Like reputation management, people search is rather a hot topic. Nowadays you can find almost anything about anyone online. Surprisingly, dedicated person search is not yet well-developed (probably that has something to do with burning online privacy problems) but still is something to look into:
| Search Engine | What you will learn about the person |
| Yoname.com | Social media mentions. |
| Intelius.com | Age, previous cities and relatives. |
| Pipl.com | Mentions in web documents. |
| Zoominfo.com | Job records. |
1. Yoname.com focuses on social media search looking through LinkedIn, FaceBook, Yahoo 360, Flickr, Friendster, MySpace.
It searches for exact match (First Name + Second Name), for some social networks it will also check only first name / second name.
The tool will also sum up:
- Location;
- Gender;
- Age;
- Business related information.
2. Intelius.com is a paid search engine that will provide you with the free search summary containing:
- Person age;
- Previous cities;
- Relatives.
It will also suggest related queries to refine your search.
3. Pipl.com will get your IP and first try to search for a person located somewhere nearby. After that it will basically list the name web mentions.
4. Zoominfo.com focuses on business related information: it will look for the person as an employee of various companies.
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Vinay on Sep 29, 2008 at 10:13 am
The simple & easy way would be to search on Google with
+ FaceBook
+ LinkedIn
+ Twitter
+ Flickr
+ Blog
+ AnyPopularService!
Have got few success with this.. also adding few more paramters would help better. Name+Profession (if known) !!
Great suggestion Ann! Thanks!
Vinay on Sep 29, 2008 at 10:15 am
I typed + FaceBook and seems like the name section got ignored since it was seen as a HTML Code format.
+ FaceBook.. and so on..!! If you know what I mean :)
Enrique Sanchez on Sep 29, 2008 at 11:06 am
Check out http://www.isearch.com/ which does all of these thigns in one service. It includes social networks, web data, job history and public records.
Cooking on Sep 29, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Good to know info. Thanks for the great stuff.
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Fat loss Guide on Sep 29, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Problem with a lot of these search engines are they seem to be very country specific. Would be nice to be able to search the US, Canada and UK with one click of the button
Bloggeries on Sep 30, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I’ve always just used google and probably will continue to do so but thanks for letting me know these exist. I find people are searching names in increasingly high volumes.
Gilbert on Sep 30, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Great post. I think you nailed the top four in the people search area. Just a few comments about each:
http://www.yoname.com also allows search by user name and e-mail for free
intellius provides some free info but it’s a pay site.
pipl, provides relevent results and is free. I found the interface a little messy.
zoominfo.com is pretty cool but needs a lot of work on the user experience from my point of view.
Henry on Sep 30, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Thanks for the post Ann.
I would encourage people to check out http://www.PeopleSearch.com. It is also a paid site similar to Intelius but the results are often better
Felix on Sep 30, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I find another people search engine that works pretty well is wink.com
You can find more specialist search engines is my directory here for those of you interested !
http://www.search1x.com/directory/
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Deep Arora on Sep 30, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Thanks for the post Ann. These are very helpful. I have a handful of searches I have to make sometime this week. Guess what… my high school classmates!
Not really sure why a quick search on Yahoo’s and Google’s dbase aren’t helping. I think I have to go into these four people finders you mentioned and look for them there.
Now I know a handful are either on Facebook, Friendster & Hi5. It would be nice to try the paid people finders too… not sure if the results are worth paying for though. Has anyone tried it out? I’d really like to know.
Jennifer on Oct 1, 2008 at 2:10 pm
123people.com is a new real-time people search engine that will be launching in 2 weeks, but you can check it out now and see for yourself just
how quick and comprehensive the search results are. Includes weblinks, images, social network profiles and videos.
http://123people.com
Patrick on Oct 4, 2008 at 9:52 am
I have been on the Web for a few years and didn’t know, until recently, that you could have your own personal people search engine. Naturally, I went out and got one. And I look around and see the “magic code” that give the ads. Then there is the “monetized links” to photos. The Web is such a deceptive place. I love it. Long live the Web.
Wones on Oct 29, 2008 at 7:36 pm
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andy on Oct 30, 2008 at 3:12 pm
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andy on Oct 30, 2008 at 3:15 pm
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Marie Candy on May 4, 2009 at 4:44 am
I’m trying to look for someone but I only have his photos..any suggestions on how to go about?
People Searching on Jun 25, 2009 at 2:27 pm
None of these guys can find everyone, but some are better than others when it comes to certain types of searches. We started PeopleSearching.com as a way for users to rank different people search, records sites and reputation services. What we soon found was that which service worked best for person A worked horrible for person B. What does it mean? You may need to use multiple services before you find the information you are searching for.
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