Understanding Reverse Phone Lookups

Getting calls from a number that you don't know? Have you found a phone number, maybe on your partner's phone, or on speed dial and want to know who it belongs to? Got a phone number from someone you met and want to make sure you're really calling who you think you're calling? You could type the phone number in to a search engine, but that's not reliable. A reverse phone lookup phone service is more reliable because it provides details about a phone number for land lines (regular phones) and mobile phones.

Reverse phone lookup services are also great for verifying someone's address (great for businesses), can help you research a call that appeared on your phone bill, research missed calls and prank calls. Reverse phone lookup is completely private - the owner of the phone you research won't be notified that you searched their number, nor will anyone else ever know (unless you tell someone yourself).

The information you get when doing a reverse lookup includes the owner of the number, current address, whether the number is for a landline or mobile line, phone company or carrier, approximate map location, and any previous addresses. Many reverse phone lookup services also provide access to millions of public records and offer unlimited reverse phone lookups for millions of publicly listed landline phone numbers, and offer unlimited searches for addresses of publicly listed addresses, household members and numbers.

Some information about mobile numbers comes from private databases. As a result, it's recommended to cross-check the results of a mobile number search using more than one reverse phone lookup service. Reverse phone lookup service providers offer links to other reverse phone lookup services on their own site to help take the guess-work out of finding a reputable, independently reviewed, service provider.

Reverse lookup services are available on a search-by-search basis, where you pay for each search, or on a monthly basis. Monthly subscriptions offer the best value because you can perform an unlimited number of searches for the month - this is great when you need to research several numbers. The best part is that billing is often non-recurring - this means that you'll never be billed for an extra month, or months - your subscription expires at the end of the month and you can decide if you want to renew your subscription. You only pay when you decide to pay - that's great value in tough economic times!

Erik Westermann is an article marketing expert that boosts web sites' search engine ranking with original, well-researched articles, press releases and blog posts.

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