Comments on: War Of The People Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Skipease People Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-2/#comment-2835276 Skipease People Search Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:35:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2835276 It is interesting to read this article now and see which of these people search sites are working and growing and which have changed course or closed shop. It is interesting to read this article now and see which of these people search sites are working and growing and which have changed course or closed shop.

]]> By: Sam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-2/#comment-2714268 Sam Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:47:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2714268 What about http://www.yasni.com!? What about http://www.yasni.com!?

]]> By: linkedin, linkin, zoom info, linkedln, zoominfo.com, zoominfo · Exam Results http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-2/#comment-2677972 linkedin, linkin, zoom info, linkedln, zoominfo.com, zoominfo · Exam Results Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:51:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2677972 [...] technology may not be sexy but its proven to be the basis for a good business model. The company is profitable, which in these [...] [...] technology may not be sexy but its proven to be the basis for a good business model. The company is profitable, which in these [...]

]]> By: ZoomInfo Scores Deal With Microsoft To Integrate Search Into CRM News on wisgon.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-2/#comment-2658369 ZoomInfo Scores Deal With Microsoft To Integrate Search Into CRM News on wisgon.com Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:19:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2658369 [...] te­chno­l­o­g­y­ m­a­y­ no­t be s­exy­ bu­t its pr­o­ve­n to­ be­ th­e­ ba­sis [...] [...] te­chno­l­o­g­y­ m­a­y­ no­t be s­exy­ bu­t its pr­o­ve­n to­ be­ th­e­ ba­sis [...]

]]> By: a big day for zoominfo : HR india http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-2/#comment-2649908 a big day for zoominfo : HR india Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:53:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2649908 [...] bios and charges a subscription to have that information revealed. Very Web 1.0, Michael Arrington once said in a write-up of the company, but if it works, it [...] [...] bios and charges a subscription to have that information revealed. Very Web 1.0, Michael Arrington once said in a write-up of the company, but if it works, it [...]

]]> By: ZoomInfo Scores Deal With Microsoft To Integrate Search Into CRM http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-2/#comment-2647428 ZoomInfo Scores Deal With Microsoft To Integrate Search Into CRM Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:42:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2647428 [...] technology may not be sexy but its proven to be the basis for a good business model. The company is profitable, which in these [...] [...] technology may not be sexy but its proven to be the basis for a good business model. The company is profitable, which in these [...]

]]> By: ben http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-2/#comment-2594547 ben Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:39:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2594547 greetings from Arizona! what about acme people search engine? no one talks about it? to make easy money online with one of USA's top companies, visit: www.freedom.ws/yarizona greetings from Arizona!

what about acme people search engine? no one talks about it?

to make easy money online with one of USA’s top companies, visit:
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]]> By: Danny http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2590322 Danny Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:04:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2590322 Are there Canadian reverse cell lookup services? I want to lookup Canadian phone number. As I understand there in no free lookup service - <a href="http://reverselookupcanada.ca/free-cell-phone-lookup" rel="nofollow">Canadian Cell Phone Reverse </a> Are there Canadian reverse cell lookup services? I want to lookup Canadian phone number. As I understand there in no free lookup service - Canadian Cell Phone Reverse

]]> By: pinnacle http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2543809 pinnacle Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:34:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2543809 Check out free people search at http://seekstreet.com Check out free people search at http://seekstreet.com

]]> By: The building blocks of news: topics and people too! « Network(ed)News http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2488612 The building blocks of news: topics and people too! « Network(ed)News Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:04:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2488612 [...] 30% of Google searches are said to be on people. [...] [...] 30% of Google searches are said to be on people. [...]

]]> By: Wones http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2452213 Wones Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:48:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2452213 Looking for Friends and Family? PeopleSearches.com http://www.PeopleSearches.com Looking for Friends and Family?

PeopleSearches.com
http://www.PeopleSearches.com

]]> By: WhitePages.com To Buy Snapvine for Around $20 Million : New Web 2.0 Magazine http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2350866 WhitePages.com To Buy Snapvine for Around $20 Million : New Web 2.0 Magazine Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:48:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2350866 [...] Eventually Algard says they’ll integrate additional information into search results as well, such as social network links. Look out, Wink, Spock, etc. [...] [...] Eventually Algard says they’ll integrate additional information into search results as well, such as social network links. Look out, Wink, Spock, etc. [...]

