Did you know that searching for a name, phone number, or email address does not log you in to Spokeo? In fact, running these searches are exactly the same as running searches on Google. Just like there, you do not log in to Spokeo when you search. In order to log in to Spokeo, you would have to sign up for a Premium subscription. After purchasing your plan, you can log in at the top of the Spokeo page by inputting your email address and password. Once you log in to Spokeo you can access your Premium subscription which provides more comprehensive searches.

now how to log this little guy out…

Some common issues with logging in to Spokeo include having the incorrect user name or password. If this is the case, try to log in again using a different username you may have signed up for. In other cases the log in may not work because the caps lock is depressed on your keyword. If so, please try your Spokeo log in again after resolving the issue to take full advantage of your subscription.

What do you use the Internet for? According to independent studies it might come as no surprise that one of the most common searches conducted on the Internet today is people search. And why not?  After all, people are interesting!  Who doesn’t want to find out something about someone in their life?  An old boyfriend perhaps, a long lost college roommate, maybe a former lover…? Everyone has someone they would like to search. Spokeo free people search now makes that easier than ever.

Spokeo free people search is a quick and easy to use people-search engine that is great for all kinds of people-search purposes.  Its uses are only limited by the imagination, but here are just a few ideas that might trigger some uses for you:

1. Did you or your childhood best friend ever move away from the neighborhood leaving you wondering years later whatever happened to them? Spokeo free people search is a great tool to help you track down old friends you may have lost touch with.

2. Did you ever lose touch with a former high school or college roommate? You can use Spokeo free people search to help locate them and restore old friendships.

3. Maybe you would like to find a distant relative you may have lost touch with, or maybe even never met; Spokeo free people search is a great way to do that!

4. Were you ever an athlete, perhaps a cheerleader? Did you ever play ball or run track? Maybe you were a member of the Glee club, or played in the marching band and want to find your old gal-pal Michelle who played the cymbals. Use Spokeo free people search to locate old high-school or college teammates!

5. Want to find out whatever happened to your high-school prom date? Whether he’s fat, bald and ugly, and now works at Charlie’s scrap metal yard, or if he perhaps has a full head of hair, is the CEO of a successful corporation, and single? Use Spokeo free people search to find out!

6. Want to know more about the cute girl you sit next to in class? Let Spokeo free people search lead the way.

7. Looking to see what public information is available about your friends and family? Use Spokeo to monitor your online identities.

8. Do want to get a better understand of your neighborhood demographics?  Use Spokeo free people search to learn more.

9. Do you need to find the contact information for a friend or associate so you can send them your party invitation? Use Spokeo free people search to help you out!

Anytime you need to connect with, or find objective, public information about someone, Spokeo free people search is a great tool to do it with! 

And Here’s one more great use for Spokeo free people search you may not have thought about:

10. Do you have hobbies? Are you a horticulturist, perhaps a model airplane builder, or maybe a birdwatcher? Do you collect stamps, coins, or bowl?  Maybe you moved to a new area and play Mahjongg or Bridge and would like to find others who do as well.

Spokeo free people search is a great tool to help you connect to others with like interests.
 
Spokeo free people search is an outstanding networking tool for business and social purposes, and is a great mechanism by which to connect to others with common hobbies and interest. Best of all however, it’s free!

Until recently, free people search didn’t exist. With the advent of Spokeo free people search however, now you no longer have to spend tedious hours scouring the web or clicking through umpteen thousand websites yourself. Spokeo free people search does all the work for you, and makes finding anyone easier than ever. Now instead of traveling to the courthouse and searching through large dusty stacks of files for hours on end, or spending countless hours even conducting research online – with just a few simple clicks of your mouse you can conduct a speedy, efficient, free people search on your own instead.

The Internet has given us access to hundreds of databases that make it easy to do our investigating online and find out all sorts of information. With Spokeo free people search, now you can locate, keep up with, and find out what’s new with all your friends, business associates and family members all in one easy place.

Check out 5 more fab ways to use Spokeo Free People Search!

Yes, there are hundreds of people search sites out there, but how many of them can you use for free? Spokeo is unique in that while we do offer Premium packaged memberships, we also offer free searches and features. Spokeo free searches offer an abundance of useful and informative information, and below are examples of some of the best ways to utilize Spokeo free searches.

1. Search for lost friends or family members using our Spokeo free name search

2. Manage your own online identity by searching your personal listings

3. Find basic phone number information to get a better idea of who that missed call is from

4. Use our Spokeo free name search to look up the guy who is selling that table on Craigslist that you may be interested in purchasing

5. Explore our Spokeo free searches to become more versed in online people searching and to discover what public information is available

Pretty cool, right? The web is evolving and becoming more and more centered on people and people searches, which is reflected in the growing number of both social networks and people search sites. Check out our blog discussing the Facebook phenomenon, which mentions that Facebook would have the third largest population in the world if it were a county. Do you know any people who do not belong to any social networks? There is a high chance that even if somebody does not belong to a social network, they use other means of connecting with people such as emailing, sharing photos online, writing reviews on Yelp, or blogging.

