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| had in high school? Trying to locate that guy who still | | | | details such as phone numbers, your home address, or |
| owes you $10 in lunch money? Looking to hook up | | | | anything else that could be used to either stalk you or |
| with the people who used to mean something in your | | | | steal part of your identity. Wait until you've made |
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| on your part. | | | | Another search tool is a straightforward Google |
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| Facebook, MySpace and Friendster. If you're looking | | | | share family photos or other information. If they have |
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| specific social networking sites sites such as Linkedin | | | | hometown or a school name in the search. Often this |
| could be more effective because they focus on | | | | will bring up class reunion results which can be an |
| professionals. | | | | excellent way to track down old school-mates. |
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| first is to simply do a search for your friends name. | | | | can be best if you know first and last name as well as |
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| marry, so if you don't find the person with a first/last | | | | go on to verify that you've got the right person. But it |
| name search, you can search with just the first name. | | | | could give you clues to help you track the person |
| This is more work, but can often find results where | | | | down. |
| other searches fail. | | | | When doing searching for old friends on the internet, |
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| there, where you went to school, jobs you have had, | | | | most features allowing you to see people's full profiles |
| and interests. Make sure to include a picture that will be | | | | or contact them. Besides, there are many dating sites |
| recognized as you, as most people only check profiles | | | | to choose from, so the chances of finding the person |
| that show who they're dealing with. That way if | | | | on that particular site slim to none. |
| someone is looking for you as well, you'll be available | | | | |