]]> By: Biographicon Wants To Be Wikipedia For The Non-Notable | DistrictSource.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2014113 Biographicon Wants To Be Wikipedia For The Non-Notable | DistrictSource.com Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:23:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-2014113 [...] “notable” unless you’ve received significant media coverage elsewhere. Other services have filled in the gap for the billion or so people online who can’t get onto Wikipedia - sites like LinkedIn, Wink and [...] [...] “notable” unless you’ve received significant media coverage elsewhere. Other services have filled in the gap for the billion or so people online who can’t get onto Wikipedia - sites like LinkedIn, Wink and [...]

]]> By: Neuer Trend: Personensuche im Web - work.innovation Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1970517 Neuer Trend: Personensuche im Web - work.innovation Blog Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:29:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1970517 [...] schon wieder etwas abflaut, und Personen-Suchmaschinen. TechCrunch spricht sogar schon von einem War of the People Search. Für die persönliche Reputation, nicht nur Online, tun sich jedenfalls neue Dimensionen [...] [...] schon wieder etwas abflaut, und Personen-Suchmaschinen. TechCrunch spricht sogar schon von einem War of the People Search. Für die persönliche Reputation, nicht nur Online, tun sich jedenfalls neue Dimensionen [...]

]]> By: Facebook search goes public : Silicon Caribe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1917709 Facebook search goes public : Silicon Caribe Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:14:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1917709 [...] people search scene. We’ve recently covered five new people search engines - Spock, Wink, Zoominfo, WikiYou and PeekYou. All of these services count on the fact that people information is [...] [...] people search scene. We’ve recently covered five new people search engines - Spock, Wink, Zoominfo, WikiYou and PeekYou. All of these services count on the fact that people information is [...]

]]> By: NexGen Technology Blog » Spock Open Public Beta http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1545685 NexGen Technology Blog » Spock Open Public Beta Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:03:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1545685 [...] differs from differs from recently launched WikiYou and other people search engines by using algorithms to find and merge the majority of their content into a unified profile. User [...] [...] differs from differs from recently launched WikiYou and other people search engines by using algorithms to find and merge the majority of their content into a unified profile. User [...]

]]> By: Spock Open Public Beta http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1543560 Spock Open Public Beta Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:35:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1543560 [...] differs from differs from recently launched WikiYou and other people search engines by using algorithms to find and merge the majority of their content into a unified profile. User [...] [...] differs from differs from recently launched WikiYou and other people search engines by using algorithms to find and merge the majority of their content into a unified profile. User [...]

]]> By: Christi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1413301 Christi Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:32:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1413301 Even though there is a certain amount of excitement of finding a person on the social networking sites, there is little information that leads to actually finding a person. There will always be a need for other search types that provice "locating" information, such as peoplesearch.com and other similar sites. However, there is relatively little one can do at this point to keep their personal information out of the public records systems, and even less a person can do to keep their info from being available on the internet. Even though there is a certain amount of excitement of finding a person on the social networking sites, there is little information that leads to actually finding a person. There will always be a need for other search types that provice “locating” information, such as peoplesearch.com and other similar sites. However, there is relatively little one can do at this point to keep their personal information out of the public records systems, and even less a person can do to keep their info from being available on the internet.

]]> By: William Patrick Wend http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1409569 William Patrick Wend Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:09:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1409569 <strong>ClaimID...</strong> Recently there has been a lot of buzz on the internet about “search identity,” primarily because of a Wall Street Journal article about it. Having been harassed online in the past few years, the perpetrators even going so far as to create a fake M... ClaimID…

Recently there has been a lot of buzz on the internet about “search identity,” primarily because of a Wall Street Journal article about it. Having been harassed online in the past few years, the perpetrators even going so far as to create a fake M…

]]> By: birdswitharms http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1394052 birdswitharms Thu, 24 May 2007 17:39:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1394052 Where do all the paid public records service providers come into play here? It is my opinion that these services remain profitable because the laymen user does not know how to correctly use all of the existing free people search technologies. Furthermore, all of the major players (http://www.peoplefinders.com and http://www.intelius.com) and their affiliates occupy the top paid spots for the major keyword terms. When will Spock, Wink and Zoominfo and move into the paid placement space? It would be nice to finally click on an ad that promised "free people search" and have it be true. Lastly, I am not seeing a big pairing up of the major "traditional players" in the people search space pairing up with the newcomers (with the exception of http://www.reunion.com and Wink). Do you think that this new "war" will see the new absorb the old and allow users to be in control of their contact and public records information? Where do all the paid public records service providers come into play here? It is my opinion that these services remain profitable because the laymen user does not know how to correctly use all of the existing free people search technologies.

