Well, since June of last year I was on a rigid search for a certain AV in the US and ended up with a bunch of failures upon doing so. (Okey, dont ask why on earth am I lookin for this person coz the story’s pretty long and if I ever share the story here, you would only think Im a psycho. Let’s just say that I am into a weird obsession of lookin for missing people).
Okey, so the mission is to find a person.
How, and where to start?
First of all, you need the following tools:
* Google or Yahoo -
Type in the name of the person you are looking for and the place they were last seen. Although you are less likely to get useful results from this kind of search but these search engines could provide you links into certain websites where you could find this missing person. You have greater chances of finding that person if he/she had gone into sites where they have posted their complete names or atleast their emails that’s goin to appear as a search result. I, for instance, have posted a comment on my friend’s Blog. I googled my name and found a link to my friend’s Blog. Now , how is this gonna help? Well, if youre lucky, you can get this person’s email address and work with it.
* Facebook - popular sites like Facebook are pretty effective tools to finding that someone. Unless that person’s ancient and hasnt been into the world of Social networking then youre bound to fail. Some people too prefer not to register with their complete names so that’s another problem. So you may wanna try lookin for their relatives and or friends and start scanning their walls and their friend’s list. Patience dear, its takes time to search for someone.
* People search Engines ( e.g, white pages, zabasearch, intelius, ussearch and stuff ) – These sites specialize in people search and might cost you around 8 to a hundred dollars.. and a few cents ofcourse. I think that this is probably the most efficient way of looking for someone as it provides you a list of possible telephone numbers, addresses and even Public records information like Educational and work background, criminal records and the like. The fee varies depending on the type on information you are requesting. If you are into some kind of secret-investigation-whatever, then expect the fee to be high. I havent tried this and not planning on it no matter how obssessed I am * But im already tempted!!! shoot* .. First of all, I dont have a debit/credit card, and second of which, I dont wanna pay! So No!
Just a caution though, if youre planning on using a PSE, get reviews about the website first before entering your digits as a lot of them are scams and a total waste of time.
So, if youre gonna ask me, was I successful in my search for this missing person?? The answer is NO.
Then why the duck am I sharing tips that dont work for me then?
Its coz we have our own shares of frustrations, what might NOT work for me, might work for you. And besides this is my blog and I have a heart of gold, I share whatever I wanted to share, you know, like Im the share-ry kind of person? ( if there is such a word) .