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# Zoominfo is a company that offers profiles, and has a "community edition" that they'll provide in exchange for '''your''' business contacts (NO THANKS). Although they don't let you easily [http://www.zoominfo.com/s/#search/person/ search their database for free] (they make it very hard to find), you can Google search for "John Doe" Zoominfo and get at least teaser results. Overall, it's a mechanical service that falls flat. They list 5 different people if you search for "Greg Rundlett"... they're all me. On the other hand, if you look at [https://linkedin.com/in/freephile the LinkedIn profile for Greg Rundlett] you get the whole me in one place. I had to create an account, login, and claim/merge my identities.

# Intellius is a company that is more oriented towards employee screening, identity protection and background checks. Again, the data that they mechanically assemble is of questionable quality. For example, they list me as living in York, ME. I have never lived in York, ME. All my residence info is public, so it's pathetic that they have false information that has "survived" for 20 years. They offer a way to get someone's email address if you provide the name and location. Despite my posting for 20+ years on public message boards and hundreds of websites, they have some .net address for me. I don't have a .net email address (at least not one that I use). And Google reveals my email address(es) in milliseconds for free.

See also: [http://techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ Deadpool] where tech flops go for a swim.

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