Facebook is the biggest social networking platform in the world, with more than 1.44 billion active users. However, in the recent years, it has also emerged as the most powerful engine for searching people. Once you are logged into Facebook, all you need to do is write in a few words and within seconds you can find people, photos, pages, events, groups and everything else.
But what most people are wondering is whether there is a way to search for people on Facebook, without logging in. There are many useful tools in the past through which one could find people on the social networking website, but most of those were closed shut down due to legal reasons and privacy concerns. It does not mean that there are no options for you today to do the trick.
Here are some simple ways you can find someone on Facebook without logging in.
In scenarios where you do not just want to search people, but also pages, places or topics, you can use the Facebook Directory. But just like Yellow Pages, this requires you to browse through large amounts of data before you find the exact person or page you were looking for. You can either look for the person using the first letter of its name or choose to use to search box and put in the name of the person.
Since most of the pages on Facebook are public, you can browse all the content shared on these so far. However, if you want to leave a comment or hit the ‘Like’ button, you are going to have to log in using your ID. You can find the directory easily by opening facebook.com and clicking on ‘People’ at the bottom of the page.
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Perhaps the simplest way to find someone on Facebook without signing up is by using the people search option available on the website. What you do is enter the name of the person you are looking for and hit the enter button. Then, Facebook comes up with the 10 results that suit your search the best. You can make your search more efficient by adding some additional information about the person you are looking for, such as the city, educational institution, employer or something else.
This method also allows you to take a peek at the favorites, personal preferences, and in many cases, the profile pictures of the search results. However, if you are looking for more information, you will have to log in to your Facebook account or perhaps add the individual to your friend list. You can use the link: https://www.facebook.com/people-search.php.
How most of us use Google Search is we type in a few words, hit enter and scroll through the several results to find the link we were looking for. However, some tricks can be used to search more efficient. The popular search engine can also be used to find a keyword on a specific website as well.
To find someone on facebook without signing up, go to Google and type ‘Site: Facebook.com’ along with the name of the person or business you are looking for. What this will do is give you all the matching profiles on Facebook as search results and you can click on the link to open the profiles.
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Social Searcher is a search engine which allows you to look for a person on nearly a dozen different social media networks. This is also a great option for business owners who wish to know what the people are talking about their brand. This is a great way to make your search interesting.
Well, these are four different ways you can find someone on Facebook without logging in. Tell us which one do you find the most helpful through comments in the section below.
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