LifeHacker has an interesting piece on how you can track anyone down anywhere, without using Google. this goes from simply finding out someone’s name, to their phone number, where they live, and even where they work. Yikes.

For those of you with short attention spans, here are the services they recommend:

• ZabaSearch - for finding names, phone numbers, and addresses.
• Pipl - for bringing up information that Google might miss. Pipl indexes pages that the Googlebots have decided are not worth visiting.
• Wink - for searching several social networking websites at once. It’s amazing what you can find on these sites.
• Zoominfo - will give you the employment results on the person you’re stalk-er-searching.

“When you’re trying to find someone online, Google’s not the only game in town. In the last two years, a handful of new people search engines have come onto the scene that offer better ways to pinpoint people info by name, handle, location, or place of employment. While there’s still no killer, one-stop people search, there are more ways than ever to track down a long-lost friend, stalk an ex, or screen a potential date or employee. The next time you wonder, “What ever happened to so-and-so?” you’ve got a few power people search tools to turn to.

Note: Stalking is serious business. When we say ’stalk,’ we’re exaggerating, not recommending.

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