{"id":4402,"date":"2010-01-17T10:47:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T15:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2017-09-05T21:41:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T02:41:17","slug":"how-to-search-multiple-online-phone-directories-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/17\/how-to-search-multiple-online-phone-directories-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How to search multiple online phone directories at the same time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/recyclethis\/186838960\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Phone_Book1.jpg\" alt=\"Phone Book\" title=\"Phone Book\" width=\"190\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4404\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s a ton of free Internet people finders that let you find sources or long-lost classmates. But you often have to perform several searches on several different Web sites because their content varies wildly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161113222545\/http:\/\/www.argali.com:80\/default.asp\">Argali<\/a> is a useful search tool that lets you perform one search while it does the grunt work of aggregating results from various sources like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anywho.com\/\">AnyWho<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superpages.com\/\">SuperPages<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.switchboard.com\/\">Switchboard<\/a>. You can do statewide searches and reverse look ups if you have a telephone number but not a name. You can also e-mail the search results to yourself or colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to contact a San Antonio reporter<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Argali is downloadable software, which is free if you use it for personal use. A pro version costs $30 a year. I&#8217;ve been using it for several years now and it can be a real time saver on deadline. <\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/recyclethis\/186838960\/\">How can I recycle this<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a ton of free Internet people finders that let you find sources or long-lost classmates. But you often have to perform several searches on several different Web sites because their content varies wildly. 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