Although the FaceBook site was just launched in 2004, it is already ranked (as of today) at 105 among all internet sites on the Alexa index of web sites.

FaceBook is a social network site for college students; high school students; alumni; faculty and staff to network and keep in touch with other people who have ties to the same school or university. Registration is simple and free. To find out more about FaceBook, you can visit their site at FaceBook.

This informative article in the Sydney Morning Herald discusses in depth  how  everyday citizens are using web searches from Google to Mamma to do background checks and ’spy’ on one another. 

Instead of George Orwell’s ‘Big Brother’, we now have a multitude of wired ‘Little Brothers’… but who are we to complain, modern search technologies have been a great leap forward for people searches, skip tracing and public record searching.

You can read the entire text of this interesting article by David Stonehouse on smh.com.au @ Spy Versus Spy .

Here is an interesting article from Wired Magazine about people who manage to keep their online personal data trails short or non-existant and are able to avoid being found on Google searches.  From the article -

Geri Agalia doesn’t appear to leave less of a data trail than most
Americans. She has a phone in her name, a bank account, utility bills,
a mortgage and a credit card. But the stay-at-home mom and part-time
student is among a select and ever-shrinking group of the digitally
privileged — her name does not appear on Google.

The only problem for Geri Agalia now is that her name and location ( San Diego, CA ) have appeared in a Wired Magazine article.  So she is no longer ‘UnGoogleable’.  The irony of it all.  She says she does not talk to telemarketers; well, maybe she shouldn’t have talked to Wired Magazine. 

You can read the entire article by Ann Harrison on Wired.com @ ‘UnGoogleables’ Hide From Search .

What are the top free people search resources online?  In our opinion, the top free people search sites online have to be the following ( in no particular order ):

White Pages 411 People Search – the best 411 free people search site online for basic directory assistance searching.

DAPlus Free People Search – the DAPlus free people search pulls information from other resources besides typical directory assistance listings, like public record sources and consumer information sources.  The DAPlus site contains millions of people search records not found on other 411 directory assistance sites.

Skipease Reverse Lookup – a comprehensive listing of reverse lookup searches, including: reverse phone lookup, reverse address lookup, reverse email lookup, reverse area code lookup, reverse zip code lookup and unlisted reverse lookup tips and tricks.

Zaba Search Free People Search – The Zaba Search people search is another popular free people search that pulls information from sources other than just 411 directory assistance sources and contains listings not found on other free white pages sites.

ZoomInfo Free People Search – The ZoomInfo free people search contains millions of people search records based on employment history.

Google University Searches – the Google University Searches can be used to search a specific internet domain for a given university, allowing you to search for mention of a current student; former classmate; alumni; staff member or administrator for a specific university.

Skipease Mobile Searches – save the url of this link to your web-enabled cell phone or wireless device for a great list of mobile people searches; yellow pages; google searches and map searches for wired people on the go.

Deceased People Searches – a listing of searches for deceased people, including social security number – SSN – death indexes and obituary searches.

Inmate Search – a listing of federal and state inmate searches.

You can save this page to your favorites to keep this list handy, or visit all of these free people search sites and more on Skipease. com at  Free People Search .

You can do federal and state inmate searches on the inmate search and  locator page on skipease.com.  Links to the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate search / locator as well as links to state by state Department of Corrections sites can be found on Skipease at Inmate Search.

The Toledo Blade published an excellent news article on finding old friends and classmates online.  The article lists some great free online resources and strategies for locating people from your past.  The information in the article can be used to find relatives and other people as well.

You can read the full article at Here’s How to Plug In and Search For Old Friends with the Web by Tahree Lane @ toledoblade.com.

Free People Search
Reverse Lookup
Public Record Search   

Skipease launched major changes to our free people search and public record search site.  The new site is a major redesign with newly added people search and public record sources added. 

The new Site is divided into two main areas, with related categories:

1. People Search – contains free people search engines, reverse lookup, 411 white pages, nearby searches, yellow pages, business searches, deceased person searches, inmate searches, military locators, social security searches and map and satellite image searches.

2. Public Records – contains state, county and local public record searches; US Federal Government public record searches and business record searches.

The new Skipease site layout is easier to navigate and more user friendly.  If you have any comments, questions or suggestions regarding the new site, please post your comments at the link below this blog entry, or email us from the skipease site.

Thank you and good luck with your people and public record searches!

Do you have a phone number for a person that you believe is a public payphone number?  The Payphone Project has a public database of over 500,000 unlisted payphone number records that you can do a reverse payphone number search on – Reverse Payphone Number Lookup . 

If you don’t find the number on the payphone number search above, you can always try reversing the phone number on one of the major online search engines to see if the unlisted phone number can be found on any other indexed web sites. 

This special report from Credit & Collections World discusses the tightening of public records laws; the increased difficulty in skip tracing on debtors and new products and services being offered by public records and skip tracing vendors.

From the article ‘Reaching Elusive Debtors’:

It’s a difficult time to be a skip tracer. Months after security breaches at ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, the industry awaits its fate as legislators debate whether to restrict the sale of Social Security numbers or possibly create tighter rules for the data collection business.

You can read the full article Reaching Elusive Debtors @ creditcollectionsworld.com.

MapQuest Inc. in a partnership with uLocate Communications offers a new communication and people locator tool that allows individuals with GPS-enabled cell phones and mobile devices to opt into group networks to find the exact location of other people in the same group.

From the Mapquest Find Me site:

GPS-enabled maps, directions, and points of interest. Let your friends
and family know where you are.

MapQuest Find Me is a downloadable application for your GPS-enabled
mobile phone. It allows you to pinpoint your location and find out
what’s nearby. You can also share your location with trusted people via
text messages or the secure website and get maps and driving directions
to nearby places.

The Find Me service has a number of other map and search features as well.  You can read more about the service at MapQuest Find Me .