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The practice of using the Internet to track down old friends or get background information about a new acquaintance or business contact is popular among Internet users.\u00a0 Often called \u201cGoogling\u201d, named after the search engine, about one-third of Internet users have turned to the Internet to find out something about other people. Vanity is a driver for personal searching, as well; one in four Internet users have entered their own name into a search engine to see what turns up.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n

With the popularity of such personal online detective work, 35% of Internet users have come to expect the Net to have reliable information about people.\u00a0 Moreover, Internet users expect to be able to contact other people using the Internet.\u00a0 Fully 58% of Internet users say they expect to be able to contact someone using email.\u00a0 For those Internet users who see the Internet as a source of reliable information about other people, 72% say they expect to be able to contact other people using email.\u00a0 A sizable chunk non-Internet users see the Internet as a place for reliable information about others; 25% of non-users expect that the Net will have reliable information about individuals.<\/p>\n\n

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The practice of using the Internet to track down old friends or get background information about a new acquaintance or business contact is popular among Internet users.\u00a0 Often called \u201cGoogling\u201d, named after the search engine, about one-third of Internet users have turned to the Internet to find out something about other people. 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