Dirtch just launched.
What is Dirtch?
Dirtch is a service that lets you check out if there is “dirt” on a name you enter, e.g., illegal activities, legal problems, frauds, scams, shady dealings, bad reputation or very negative comments about a person or related to a person in government records, websites and in social media. You can set up a monitor on a name and get alert daily, weekly or monthly when new results are found. 0
At this time in beta testing, Dirtch will show you results based on the name only, which may include results of different people who have the same name. So you need to figure out which results are of the person you are checking on.
What can I use Dirtch for? Can’t I just use a background checker?
You can use Dirtch find out if there is any bad rap on you on the web, or check up and monitor anyone, e.g., your boss, your business partners, your neighbors, your employees, or anyone you deal with.
A background checker only checks government records. Many things such as a person’s reputation in social media are not in government records. Plus, background checkers charge a hefty fee for each name you check and for each time you check it.
Dirtch checks government websites and all other websites including social media. Dirtch can automatically alert you when it finds new results. Plus, Dirtch is free, at least for now.
How does Dirtch do it? Can’t I just use Google?
Dirtch performs thousands of searches on each name you enter and semantically analyzes hundreds of thousands of results to pick out the most relevant ones to show. It takes time to do all the semantic analysis. That’s why it may not show you results right away unless it is a name that has been searched before. For a new name, it will email you the results when it is done, which usually takes a few minutes to a few hours, depending on how busy the server is and how many results it has to sift through. 0
Yes, you can do it with Google, if you are prepared to do thousands of searches on a name and sift through hundreds of thousands of results to find out the relevant ones.
So in summary, Dirtch is a cool service for monitoring your reputation on the web and run background checks on people.