true identity - &#34;Ross W. Ulbricht.&#34;</p>
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<p>In an <a href="http://linkon.in/silkroadgoogle" target="_blank">interview that is part of the article</a>, Alford told the New York Times, &#34;&#8220;I&#8217;m not high-tech, but I&#8217;m like, &#8216;This isn&#8217;t that complicated. This is just some guy behind a computer...In these technical investigations, people think they are too good to do the stupid old-school stuff. But I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Well, that stuff still works.&#8217;&#8201;&#8221;</p>
<p>In the article, Alford goes on to discuss some of the Advanced Search features, available to any Google searcher, that he used to locate clues to Ulbricht&#39;s real-life identity.</p>
<p>Still think you&#39;re searching as effectively as you could be?</p>
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