Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Where is the official Google people finder page?

Q. I'm looking for the official Google people person search finder page at Google? Not looking for the disaster search pages set up by Google, or fake Google spam sites, thanks.

Also if you post spam I'll remove it and flag your account.

A. Google has people finders for major natural disasters, like the recent Japan earthquake one found at http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en . Even so, Google does not have an official people finder service... yet. A list of all Google services can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/en/options , and as you can see, there is no people finder.
BUT, there are some cool people-finding features built into the Google Web Search. I think #2B is the best of the tips below.
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Here are some tips to Google-ing people:
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1. Take the personâs full name, enter into a google search box - i.e âMissing L. Personsâ - (donât forget to use quotation marks around the personâs name, otherwise non-relevant results may be generated). If the search results donât yield any promising hits, re-run the search without using the middle initial. This works well for relatively uncommon last names. For finding people with very common names, using a middle initial is rather essential and will give best results.
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2A. Use the google phone number search option - This powerful feature has three main components:
Residential Phone Listings - example: rphonebook:2125551212 (directly into the search box, residential listings only)
Business Phone Listings - example: bphonebook:2125551212 (business listings only)
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2B. You can also search using the person or business name in place of the number: ârphonebook:johnson alexâ. Location and/or occupation delimiters can also be used like this: âphonebook:johnson alex miami esq.â
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Roughly 65% of the time, you can expect that the correct current name and address will be found using this technique. A very cool feature of this search is that a link to Google Maps will be displayed alongside the number! For a different view, also try Google Earth (requires software install).
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3. To confirm that an address is deliverable, head over to USPS and verify it.
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It is free to search this way because the data that is returned when you google people has actually been compiled, stored, and assembled for retrieval by the Google web server and related search systems, so the results are considered public records and no fee is necessary. If you look closely though, there are strong indications that Google has partnered with a select few leaders in the people search market to provide the very best search results for their users.
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Using Google to find people has become rather generic amongst hard core people finders and amateur genealogists. Combining the outstanding data-mining features available on Google with cutting edge personal identifier data like someoneâs social security number or last known address can yield very effective search results for almost anyone in the U.S.
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One interesting observation I came across claimed that when people use an online search engine like google, internet web traffic stats for 2008 state that over 80% are looking for phone information in addition to people finder data. (A reverse person lookup service alternate to Google that is pretty neat is Spock). Hotmail people search, MSN people search, and cell number searches comprised the next largest category, followed by business, background, and address searches using white or pages. UK news services also report that criminal records inquiries top people locator searches by a slim margin.
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Here are some good people-search engines:
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Pipl Search
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These guys provide probably the most comprehensive search of any of the new wave people search engines. They mine snippets of data from from every corner of the web and other search engines too like Zabasearch, Intelius, Facebook and Zoominfo to present a wide variety of search options like email lookup, phone search, address lookup, etc.
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Zabasearch
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Zabasearch has been around long enough to build up a very loyal base of people lookup for a real free people finder option. They give up the basic street address on a free people search and phone number lookup if available. Other services like background check are optional and additional. A very nice and clean interface overall.
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LinkedIn.com Search
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LinkedIn.com is pretty interesting. They began as a basic directory for business professionals wishing to network and have expanded into a service that offers much, much more. They claim that over 40 million people are currently on the LinkedIn.com people search directory.
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I hope this helped, and I think the "phonebook: person's name" feature is what you were looking for. Good luck!

Where can i rent a valve locator near San Francisco?
Q. Hi there,

We are trying to find some water valves on our sports field. WE have a few puddles on the field, but can't seem to visually find the leaking valve boxes to get those fixed. A contractor suggested that we get a valve locator, however, those run around $600 which is a little outside of our budget. Does anyone know of any place we can rent one near San Francisco? Or have any other suggestions?

Thank you!

A. Call for utility locates because you are digging out there. Meet the locator guy out there to show him a spot where you will be digging a hole. Ask him if he will also locate your water line for an extra $50. Most of them are contractors and will do it for cash. I assume its the irrigation system so if you have a wire he can hook to, it will go fast for him and he wont complain. You will have to follow his marks and find the valves your looking for because he wont chances are be able to locate just the valve but the whole run. You can also use witching sticks if all else fails. Look it up on google. I use 2 of the flag wires they put in and tear the flags off. Place bends in for your fingers and hold about 8 inches apart and walk the line they will cross when you pass over it.

Where are the yugioh tournaments in Jefferson City Missouri?
Q. I recently moved to Jefferson City Missouri and have been searching for the local tournament places. I've tried Google and the store locator on Konami's web site but all have turned up nothing. Thanks for your help everyone.

A. Go to where the highest concentration of females is. Then turn around and walk in the opposite direction.




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