Thursday, September 16, 2004
Search Secured Directories in Google
If you're a marketer looking for good data then you probably already know that there are a million queries you could execute in Google to find your target audience and the web sites they traffic often. Since many University and company directories are put behind a firewall or at least an ssl (i.e. https//), it's safe to say that a few of them have been crawled and don't require a password to access. Searching Google for "inurl:https:// directory" returns approx. 1,660,000 urls that have "https://" and "directory" in the url.Secure Search on Google Results
The first result was perfect. It's https://directory.berkeley.edu/update/ and by following that link and clicking the "find people" link in the top left corner you get a search form. Now you've got access to UC Berkeley faculty and student contact information like phone numbers and email addresses.
This page on MIT's site talks about restricting access to content using a secure sockets layer but fails to mention how to protect that content from search engine spiders. Although, the user access "should" protect the data ;)
I also found a listing of everyone at the Rockefeller University by way of that same search for secure directories.
Caveat Emptor - scratch that - Caveat WebSite - Website beware!
(Thanks for the tip Bob!)
Posted By Jason Dowdell at 11:17 AM
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