My Life With IT

Recently, I’ve been in charge of looking for postal codes for companies. Sweet deal? I won’t know as there are more than 2, 000 records to be found. Not every company has a website. Even with one, there were some with images for the address and Flash. Both are uncopyable, the least to say. I don’t understand the need to protect the address from being copied into text.

In addition, there are more than 5 sites providing the details. There are some with different addresses. It would have been less confusing if there were company URLs to visit and confirm but most don’t have. Hence, my best option is to leave the postal code empty until I go back to check again.

In other cases, the address is given only the road name or just a building name. Checking the postal code at SingPost website is like telling the postman to stand there in the road or building to look for the company. I doubt the postman has so much time to help me deliver just one letter when his job is to deliver many letters in a day.

The websites that I use for searching are listed below but not comprehensive.

Zibb (with various industries to search)

Street Directory (not all companies have address)

Yoolk (you can register and edit the information, rating can be given for the contact numbers)

EGuide (I am not sure how accurate it is but the data seems to be outdated for certain companies)

Singapore Business Guide (not all addresses have postal code)

Mocca Directory (not all companies included)

I’m sure there are more if only I can just rely one 1 or 2 for the accurate data. Anyone has any recommendations?