Friday, June 20, 2008




Using Google to Run a Reverse Phone Lookup

Google is by far the most popular search engine on the internet, and has been maintaining this status for years. One of the secrets to its success is the fact that it is easy to use, free, and extremely complete. Furthermore, it has many added features that allow you to search for specific kinds of results, such as images, videos, and phone numbers.

The phone number searches offered by Google aren't just forward searches, but also include reverse phone lookup options. Therefore, if you have a telephone number and you'd like to know who owns it, you simply need to plug it in to Google's service, and you'll be provided with the results page.

Though you can perform a lookup using the main searching page at Google, the best place to get the results you're looking for is within the Google people directory. To find that page, simply go to Google and type "Google people search" into the query box. You can also simply enter the number into the query box. Either way, the results that will appear when you click "search" will be headed by the Google directory.

Always make sure to include all ten digits of the telephone number when you're performing a search, because any reverse phone lookup site will require both the area code and phone number for accuracy.

If your search is successful, and you've looked for a number that is listed with Google, your results page will include the name associated with that telephone number, as well as the street address, city, state, and Zip code.

If your search to find out who owns a phone number is not successful, it could be for a number of reasons. Google lists only American numbers for residential and business landlines. This means that unlisted numbers, cell phone numbers, and international calls (including those from Canada and Mexico) are not among those listed in the Google directory.

For those kinds of numbers, you will need to find reverse phone lookup sites that are specific to them. Those sites are not hard to find using the Google search engine, but simply are not available within the Google phone directory itself.