Why should we get all the fun of looking at AOL user search profiles? With these database programs people quickly scrapped together, now you can play too!

• AolStalker seems to have a smart search system and you can drill down to individual user profiles. The best of the bunch.
• AOLSearchDatabase gives the most comprehensive information. Too bad they didn’t load all the data in.
• DontDelete‘s best feature is its Random User button. “HOURS of entertainment.”
• AOLsearch displays specific user ID search results.
• AOL.Yogurtrat has a pretty good search and we enjoy the way the results are displayed.
• AOLSearchLogs lets you search by keyword or user ID. Pretty fast but you have to tab through long returns.

For the money, use AOL Stalker. If you know the user you’re looking for, use AOL Search and just change around the ID number at the end.

UPDATE: Here’s a powerful “Splunk’d” database of the AOL info. It looks daunting at first but in the end, this wins hands down as the best! [via BoingBoing]

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