Colleague Search Tips

Searching by such personal information as social security numbers, addresses etc. may prove fruitless as this kind of information generally isn't kept on the web
If you have the email address of your searchee, include this in the search field with their full name
Put quotation marks around multiple names to avoid partial name results i.e. "Ann Marie Double Surname"
To avoid tense/synonym changes in results precede names with "+" i.e. Stephen +Hawking
Many social networking members include middle and maiden names
Many private members may still be users of public groups or fans of pages. Precede your search with pages or groups
Try including the school or company from where you knew this person
Include known hobby/spare time keywords to enhance the search
Include their job title, as they may have listed this in Bios etc
Include their previous employers
Popular Web Venues of people are forums, try including forum or message-board in your search
If known, include any social networking nicknames/usernames as these may be listed on personal/other sites

Generic Useful Search Hints / Tips

Operators
Maiden names	OR	e.g. "Julie Smith OR Julie Jones"
No tense/plural/synonym changes	+	e.g. "Tom +Cruise"
Exclude names	-	e.g. "George Simpson -Bush"
Unknown middle names	*	e.g. "John * Kennedy
Particular Search Venue
Search a named site, eg. craigslist.org	site:	e.g: "John Smith site:craigslist.org"
Restrict Geographical Location	location:	e.g. "John Prescott location:UK"