Benjamin Koe

How to find (almost) anyone's email address

Have you ever needed someone's email address but it wasn't available on their blog or company's contact page? I definitely have and it's amazingly annoying. But thankfully, I've discovered that most people have their email addresses somewhere on the enormous Web and Google can help you find it. Here's my method of uncovering what everyone seems to want hidden.

What you need to use this method:

  • Know the person's name (e.g. Benjamin Koe)
  • Know the person's company name (e.g. JamiQ)
  • Know the person's company's domain name (e.g. jamiq.com)
Google for: person's name "*@domain.com" (Include the quote marks and the asterisk)

Click here for a real example of how to find my email address on Google.

So what's my email address?

It's a cake

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I'm not sure I dare cut into it and eat, but yeah, it's a cake. More interesting than the cake is its creator's bio on her blog:

"Having switched professions from ophthalmology to pastry, I hope this new chapter in life will be filled with joy, pride, creativity and success. This is my story!"

Amazing things happen when there's passion.