Did you miss a call and want to know who it came from? Or did you purposely ignore one and still
want to know who called? Well, finding
out who called can be quite easy!
In this post, we’re going to pass on phone number search
strategies to help you find out who owns the numbers that call you.
Our Findings
First of all, not all numbers are searchable on the internet. Given the privacy that comes with a cell
phone number, determining the owners of such numbers is often quite difficult
or impossible. So, bear that in mind
whenever you’re looking to find out who owns any given number.
But, in business, almost all phone numbers can be found. And really, why wouldn’t they be easy to find—what
kind of business would want to make it difficult for prospective customers to
find them? Not one that wants to make
any money…
So, how can you find out who called? The following are the two methods that we use:
1. Reverse phone number lookups—provided by phonebook providers
2. Specific Google searches
Below describes how to perform these searches.
Reverse Phone Number Lookups
Many online phonebook providers offer “reverse phone number
lookups.” These lookups are the
equivalent of search engines for phone numbers, allowing you to search all of
the numbers within their database.
To use reverse phone number lookups to find phone numbers, all you
need to do is:
1. Go to an online phonebook provider. For Canadian searches, we recommend Canada411.ca. For searches in the United States, we
recommend YellowPages.com.
2. Find the website’s reverse phone number lookup page. For Canada411.ca, it can be found here. For AnyWho.com—a member
of the YellowPages.com family of brands and the site YellowPages.com directs
you to for the search (4)—it can be found here.
3. Type the phone number in the format requested, press search,
and you’re done!
Specific Google Searches
Another way to find phone numbers is to search for them in Google
(or your search engine of preference).
By searching this way, you will be able to find any phone number that is
published on the internet, be it in a social media profile, on company website,
in online ad, or otherwise—if it’s on the internet and it isn’t protected, you
can find it.
To do a specific Google search, all you need to do is the
following:
2. Type the phone number you’re looking to search and place it
within quotations. We recommend
excluding hyphens and any characters that are not numbers. Also, we recommend typing the number in the
format specific to the country. For
example, for a North American phone number, it should look as follows: “705 627
9672”
3. Press search, and you’re done!
And that’s it! If you use
these methods and a number is out there, you should be able to find it!
References
(1)- Canada411.ca’s website:
(2)- Yellow Pages’ website:
(3)- Canada411.ca’s “Reverse Phone Lookup”:
(4)- Information about AnyWho.com:
(5)- AnyWho’s “Reverse Phone Lookup”:
(6)- Google:
Links to More Information
That should be good for now! :)
Want to make a request for free research? Follow the
directions found on the left.
Have a comment you'd like to pass on? E-mail
feedback@ostrichcanada.ca