Comments on: The People Search Engine Smackdown http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Christian http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180815 Mon, 18 May 2009 15:26:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180815 People search engines world is a jungle… and sometimes a desert ! ( : no results for your search )
Our private garden is becoming “amazingly short”, and very often we ourselves provided 90% of avalaible datas…

And we love it !

Cheers

]]> By: Kenneth Udut http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180814 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:41:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180814 I’ve recently “found myself” through Rapleaf – really really odd to see myself there – but I enjoy it.

There’s also ex.plode.us and the friend-search Upscoop (run by Rapleaf) and Naymz and a new one, Streakr and of course Spock — gosh, that’s all I can think of. Hope it helps!

]]> By: Productivity Zen - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Productivity - Powered by SocialRank http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180813 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:39:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180813 [...] The People Search Engine Smackdown [...]

]]> By: Jackson http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180812 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:39:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180812 http://www.addresses.com seems to have the best data.

]]> By: Tuesday Night Tech Staff http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180811 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:21:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180811 We did talk about Wink on a recent Tuesday Night Tech show, but I had a little too much to drink that night, so, I can’t be sure. But I think its cool ether way

]]> By: The GlocalReach Blog http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180810 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:06:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180810 What does “here, have my card” really mean?

We live in an age of advanced communication technology. The number of mobile phones worldwide is 3 billion. That means that there are potentially 3 billion people that can call your mobile phone at any given moment.
Wow! Imagine that. Three billion peo…

]]> By: Ned Hayes http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180809 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:18:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180809 WhitePages.com just works.

]]> By: Ron http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180808 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:32:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180808 Although it wasn’t on the list, I like pipl.com the best. Very simple, very fast, mostly accurate. They all have the “John Smith” problem, but for specific names like Om, this is what you get:

http://pipl.com/search/?FirstName=om&LastName=malik&City=&State=CA&Country=US&CategoryID=2&Interface=1

]]> By: Mr. Chips http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180807 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:13:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180807 Om, as always.. you are the man! your little post guided me to Wink then to a long time friend i just found! Thanks!

]]> By: Billionaire Strategies http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180806 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:08:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180806 This is actually good news as there is a lot to be said for having some privacy. Why should every stalker and nut-job be allowed to have access to our whereabouts and doings?

]]> By: Tuesday Night Tech Podcast http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180805 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:33:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/21/the-people-search-engine-smackdown/#comment-180805 Wink is the best out of all of these–it’s a hard space to be in at this point with people wanting anonymity on the web. Maybe Google could figure it out and rule the universe, who knows. I think we talked about Wink on a recent Tuesday Night Tech show, but I had a little too much to drink that night, so, I can’t be sure.

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