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How to stalk: an online guide

“If you are still relying on Google to snoop on your friends, you are behind the curve.” (WSJ) This is one trend I don’t mind missing out on. But if you are so inclined…

• ZabaSearch.com turns up public records such as criminal history and birthdates.
• Spock.com and Wink.com are “people-search engines” that specialize in digging up personal pages, such as social-networking profiles, buried deep in the Web.
• Spokeo.com is a startup that lets users see what their friends are doing on other Web sites.
• Zillow.com estimates the value of people’s homes.
• Huffington Post’s Fundrace feature tracks their campaign donations.
• Jigsaw.com lets people share details with each other from business cards they’ve collected — a sort of gray market for Rolodex data.