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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, Info Space, 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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