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Email Address
Search - 6 Useful Tips
Trying to find email address for
someone you've lost contact with?
Searching your desk for that very
important email address so you can send
a proposal? Trying to find out who is
sending you email? Regardless of the
reason you need to perform an email
address search, the following tips will
steer you in the right direction.
Tip #1 - Traditional search
techniques won't find email address
The most common way to locate
personal information is by searching
public records. But searching public
records is not an effective way for
email lookup because they are not
considered part of a public record.
Don't waste your time or your money on
these types of searches!
Tip #2 - Free email address
finder
Email addresses are used for on-line
communication so what could be better
when conducting an email address search
than using the Internet? You will find
page after page of links to free email
address search. Most require you to
provide, at minimum, the first and last
name. If you can provide more
information, then you should do so. The
more information, the more refined the
search.
Tip #3 - Determine the cost of
an email address search
Most sites attract visitors by
offering a free email search. You enter
what you know about the person and bam,
you get the following message, "Your
search request located no matches"
followed by, "try these other email
address search links".
So you try, only to find out that for
more in-depth searches, you'll have to
pay. Of course, the more in-depth the
search, the more it costs. If you wish
to pay, then go ahead; just look for
secure payment capabilities and read all
fine print before giving your credit
card so you know exactly what you're
getting.
Tip #4 - E-mail address
finder companies use 1 of 6 email
directories
Regardless of which web site you use
to conduct your email address search,
each likely utilizes one or more of the
six Internet directories currently
available. They are Yahoo, Who-Where,
LAF, InfoSpace, Bigfoot, and
Switchboard. Bigfoot and LAF both have
reverse search capabilities.
Tip #5 - Try change of email
address search services
Another way to find email address is
to check with the on line email change
of address services. Many people do
register changes to their email
addresses because these services are
free. You do need to know the "old"
email address of the person you're
looking for. There's no guarantee this
method will produce a good email address
but it's worth a try.
Tip #6 - Never use an email
address extractor / finder for marketing
There are legitimate ways of
collecting email addresses for marketing
purposes but conducting an email address
search is not one of them. In fact if
you do collect names this way and then
use the names to solicit your products
or services, you likely will be accused
of SPAMMING.
If caught spamming, there will be
consequences. When you need to find
email address, the obvious choice is the
Internet. When you consider that a
single person likely has and has had
multiple email addresses, finding
someone's email address can be tedious.
But be patient and you might just get
the email address you are looking for!
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