Free Email Search Resources
Email address searches have become very reliable the past few years. Whether you're looking for an email directory to find an old friend or co–worker, chances are good that they can be found.
There are several free resources for finding email addresses, and the hard–to–find addresses or new e-mail addresses can be found through premium email search databases. But first, we'll explain the different between forward and reverse email search.
What is an Email Search?
This type of search is commonly called an email lookup or email directory search. Basically, you can type in a person's name (first, last, or partial) and find their email address or a list of their addresses if they have multiple. This idea is similar to the White Pages of yesteryear, just updated for the 21st Century.
What is a Reverse Email Search?
This is frequently called a reverse e-mail lookup. In this case, the searcher already has the person's e-mail address, but doesn’t know who sent it. So an email address is typed in and the owner's name and address (or other relevant information) is returned.
Free Tips To Find Email Information
The Google Search Engine is Very Powerful For E-mail Searches.
The big–daddy research resource on the web is Google. The first thing we recommend trying is typing in the person's name plus "email" or their e-mail address into the Google search engine box and seeing what comes up. Often times a whole array of email specialty resources will come up.
It's common to see people in Google for their personal websites, or on their company or school websites, etc… Often times, if you know where they work or where they went to school, you can trace them through the institution's email directory.
Yahoo! is still very useful For Email Lookups.
Yahoo is still home to billions of Web pages that might not be on Google. So use the same free email search method with Yahoo Search and see what comes up.
Using Social Networks like Myspace, Facebook, and LinkedIn to Find Email Information.
Lastly you should ask yourself, "What do I know about this person?" Based on what you know about them, often times you can find their e-mail address. If a person is a white collar worker or professional, their email and profile can probably be found on LinkedIn. If a person is a recent college graduate, you can probably find their email and profile on Facebook. And lastly, Myspace is the largest social network in the world. When all else fails, type their name into Myspace and see if you can find their email. Often, if you find a person's profile, you no longer need their email address (in the event that you're trying to contact them).
If these resources leave you unsuccessful, it's time to move onto a premium e-mail search service.
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