Comments on: Exclusive Screenshots: Spock’s New People Engine

By: Spock Open Public Beta - Hightech Review

Spock Open Public Beta - Hightech Review — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:48:58 +0000

[...] search engine Spock, which we’ve been covering for a few months, has publicly launched.Spock differs from differs from recently launched WikiYou [...]

By: The Online Playground of Ted Goas

The Online Playground of Ted Goas — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:00:37 +0000

[...] neat? Or scary? TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington reports how the site combs existing social networks and web sites for information and centralizes it in the [...]

By: The Online Playground of Ted Goas

The Online Playground of Ted Goas — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:54:34 +0000

[...] companies indicates the public interest in search engines focusing on people searches (apparantly, 30% of all Internet searches are people-related). Will we see a new tab pop up on Google [...]

By: NexGen Technology Blog » Spock Open Public Beta

NexGen Technology Blog » Spock Open Public Beta — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:03:15 +0000

[...] search engine Spock, which we’ve been covering for a few months, has publicly [...]

By: Spock.com could turn into a mess : pacificpelican.us/diary

Spock.com could turn into a mess : pacificpelican.us/diary — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:52:04 +0000

[...] ago, and couldn’t help but be intrigued. Mr. O’Reilly wrote: ‘Michael Arrington wrote the other day about spock, the new people search engine, but I have to say that I don’t think he did it [...]

By: Spock

Spock — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:55:49 +0000

[...] да се прехвърлят от Google и да започнат да сърфират чрез Spock и Wink, времето ще [...]

By: blogwi.se

blogwi.se — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:36:22 +0000

Spock.com Invites…

In case you are still looking for a spock.com invite / account (that new people-focused search engine), just add a comment here and I’ll send them first-come, first-serve. For some reason I currently have 103 invites left…

Techn…

By: Kasi-Blog » Blog Archive » Someone wants an invitation to Spock?

Kasi-Blog » Blog Archive » Someone wants an invitation to Spock? — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:09:30 +0000

[...] Spock. It’s a big buzz at the moment but I am not convinced. It tries to connect the various profiles that you have on [...]

By: Free People Search Guide » Blog Archive » Free Reverse People Search - NJ school tape shows people with devices (AP via Yahoo! News)

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:09:45 +0000

[...] Exclusive Screenshots: Spock s New People EnginePeople search is a space that went from nowhere to crowded, fast. Wink changed direction and launched a people search product last November. Also in this space is Streakr (yet to launch), ProfileLinker, LinkedIn, ZoomInfo and Upscoop. … [...]

By: spock :جستجوی اشخاص « مزيدی

spock :جستجوی اشخاص « مزيدی — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:18:26 +0000

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By: Web2.0 Effect Blog Web 2.0 Blog Technology Help » Blog Archive » Spock is Searching for Intelligent Life

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:27:19 +0000

[...] Arrington of TechCrunch spoke well of Spock in an article some weeks ago: "Spock did a great job of finding [...]

By: Spock is Searching for Intelligent Life

Spock is Searching for Intelligent Life — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:29:16 +0000

[...] Arrington of TechCrunch spoke well of Spock in an article some weeks ago: "Spock did a great job of finding [...]

By: 100 Invites To Spock Beta Available Right Now

100 Invites To Spock Beta Available Right Now — Mon, 14 May 2007 22:20:19 +0000

[...] the new people search engine, has been getting a lot of buzz the last few weeks. We posted some screen shots last month and I recently moderated a panel that included them, Wink and ZoomInfo (notes are here). [...]

By: Marcelo

Marcelo — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:28:37 +0000

That,s a great service to business and relationship!

Marcelo

By: War Of The People Search

War Of The People Search — Wed, 09 May 2007 09:41:47 +0000

[...] hasn’t launched yet, but the demos we’ve seen show it to be a direct competitor to Wink. The company, which raised $7 million in a Series A round [...]

By: Free People Search, People Finder and Public Record News Blog

Free People Search, People Finder and Public Record News Blog — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:45:48 +0000

Spock.com - A New People Search Engine…

There’s some serious internet buzz surrounding a new people search engine called Spock.com.

Spock.com hasn’t launched yet and you currently have to request to be included on an invite list to be one of the first people to test this new sea…

By: People Finder

People Finder — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:05:23 +0000

Sounds like an interesting concept in online people searching. Best of luck.

By: Dave McClure

Dave McClure — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:43:10 +0000

@sam:

as an advisor for spock, i’d appreciate hearing more about your perspective on the demo. while i spoke to many people who thought it was a great technology demonstration and were not offended, i also heard from a few folks who thought one of the search examples for models wasn’t in good taste and had negative reactions. i’ve passed on this feedback to spock to think about further.

i believe the folks at spock were simply trying to show representative examples of searches, and data from Google Zeitgeist would indicate that indeed female celebrities & models (along with political & sports celebrities) are some of the more popular topics:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/.....t2006.html

most people i spoke with at the show did not seem to have a problem with the demo — in fact, the real-time voting from the audience indicated that Spock was the top Launchpad demo that day (76% of voters on Mozes chose Spock), and ZDnet/Cnet named it one of the top 5 products at the entire conference.

however, there were obviously others such as yourself who reacted strongly & negatively to the demo. i’m sure the Spock team is sorry if they offended anyone, and it certainly wasn’t intentional by any means. still, based on the reactions i think Spock is re-considering how they will conduct similar demos in the future, so as not to offend yet still show a wide range of search examples & product functionality.

in any case, thanks for the honest feedback & i’ll make sure they know your perspective.

regards,

- dave mcclure
http://500hats.typepad.com/

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:59:24 +0000

What an offensive demo at the Web 2.0 launchpad! Can’t believe Mr. Bhatti actually asked the audience comprised of both genders if they would like to see a search of the Swimsuit Illustrated models or the Victoria’s secret models!
He managed to effectively offend practically every woman in the audience with his idiocy and denseness. Spock wants no female users? Good luck with the other 50% of the world population.

By: Alex Lee

Alex Lee — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:45:07 +0000

I’d like to have the access to that site, would you please invite me?
ggarak@naver.com

By: Spock at Web 2.0 Expo « Spock Blog

Spock at Web 2.0 Expo « Spock Blog — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:21:50 +0000

[...] see what other other people are saying about Spock: Michael Arrington Tim O’Reilly Josh Clark, Star Trek Fan Posted by irisolive Filed in [...]

By: Mike @ Emerging Earth

Mike @ Emerging Earth — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:18:17 +0000

Good think they didn’t call it Stalk.

By: XPlus-Web

XPlus-Web — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:51:45 +0000

Spock - Personensuchmaschine…

Bei Techcrunch gibts exclusive Einblicke/Screenshots zu “Spock - New People Searchengine”. Zur Zeit ist diese Personen-Suchmaschine noch nicht öffentlich, es kann sich aber zum testen angemeldet werden.
Laut Einschätzung der Betre…

By: SuzERic » Meine Daten - schon wieder

SuzERic » Meine Daten - schon wieder — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:53:13 +0000

[...] Mittlerweile entwickelt sich ein Markt fuer spezialiesierte People-Suchmaschinen. Der Artikel Exclusive Screenshots: Spock’s New People Engine berichtet ueber eine Suchmaschine, die Informationen aus Profilen aus social Networks durchkaemmt, [...]

By: Spock, il motore umano

Spock, il motore umano — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:08:29 +0000

[...] Di seguito alcuni screen shot presi dall’articolo apparso in merito su TechCrunch [...]