http://www.identitytheftsecrets.com/the-transparent-nature-of-the-internet-vanity-searches The Secrets that Identity Thieves Don't Want You To Know Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.identitytheftsecrets.com/the-transparent-nature-of-the-internet-vanity-searches/comment-page-1#comment-136 thinsurface Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:04:36 +0000 http://identitytheftsecrets.com/identitytheftsecrets2/the-transparent-nature-of-the-internet-vanity-searches#comment-136 Well, the Google thing still isn't producing many results for me, but the ZabaSearch is just plain freaky. I actually ran a "paid" report using <a href="www.peoplefinders.com" rel="nofollow">PeopleFinders</a> and that one was pretty thorough as well, but the free one is just so much - and correct! Well, the Google thing still isn’t producing many results for me, but the ZabaSearch is just plain freaky. I actually ran a “paid” report using PeopleFinders and that one was pretty thorough as well, but the free one is just so much – and correct!

]]> http://www.identitytheftsecrets.com/the-transparent-nature-of-the-internet-vanity-searches/comment-page-1#comment-135 thinsurface Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:46:47 +0000 http://identitytheftsecrets.com/identitytheftsecrets2/the-transparent-nature-of-the-internet-vanity-searches#comment-135 Okay, I tried the vanity search. I have done a few minor searches in the past, and found that ZabaSearch.com has the most free information about myself, and quite an incredible amount. On your vanity search experiment, I have come up with the following on a Google search for the top 20 results: Your name + Your employer nothing Your name + A Pet's name nothing Your name + Names of schools (high school, college, middle school, elementary) nothing under any of my schools Your name + name of someone you know well nothing (not even my mother!) Your name + city where you used to live nothing Your name + any organization you have ever belonged to nothing Just your phone number Found a previous business website, but no name on it for contact information, so not directly connected to myself in public. Just your address nothing (this address is unfindable even by the post office, so we use a P.O. Box) Just your email address nothing - Google asked me if I meant something else, which I didn't. I am actually surprised, because I have found information on my family before on the web, but not very many. I guess it just doesn't work for all people, but then being a bit of an untrusting type, I guess I've covered my tracks fairly well, but I'm sure there is a ton of information out there that I just didn't find this time! Okay, I tried the vanity search. I have done a few minor searches in the past, and found that ZabaSearch.com has the most free information about myself, and quite an incredible amount. On your vanity search experiment, I have come up with the following on a Google search for the top 20 results:
Your name + Your employer
nothing
Your name + A Pet’s name
nothing
Your name + Names of schools (high school, college, middle school, elementary)
nothing under any of my schools
Your name + name of someone you know well
nothing (not even my mother!)
Your name + city where you used to live
nothing
Your name + any organization you have ever belonged to
nothing
Just your phone number
Found a previous business website, but no name on it for contact information, so not directly connected to myself in public.
Just your address
nothing (this address is unfindable even by the post office, so we use a P.O. Box)
Just your email address
nothing – Google asked me if I meant something else, which I didn’t.
I am actually surprised, because I have found information on my family before on the web, but not very many. I guess it just doesn’t work for all people, but then being a bit of an untrusting type, I guess I’ve covered my tracks fairly well, but I’m sure there is a ton of information out there that I just didn’t find this time!

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