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'''Finder-Spyder''' is a ] of ] and "secure Internet search products" that has appeared on a number of unaffiliated television shows, and used in the same manner as the fictitious ] in TV and film.<ref name="techrepublic">{{cite web | url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/geekend/geek-trivia-search-party-of-the-second-part/2/ | title=Geek Trivia: Search party of the second part | publisher=TechRepublic | date=16 Mar 2009 | accessdate=1 April 2014 | author=Jay Garmon}}</ref> It has had various graphic design incarnations, including appearances with a similarity to Google.<ref name="techrepublic">{{cite web | accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref> In addition to Web search, Finder-Spyder offers for-a-fee online tools include "Phone Trace" and "Reverse Phone Number Lookup."<ref>{{cite episode | title=Cat's in the Bag... | series=Breaking Bad | airdate=27 Jan 2008 | network=AMC Networks | season=1}} The wife of lead character, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), uses Finder SPYder's Phone Trace reverse phone number lookup tool to find out who was behind a suspicious call to her husband. Whether she used the 30-day free trial is unclear. Note the espionage-friendly capitalization of "SPY."</ref>


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Due to its significant use in a number of TV series, Finder-Spyder has been called "an unofficial, open source stand-in for Google and its competitors," used when access to a brand-name product is for whatever reason unavailable.<ref name="techrepublic">{{cite web | accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref> Finder-Spyder is a regular top 10 pick in "best fictional brand" lists by various online media, along with ], ], ], and others.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldOUAoNHqo | title=Top 10 Fictional Brands from Movies and TV | publisher=WatchMojo.com | date=12 Aug 2013 | accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digititles.com/content/best-fake-brands-in-film-and-tv | title=Best ‘fake’ brands in film and TV | publisher=DigiTitles.com | date=2013 | accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/21023/quick-10-10-fake-brands-used-entertainment-industry | title=The Quick 10: 10 Fake Brands Used by the Entertainment Industry | publisher=Mental Floss | date=3 Mar 2009 | accessdate=1 April 2014 | author=Stacy Conradt}}</ref>

==List of appearances==

*], Season 1, Episode 3, "Cat's in the Bag..."
*], Season 4 Episode 16, "Pleasure Is My Business"
*], Season 6 Episode 7, "Hubris"
*], Season 6 Episode 22 "Time of Your Death" and Season 7 Episode 14 "Meet Market"
*], Season 1 Episode 3 "Party Hardy"
*], "Hysterical Blindness" (S04E05)
*] Pilot (S01E01)
*], Season 1 Episode 1 "A Love of a Lifetime" (pilot), Season 1 Episode 4 "The Year of the Rabbit"," Season 1 Episode 5 "The Legend of Dylan McCleen"
*] "12:04 AM" (S01E08)
*], Season 1 Episode 1 Pilot, Season 1 Episode 17 "J-Cat," Season 2 Episode 9 "Unearthed," Season 3 Episode 10 "Dirt Nap," Season 4 Episode 5 "Safe and Sound," Season 4 Episode 10 "The Legend"
*] "Safety in Numbers" (S01E03)
*] "Baggage" and "Cloudy with a Chance of Gettysburg,"

==References==
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