Our methodology

From a question to the sources behind the answer. Here is how we research, verify, and explain what we find.

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Who we are

DeepSearch brings public information lookups and AI research into one workspace. We build tools for investigating a question, exploring candidate profiles, and following the original source behind a finding.

A lookup is a starting point for research. A name, phone number, email address, username, or image can lead to useful public information, but the result still needs context. Our job is to make that context easier to inspect.

What we look for

We work with public web pages, public profiles, news, public records, and contracted search or enrichment services. Different tools have different sources and coverage. A phone lookup is not a private carrier database, and an image match is not a verified identity.

The same identifier can describe different people. Numbers can be reassigned, usernames can be reused, and a common name can return several plausible candidates. Supporting context matters more than a shared string.

  • Names and related public context, such as location or a professional profile.
  • Phone and email signals available from public sources and supported providers.
  • Public usernames, social profiles, image matches, and web mentions.
  • Published evidence relevant to a broader research question.

How to interpret confidence

Candidate confidence is a ranking signal. A shared name is weak evidence; a consistent public profile, location, and source context can add support. Conflicting dates, reused usernames, reassigned numbers, and duplicate pages can weaken a match.

Treat corroborated, ambiguous, and insufficient evidence differently. Open the original source and check that it concerns the same person. We do not publish a universal percentage threshold that guarantees identity across every tool.

How a search becomes an answer

A request starts with the information you provide and the tool or research mode you choose. We normalize relevant inputs, retrieve available evidence, and organize results so you can inspect possible matches and source material.

  • 1. Understand the request. Identify the question, identifier, or image and the context needed to search.
  • 2. Retrieve available evidence. Use the relevant public search and data providers for that tool.
  • 3. Compare the signals. Keep candidate matches distinct and look for corroborating public context.
  • 4. Present the findings. Connect results and summaries with source links and make gaps or uncertainty explicit.
  • 5. Continue the investigation. Open original sources, choose a candidate carefully, and ask follow up questions.

1. Public web retrieval

A lookup chooses the search path appropriate to the input. Public pages and provider results supply possible profiles, source URLs, and contextual signals. Availability depends on what those sources expose at the time of the request.

2. Identifier and source signals

Phone formatting, email domains, username variations, and image matches help focus retrieval. These are clues to investigate. Domain ownership or an image match does not establish who currently controls an account or a phone number.

3. External data providers

Contracted search and enrichment providers can supply additional public context. Their coverage, refresh schedules, and definitions differ. Results should retain enough source context for the reader to evaluate them; repeated copies of one original source are not independent corroboration.

4. AI-assisted content analysis

AI can extract relevant passages, compare candidates, and assemble a summary. Missing fields should stay missing. The answer should distinguish what the source states from an inference and link to the material supporting the finding.

From evidence to a published page

Public educational content follows a separate publication workflow. Registered articles carry authorship, sources, review information, and related content. Statistics use one dataset for the article, Markdown, CSV, and Dataset structured data. Search histories and private account content do not become public articles.

Where AI fits

AI can interpret a question, propose searches, compare candidates, extract information, and summarize retrieved material. It helps organize an investigation; it does not turn a weak source into a verified fact.

Generated answers can miss context or be wrong. A candidate score is a ranking signal, not proof that two records belong to the same person. Read the linked evidence before relying on a conclusion. Our Privacy Policy explains how relevant prompts, context, and attachments may be sent to contracted AI services.

From research to published content

Public guides explain repeatable research workflows. Product pages describe the relevant tool and its boundaries. Statistics posts use a structured dataset with source references so a figure, its downloadable data, and its machine readable description can agree.

An author's profile connects related work and makes topic ownership visible. Our existing profiles are disclosed team publishing identities. They do not stand in for an individual's credentials or personal experience.

Product and lookup pages

Each page explains a specific starting input, the expected output, examples, and limits. Shared product definitions and pricing reduce contradictory claims. A demonstration is not a promise that every search will return those fields.

Guides, blog posts, and research

Guides organize a repeatable task. Explanatory posts describe a topic using attributable sources. Original research needs a defined question, method, sample, and limitations; a compiled statistics article should identify the external dataset it draws from.

Author contribution and content effort

Author pages expose published work, topic coverage, source counts, and estimated reading time. Reading time describes the length of the article; it does not measure writing hours, readership, or research quality. The linked work is the basis for evaluating a publishing profile.

Why this matters

A useful result lets someone retrace the evidence and understand what could change the conclusion. Clear definitions and source context are more useful than a large unexplained count or an unsupported certainty claim.

What the results cannot tell you

Coverage depends on the identifier, country, source availability, and the person's public presence. Information can become outdated between its publication and your search. Two results that look consistent may still refer to different people.

No result means that the search did not produce usable public evidence. It does not establish that a person, account, event, or relationship does not exist. DeepSearch does not provide access to private accounts, messages, leaked credentials, private carrier records, or live location.

What you will not find here

No paid plan grants access to private messages, a live phone location, or leaked passwords. We do not turn a candidate into a confirmed identity merely because its score is high. A source-linked answer still requires judgment about relevance and reliability.

How we make money

Paid access is required to run searches. US web pricing (USD): $18/month or $40/3 months. Plans include a weekly general-usage allowance. Actions consume it from the model tokens and paid tools actually used. Non-expiring extra-credit packs start at $5 USD for 100 credits. Country pricing and currency are confirmed at checkout.

DeepSearch publishes its own product pages and comparisons, so those pages have a commercial context. Read a comparison as the product vendor's assessment and follow its sources. A subscription does not make a result more certain or guarantee that a person will have a public record.

Public information about a paid product

Our methodology, editorial standards, guides, and company pages can be read without buying a search. Running product operations requires the applicable access and usage allowance. Current prices and renewal terms belong on Pricing and checkout.

What payment does not buy

Payment buys product access and usage, not a favorable research finding, a verified identity, or the removal of inconvenient evidence from an article. Privacy removal requests have a separate free route. Affiliate relationships should not be presented as independent endorsements.

Help us improve the record

If a published claim is wrong, send the URL, the specific statement, and a source that helps explain the correction. If the concern is personal information about you in results, use the removal process so the request reaches the right workflow.

We keep product facts, pricing definitions, and editorial records in shared sources to reduce contradictions between pages. Corrections should reach the relevant page and any connected structured data or downloadable representation.

The team behind the research

Mira Calder

Open-source research and verification writer

Jonah Reed

Online safety and fraud-prevention writer

Lena Ortiz

Privacy and public-records writer

Start with a question.

Explore public information, follow the sources, and build a clearer picture.