Friday, September 30, 2011

How To Find A Long Lost Friend Online

By Patrick James Giladino


There are a lot of free people lookup services available on the internet that can be used for finding friends, relatives, classmates and old colleagues. Various search criteria can be used in these sites. Google can also be used as a people locator toolThere are different people locator tools that can be used for free. Google is one and is commonly used by many searchers. It has a built in system that can easily find a person so long as the right address is used.

There are even people who find the person they are looking for by using the latter's phone number. Aside from Google, there are other free people search engines that not only give addresses but also maps indicating the exact location of a person. People search sites are not the same. Some provide a map where a person can be found, some require searchers to register. With this, only registered users can benefit of the service. Depending on the database of the search site, some people can be found using their old mobile number or old home address.

Finding people online is not difficult at all. Using people search white pages like WhitePages.com, a searcher can sign up for a service by providing his information such as name, address and email. Searchers must have enough information about the person being looked for to narrow down the results of the search.

For example, providing the hometown of the person being searched for helps in the process. However giving the maiden name will give more specific results. While the first and last name can generate results, looking through thousands of results can be tasking. Some people have the same first and last name, but not maiden name.

This does not mean that only a person's name, maiden name and address should be used. If a lot of information will be provided, the results will be better and there is a good chance that the person will be found. Without specific information, hundreds of hits will be shown. People search sites are simple to use and they provide easy to understand instructions. Guides are supplied throughout the process therefore those who will be using it for the first time won't get confused.




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