Hi All,
This is nothing new with Google, or many other search engines. It's been there
for over a year at least and is just a faster version than many of the reverse
phone listings found on many free sites. If you don't want this info to be
found
this way, never include your phone number in any document you send to any
lister,
for example. Also you will need to have an unlisted phone number to keep it
from
showing up on the reverse listing sites.
Soon, all cell phones numbers will be available from the free and commercial
sites
on the net. I've used these services for some time now to keep my High School
Alumni records up to date as I'm the keeper of those lists.
Pretty hard to keep some info of you off the web if that's what you want to
hide.
It's just a faster version of going to the public library to look things up in
phone books, city directories, professional listings or several other commercial
offerings that have info about you.
You are much more public than you think!!!
Regards, Paul A
Larry Miller wrote:
> This did work for my primary phone. I'm still trying to determin if I want to
> remove my phone number. Larry Miller
>
> > Here is an interesting exercise for you. This doesn't work for
> > everyone...
> > Go to www.google.com then type in your area code and phone number
> > separated by hyphens (555-555-5555) and click on Google Search. If your
> > phone number is listed it will show your name and address and give you two
> > map options. Yahoo and MapQuest. See how accurate the map is to your home.
> > Any person wishing to discover the physical location of a phone number, be
> > it a home or business address, could use this feature to locate a physical
> > street address, and receive directions on how to get there
> > from anywhere in the country. In the age of the internet communication we
> > all know the dangers of this - for adults and children.
> >
> > Google has made available an option that will allow anyone to REMOVE their
> > telephone number from the database that is linked to the mapping feature.
> >
> > You will first need to check if your number is listed in this manner. If
> > the number appears in the mapping database, an icon resembling a telephone
> > will appear next to the first or second entry on the results page.
> > Clicking on this icon will take you to a page containing a description of
> > the service, and a link to request your number be removed from the
> > database.
> >
> > So far, unlisted numbers and cell phone numbers, do not show up. I tried
> > several other numbers... some show up, some don't. I believe this depends
> > on who your phone company is.
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