Investigating for the purpose of assessing a potential business opportunity. Performing enough research to completely understand a potential course of action. To be in the act of completing due diligence.
Dave is diligencing that business opportunity to see whether the company should pursue it.
When you take a huge dump at someone else’s house and you ensure it goes down after your flush, following up by politely spraying air freshener and closing the door to prevent the spread of your shit stink.
After I dropped a huge deuce at Kristi’s house, I did my doo-doo diligence and tried to mask the stench.
Like due diligence, using Google. Due Google diligence should always be done before asking questions in a public forum. Otherwise, people may reply with "Just Google it" or links to lmgtfy.com.
"Due diligence" is a legal expression that means making the effort, in terms of research and investigation, to meet the expected (due) level of "care and caution" before entering into a legal agreement with a person or company.
When you have a problem or a question, "due Google diligence" means using Google to search for relevant keywords to find the solution before asking the question in a public forum and wasting everyone's time by asking a question that has been answered many times before.
Poster: Hi, I need help with xxxx. I've done due Google diligence and I couldn't find a solution to my problem.