Comments on: Testing the People Search Engines http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Darryl http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-583742 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:41:19 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-583742 It’s a shame you didn’t get to test kgbpeople.com for it’s people search capabilities for the following reasons:

1. It’s FREE to use
2. It’s a great tool to help you monitor & maintain your online profile
3. It will search through popular social networks such as Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn + Google, Yahoo and Bing to bring back relevant data on the person searched for.
4. It also returns videos and photos from YouTube & Flickr
5. If you register it will send you email alerts on any changes to online identity for FREE

]]> By: Amy McFarland http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64326 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:44:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64326 People searches for internet names I use Google mostly. But when it comes to searching for someone that I have not seen in years, the I use my own people search engine that gives me complete details, name, address, phone number email at no cost.

The internet is a wonderful thing these days, there is not much you cannot find with the right search engine and keywords.

]]> By: us People Search http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64325 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:19:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64325 you guys can always try http://www.personspider.com

]]> By: Jeff Neuman http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64324 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:57:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64324 I always use google as my first source to find people. Usually, if they have a myspace/facebook of some sort of social media platform it comes up. sometimes I’ll have to refine my search by putting in the name of the town or use brackets such as [] or quotes (“”). I guess it really depends how much content is on the internet regarding the name of the search.

]]> By: search for people http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64323 Tue, 12 May 2009 06:21:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64323 there is no doubt that google is by far the best place to start when searching for people but i have to say that it is still an open season to fill up the people search nitche.

]]> By: Sue Carrol http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64322 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:54:25 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64322 I think you’re all forgetting http://www.yasni.com – I’ve used that for ages and in Germany it’s even bigger than facebook according to comscore! I guess that’s because it actually works as opposed to the others which just say that they do.

]]> By: Danny http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64321 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:47:40 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64321 Are there FREE Canadian reverse lookup services? I want to lookup Canadian phone number. As I understand there in no free lookup service http://reverselookupcanada.ca/free-cell-phone-lookup

]]> By: Social Search Engines Wink, Reunion to Merge - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64320 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:00:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64320 [...] Gaffikin, Monday, November 3, 2008 at 5:00 AM PT Comments (0) Wink, a Mountain View, Calif., people search site is merging with Reunion, a Santa Monica, Calif., [...]

]]> By: jose http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64319 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:38:53 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64319 Hello, i think best people search and background check website is http://www.peoplefind.net

]]> By: » WWD Coffee Break - Project Management, Travel Tips & Themes - Your Gadget Pro http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64318 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:53:46 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64318 [...] With More Networking – Wink, which came out on top of our recent roundup of people search engines, has released version 2 of their site. Now you can claim and edit your own profile on Wink, build [...]

]]> By: WWD Coffee Break - Project Management, Travel Tips & Themes « Web Worker Daily http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64317 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:00:44 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64317 [...] With More Networking – Wink, which came out on top of our recent roundup of people search engines, has released version 2 of their site. Now you can claim and edit your own profile on Wink, build [...]

]]> By: Andy Wong http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64316 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:24:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64316 These engines have one flavor in common:
Focusing on important hubs of people information like blogs, wikipedia, photo sites and, of course, social networks like facebook.

Why?

Because many of my friends have blogs? or many of my contacts live in social networks? or they are prominent enough to have an entry in Wikipedia?

But I do have many contacts having web presence through their personal web pages, press releases, or online news etc. Why shouldn’t a people search engine provide cross references about a person with wide range of web pages, rather than pages of hubs of people information?

I just wrote a bit more at

http://webandlife.blogspot.com/2007/10/people-search-engines-for-who-and-what.html

]]> By: google » Testing the People Search Engines http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64315 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:43:36 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64315 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [...]

]]> By: Lizi http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64314 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:33:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64314 People search is an area being pursued by a variety of startups which are recently getting a lot of attention – each one of the existing People search solutions is a variation of white pages. After you enter name or email you get search results containing a list of profiles from various social networks. These solutions are great to find information about specific person or locate your friends.
We , at Copenda have a totally different approach to people search – we call it social people search. Copenda is a place to meet new people , you enter general preferences (age,location,gender etc..) and you get a list of profiles from various social networks and leading dating sites.
http://www.copenda.com

]]> By: Charles Knight http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64313 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:57:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64313 In my article on PeopleFinders, I demonstrated how their free sex offender search identified a registered offender in my neighborhood near a little league field. It provided a map, a picture of the offender, and the charge: carnal knowledge of a 13-15 year old. Pretty useful stuff.
We have also looked into PeekYou (a sponsor), yoName, ZabaSearch, ex.plore.us, pipl and others mentioned. Recently Wink and yoName participated in a debate so that readers could hear directly from the search engines.
We also coordinated a People Search panel to take place in November at the Defrag conference in Denver.
As WhoZat? pointed out, there is still plenty of growing to do. How long have Spock and PeekYou been out?
In a very short while I believe that when you want to find a job you’ll go to a Job Search engine, and when you want to find a person, you will go, expectantly, to a good People Search engine.

]]> By: People Search Engines and the tail « ScottRu http://gigaom.com/collaboration/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64312 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:10:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/20/testing-the-people-search-engines/#comment-64312 [...] Search Engines and the tail Web Worker Daily has a review of some People Search Engines, where (as usual) “People Search Engines” consist of the new hotness only – engines [...]

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