I see this as a good chance to check out my online image and to screen what others can see about me. Employers and contacts do check these kind of things to get a feel for what has done or what he or she is like. This is definitely something to take a look at.

• Pipl – personal sites, social networks, press releases, et.
• Zabasearch – phone numbers, addresses (often both unlisted and listed)
• Wink – Many social networking sites, including Friendster, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, and Xanga
• Zoominfo – employment history and job titles
• Facebook – there are so many people on facebook.  This one goes without saying
• Who is this Person Firefox Extension – brings up people search engines from the right-click menu within firefox when clicking on a person’s name
• Google search tricks:

* Enclose the first and last name of the person you’re searching for in quotes when you enter it into the search box (like “John Smith”).
* Include other relevant words, like the person’s profession, employer, location, or screen name, too (like banker or Austin, Texas.)
* If the person you’re searching for is likely to appear on a particular web site–like a school–search only that site using the site:URL operator (like site:ucla.edu “John Smith”).
* To look up people by face, search for them on Google Images to get a quick visual–especially useful for people with common names, or to determine the gender of a name you never heard before.

Lifehacker: How to Track Anyone Down Online

Quick Firefox tip: The key combingation “Control-Shift-T” will restore the most recently closed tab.