Typically, when you recall someone you haven't haven't heard from in awhile or need to communicate with an old friend who you don't have a phone number for, you of course find the phone book and search for their name. These days most people do not even waste space in their office or homes with the wasteful paper phone books, but prefer to visit websites which have the same information and find what they need much quicker.
Yet things happen in most people's lives where they obtain a phone number and need to identify who it belongs to. Phone books are designed on the knowledge of the name of the business or person you hope to connect with, so are useless. With cell phones being so widely used these days it gets even more complicated because there isn't a phone number phone book accessible to the community as we have with residential numbers. Obviously, developments in technology have made another type of phone number compilation essential.
Reverse phone lookup means basically what its name states: it reverses the way you normally use a number directory. Rather than searching for a name to find a phone number or address, you use a phone number to find the name or address of whoever the number is registered to.
A lot of people do not even realize this can be done, yet with the development of reverse phone lookup directories it is now possible by many businesses. It is also on the rise with individuals who become interested in a number for for various reasons. It is a different take on the phone book and may very well outdate the demand for phone books in the future.
If you get a lot of disturbing calls, whether they are childish hang ups, distasteful pranks, or even telemarketers or collection services who don't clearly identify themselves but call constantly, there is a way to figure out just who is making the calls by utilizing one of these websites.
You can visit yellowpages.com and access a free reverse phone lookup directory for the most basic information or for published landline numbers, but there are two sorts of information that cannot be found by any other source other than a more detailed directory.
- * If you have a phone number but no more information and want a name.
- * If you have a cell phone or an unlisted home phone number and want to find a name, address, or additional information. Yellowpages.com is not going to help with this type of information because it is not updated with the information you are searching for.
Reverse phone lookup directories spend quite a bit of time obtaining information, double checking that it is as accurate as possible, and saving it all in an organized directory so that it can be quickly used by people as needed.
A good bit of this information compiled is not that simple to find and some of it they have to pay for in advance. For example, a legitimate, well maintained listing will have to pay cell phone networks for accurate listings of phone numbers. In turn, it is understandable that you will be required to pay a nominal charge to have access to their information.
The key to the charge is it should be small and fair, usually about a dollar or so for a one-time phone number search and about 15 dollars for more long term access to the |listings|directory|service}. Any site asking for a substantial charge for very little information retrieved should be avoided.
There are too many valuable listings out there to waste time and money on inaccurate resources, so make sure they actually have the information you need before handing over hard earned money.