Phone Number and Address Search Online

by Melanie
(Cleveland, OH)

Phone Number and Address Search Online.

Rather than using a phone book, I use a people search to find people I need to call, particularly when the people I want to call are living outside of my town. I don't believe I have used a phone book to look up people in years, since the online search works so well for me. The online people search is generally at least as accurate as a phone book but there are added features a phone book does not provide. For example, the online search includes the person's address with zip code where as I have to look up the zip code separately using the phone book. I can even get a map to the person's location which is another advantage. It's a lot faster to type a name into a search box than it is to page through a large phone book, so that's still another advantage.

Another advantage is that you can make the font on a computer into something readable. The phone book, however, has unchangeable too tiny print. Sometimes I don't find the person's phone number using the search, but most of the time I do. I suspect that if I were looking in a phone book I would have the same problem since many people keep their number unlisted or they list their phone under another name from the one by which I know them.

Overall, I would say that the online search for people and phone numbers is a lot easier and much more convenient than using a paper telephone book. That is why I prefer to do any phone number and address search online from now on.