Finding people online is how most people locate old friends, lovers and acquaintances these days. With a few selected online people finders, just about anyone in the world can be located, if you spend a little time. Even better, you can usually find the person for free. Here are some free online researches to use while learning how to find people online.
The Aol White Pages is an online people search engine similar to the white pages in your local telephone directory, but with a worldwide scope of listings. English language searchers will probably do best searching for friends who live in English-language countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, but you can search on AOL for anyone in the world.
Searching on the AOL Internet White Pages is as simple as registering, which takes a minute or two. Searches are free, so you don’t have to worry about that. Below are the best ways to search for people using AOL.
- People Search – Actually looking them up by name.
- Area & Zip Code – Search for someone using their area and zip code, to narrow the search or see if they still live in the same area.
- Reverse Lookup – To see who is searching for you on the AOL White Pages.
It goes without saying that Facebook has become on the great people finders on the Internet. If you’re looking for an old friend or acquaintance, there are few better places to network online. One tip if you can’t immediately find the person you’re searching for is to locate a common acquaintance, then look at that person’s Facebook Friend List. If that doesn’t help, ask the person if they know any information. If that doesn’t help, find any other common friends and try the same with them. In that way, Facebook lets you find an ever-widening circle of old friends.
To a lesser degree, you can find friends and other people online at other social networking sites, like Skype, MySpace and Twitter. Facebook seems to be the website of choice for people wanting to find old friends, though, so try Facebook as your first choice.
You can search for people anywhere in the world using the “123 People” search engine, with by using the “firstname lastname” function, the “city of zip” search or their “by country” search.
Another interesting feature of 123 People is their “People in the News” section, where you can see who is being searched for the most on the Internet. These can be big names in today’s news, celebrities, sports figures or just random people for no seeming reason. Let me give an example.
At this particular moment, here is the list of people in the news on 123 People
- Rory Markas
- Casey Kotchman
- Michael Yon
- Mike Holmgren
- Bruce Arians
- Emmy Ann Wooding
- Kyle Brandt
- Ron Turner
- Willie Mitchell
- Rory Marcus
- Sandy Montag
- Brian Cushing
- Tila Tequila
- Vince Vaughn
- Matt Kemp
- Brit Hume
- David Brandon
- Steve Harvey
- Anthony Munoz
- Casey Johnson
- Anthony Baye
- Mika Brzezinski
- Justin Bieber
- Benjy Bronk
- Rosie Perez
- Robin Bain
- Michael McDonald
- Katharine Mcphee
- Orlando Jordan
- Val Venis
- Bobby Cremins
- Jeff Hardy
Mike Holmgren, Bruce Arians and Ron Turner are all NFL coaches who are moving into organizations or being fired today, so I can see those. Steve Harvey, Katherine McPhee and Vince Vaughan are entertainers, so you might expect to see them anytime on such a search. Looks like Tila Tequila is up to her old tricks, while you can pretty much say the same about Brit Hume.
I was surprised to see Val Venis on the list, since his heyday as a wrestler seemed to be 10 years ago. When I went to see if Val Venis had died or something, it seems the Val Venis and Orlando Johnson had just joined the TNA wrestling association. Once again, Bobby Cremins, Anthony Munoz and Brian Cushing are sports figures, so you know something must have happened in their sports lives today. Rory Markas was a sports broadcaster who died today, while Emmy Ann Wooding died several years ago, but was having a tribute show on NBC tonight.
All in all, an interesting feature, which reminds me of a similar online list you’ll find on Twitter (most Tweated or somesuch). With 123 search, you can find friends anywhere in the world, but also keep up with what’s new in the online pop culture.
Zabasearch has free people searches engine and claims to have three times the number of people than white pages directories. It’s hard to verify that claims, but you can find a person’s address and telephone numbers for free on Zaba Search. No registration is required.
You can also perform a social security number search on Zabasearch, as well as run a background check. Thankfully, you can also have Zabasearch tell you who has been searching for you on their site.
With the above four options, and people finding websites like them, you pretty much know how to find people online. Now, go out and find somebody.
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