We have
discussed many tips and tricks in this series
on how to extract the best out of a search engine.
Today, we discuss a few traps or common mistakes,
blunders and gaffes that happen very often.
Perhaps the biggest mistake that
we often commit unwittingly is to search in wrong
places. This week, let us see the alternatives
if we are to find out brief information or contact
details of a business, company or individual.
If you are looking for a business/company
in North America
Instead of searching in AltaVista
or Yahoo, try the following:
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At Hand Network Yellow Pages
http://www.athand.com This yellowpages
site is jointly operated by several regional
telecom companies, and provides access to
both national and local business listings.
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BigFoot http://www.bigfoot.com Using name or
location, search Bigfoot's extensive e-mail
and white page listings. Web pages and yellow
pages can also be searched.
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SuperPages.com http://yp.gte.net Over 11 million US businesses
are listed in GTE's "Interactive Yellow Pages".
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InfoSpace Yellow Pages , White
Pages http://infospace.com/ Find businesses
in the U.S. and Canada with InfoSpaceYellow
Pages.
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Indian
Yellow pages
For similar searching in India -
a few options are:
Metro
Telephone Directories
Telephone
Directory of States
Other
Yellow Pages
Wow ! That's a lot of information.
And most of it is sure to remain outside general
purpose search engines for a long long time. So,
you know the options next time there is need for
business directory search.
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