FYI, Netflix released (open-source) some data-mining tools that its security team uses for Internet monitoring. They may have some applicability for internet researchers, so I'm passing the link along as an FYI. See more @ Announcing Scumblr and Sketchy - Search, Screenshot, and Reclaim the Internet http://techblog.netflix.com/2014/08/announcing-scumblr-and-sketchy-search.ht... --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it.