Can't find email address or contact form on website I want link from

[BobGW]

Hi,

How do you use whois or other resources to find an email address for a site that doesn't list their email address or have a contact form?

Our competitors look like they have contacted the site but I don't know how to contact the site myself. They have a facebook fan page and a twitter account.

Thanks.

[Theo-NL]

If you want to get in contact with them, you can just use the Twitter account or Facebook fan page? What additional benefits does having an email address over having their Facebook and Twitter data? If they wanted you to be able to email them, they would've put their email address or a contact form on their website.

[jorgediaz]

Hi Bob!

When I'm trying to get a link from a website and there's no contact email or form - or even a name, I WHOIS the domain (with who.is for instance). If it's a small site, it's likely that the same person who is managing the page registered the domain, so you can see his/her personal data: name, email and hopefully even a phone number.

Hope this helps!

Jorge

[BobGW]

This may be an unintelligent question, but how do you message someone on their facebook fan page or twitter account. I thought that was only for personal pages and on twitter if someone is following you. Thanks

[BobGW]

Thanks Jorge, yes I was aware of that but thanks for making it clear.

[EssEEmily]

Not an unintellegent question at all. You are right that you can't message a fan page (as far as I know!) and that someone must follow you in order to DM on Twitter. However, don't be shy about reaching out. Post on the fan wall or @username message the site owner on Twitter. You don't have to spell out that you are looking for a link, just say something like "@username Hey, Have a question about your site - can you DM me?"

I'd think most webmasters wouldn't mind this sort of communication. Social media is all about communication, afterall.

Hope that helps and good luck with the link.