Friday, October 10, 2008

Finding Loved Ones With Free Online Searches

By Chris Channing

Losing friends and family members over time is almost inevitable, but with modern technology it is easy to find those lost people. Its easier than ever to use free online searches, such as directories, to find people that you once knew and were close to.

Online yellow pages and online phonebooks are a great place to start. Many cities and states offer these for their areas, online. It saves paper and energy costs; so online phonebooks are becoming more efficient than paper ones. This is awesome for those that are searching for phone numbers to contact someone directly through a phone.

The internet is practically owned by the world, so everyone who is anyone has the power to edit and make things that allow us to find people easier, and for free. There are countless websites designed to help you gain access to phone numbers and addresses of lost friends and family.

Myspace is a great resource for finding lost friends, not just new friends. It seems a bit out of the ordinary, but social sites such as Myspace and Facebook are popular places to find people. Plus there are several different ways to search for them; not just a name. Since most social sites have millions of users, your odds are favorable for finding a person.

After hours of searching online searches without results, it can be disheartening. You shouldn't give up however, because there are plenty of other ways to look for people online. Cell phone directories take peoples cell phone numbers, sometimes by manual submission, and list them for you to search. You cannot search for batches people, you have to know their name and city and state first.

It can be hard to know what websites and free directories are malicious and which are not. Keep in mind that there is an error margin, and that not everything can be 100% correct. It is not necessarily the fault of the web owners, but it could be due to the large volume of people that share the same names. It is important that when you search free directories that you know every bit of information you can possibly know or use in that search.

Closing Comments

Finding people online for free is an exciting experience, there is nothing more interesting than finding a long lost friend or family member, and reuniting. - 15437

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