People are constantly connecting with people online, whether it’s in the direct sense of adding a new friend on MySpace, or in a more indirect approach such as writing a review of a film for others to read. You do not need to have a specific social network profile in order to have an online identity.

The web is becoming more centered on people, which is a reflection of our actions and searches online. Try using free Spokeo searches as your next method of searching and connecting with people. Spokeo free searches are a great way to both research people, and research you, and it’s a great tool to become more connected with people’s online identities.

Check out 10 Great Uses for Spokeo Free People Search for even MORE excellent ways to utilize Spokeo free searches.

In the wake of all the commotion that Facebook was perpetrating a scam against its members regarding privacy, as the official May 31 “Opt-Out Day” approached, some Facebook users vowed to delete their profiles from the site in protest.

In a special website dedicated to the "opt-out" campaign however, as it turned out, only about 36,000 people actually declared their intent to leave Facebook because of the so-called scam (never indicating when they might actually do so.)

Further, despite all the flap about the scam, according to one source Facebook actually gained some 9 million new unique visitors last month. Maybe the interest in opting out was just a scam… (?)’

If Facebook were a country, it would have the third largest population in the world. With such a sizable user community, Facebook has taken steps to ensure that privacy is maintained, and has gone out of its way to debunk any myths that it is perpetrating any so-called privacy scam. It has further made it clear that it does not sell user information.

What are your thoughts on the so-called Facebook scam? Do you maintain active profiles on multiple social networks?

Are you following the 2010 World Cup games? This year’s Cup is especially significant. The World Cup represents a convergence of all nations who come together for the love of soccer, or as it is known everywhere around the world, Joga Bonita (that is, the Beautiful Game!). This year, the event takes place in the historically apartheid state of South Africa.

As anyone watching the games might have noticed, the action is often punctuated by the buzzing of hundreds of vuvuzelas blown by fans in the stadium. Vuvuzelas are commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa as well as Brazil and other Latin American countries. They are blowing horns that emit a buzzing noise – and in some cases, hearing loss!

In any case, they cause quite an exciting revelry!

Now you can surf Spokeo while experiencing all the glory of a World Cup match through this website, that lets you search alongside the loud buzzing of a vuvuzela!

What teams are you hoping to see in the final match?

Check out one of my favorite videos below, of the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, to get into the spirit!

Thanks to D. for his submission on ways that he uses Spokeo! You will be receiving your special gift shortly. And now, without further ado, here is his winning entry.

How I Spokeo

1. To look up people who are potential employers / employees
2. To find old school / college / work friends
3. To check on my "web image"

Do you use Spokeo in the same way? In a different way? We still have more gifts to give away so you still have time to submit your stories! Post them in the comments section, or shoot me an email at nasrin@spokeo.com.

*Please note that the winning entry presents the views of a Spokeo user, and that Spokeo does not endorse any of these uses.

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Quick update, and big thank you to everyone who helped with the move!

Our servers are finally up and running here in southern California after being moved this past weekend from northern California. Users should be experiencing faster searches and optimized performance once we’re completely online.

Since we’re in LA now, we’re anticipating a lot of traffic.

Have you heard of TED? According to their site, they are a small non-profit organization devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading." Since 1984, they’ve been devoted to bringing people together from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.

They frequently post videos from the best and brightest thinkers speaking on a variety of contemporary issues.

This week, we’re watching these three videos on technology.

Lalitesh Katragadda discusses using geo-data to let people around the globe map their neighborhoods. These collaborative maps can be used to fight disaster and build economies, highlighting the significance of a communal web effort to change the world.

Nicholas Christakis discusses how we are all embedded in vast "social networks" and how a variety of traits (like happiness and obesity) can spread from person to person in these networks. Discusses how your location in your network impacts your life in unimaginable ways.

Christopher Poole on the power and price of online anonymity. How users run and manage a public, mainstream, media website.

Hope you enjoy these videos!

Have you entered our contest yet? Tell us how you use Spokeo for a chance to win!

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Check out this interesting study done by the Pew Institute on how people monitor their identity and search for others online.

PS: Follow us on Twitter to get up-to-the-minute tweets on other cool things we find online!

We will undergo a major website maintenance starting 10pm Pacific Time tonight, 5/31/2010.  The website might go down for several minutes from time to time, but everything should go back to normal within 2 hours.  This site maintenance will incorporate several new servers and should significantly improve our website’s performance during the peak hours.  We will continue to work on scaling our infrastructure to meet the growing demands and bring back our stellar performance.