Furthermore, all of the major players (http://www.peoplefinders.com and http://www.intelius.com) and their affiliates occupy the top paid spots for the major keyword terms. When will Spock, Wink and Zoominfo and move into the paid placement space? It would be nice to finally click on an ad that promised “free people search” and have it be true.

Lastly, I am not seeing a big pairing up of the major “traditional players” in the people search space pairing up with the newcomers (with the exception of http://www.reunion.com and Wink). Do you think that this new “war” will see the new absorb the old and allow users to be in control of their contact and public records information?

]]> By: Anurag Wakhlu http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1372176 Anurag Wakhlu Fri, 11 May 2007 18:01:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1372176 As I was telling one of the Spock guys at this meeting, it would be useful to have some kind of a "social/web rating" for people (similar to a FICO score). So I could, for example, search for Michael Arrington, and get a "producer" score of 95.x (leaving room for growth :) Bill Clinton would have a low "producer" but a high "presence" score. A high "quality" blogger would have a higher score than a not so great one. Al Gore would have a score of... Achieving this would require a non-trivial analysis of a person's online presence - blogs, links, MySpace/Facebook/YouTube/LinkedIn etc profiles and more. Then these 3 companies could become the web equivalent of Experian/Equifax/Transunion. As I was telling one of the Spock guys at this meeting, it would be useful to have some kind of a “social/web rating” for people (similar to a FICO score).

So I could, for example, search for Michael Arrington, and get a “producer” score of 95.x (leaving room for growth :) Bill Clinton would have a low “producer” but a high “presence” score. A high “quality” blogger would have a higher score than a not so great one. Al Gore would have a score of…

Achieving this would require a non-trivial analysis of a person’s online presence - blogs, links, MySpace/Facebook/YouTube/LinkedIn etc profiles and more. Then these 3 companies could become the web equivalent of Experian/Equifax/Transunion.

]]> By: Wink Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1371480 Wink Blog Fri, 11 May 2007 01:14:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1371480 <strong>TechCrunch: War of the People Search...</strong> Michael Arrington posted on TechCrunch about the Search SIG Panel he moderated last night at Google: “I moderated a fascinating panel tonight at Google headquarters that included execs from three “people search engines” - the CEO of Wink (Mic... TechCrunch: War of the People Search…

Michael Arrington posted on TechCrunch about the Search SIG Panel he moderated last night at Google:
“I moderated a fascinating panel tonight at Google headquarters that included execs from three “people search engines” - the CEO of Wink (Mic…

]]> By: claimID weblog - Manage your online identity. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1371411 claimID weblog - Manage your online identity. Thu, 10 May 2007 23:45:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1371411 <strong>The Future of People Search...</strong> The Wall Street Journal has written an article entitled You’re a Nobody Unless Your Name Googles Well. This front-page article has been syndicated to many newspapers around the country, causing substantial buzz. It reflects somewhat of a new re... The Future of People Search…

The Wall Street Journal has written an article entitled You’re a Nobody Unless Your Name Googles Well. This front-page article has been syndicated to many newspapers around the country, causing substantial buzz. It reflects somewhat of a new re…

]]> By: Trogdor http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1371287 Trogdor Thu, 10 May 2007 20:06:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1371287 Another fun wrinkle for these types of search engines is distingushing between real, live, breathing humans, and fictional ones. This includes characters in movies, books, tv shows, as well as any of a plethora of fake identities used by con artists, spies, smugglers, and like. In a way, by linking types of relationships together and making intelligent-enough algorithms, one might be able to use these kinds of people-search engines to *identify* if a person is a spy, con artist, etc, based on whether or not their identity / network is *like* one. And again, I don't quite see the business model, aside from paid-subscription ... at which point, it seems to be not unlike ussearch.com in a way (with the exception that US Search doesn't spider the 'net, and bases its info on public information held by various levels / kinds of government entities). Another fun wrinkle for these types of search engines is distingushing between real, live, breathing humans, and fictional ones. This includes characters in movies, books, tv shows, as well as any of a plethora of fake identities used by con artists, spies, smugglers, and like.

In a way, by linking types of relationships together and making intelligent-enough algorithms, one might be able to use these kinds of people-search engines to *identify* if a person is a spy, con artist, etc, based on whether or not their identity / network is *like* one.

And again, I don’t quite see the business model, aside from paid-subscription … at which point, it seems to be not unlike ussearch.com in a way (with the exception that US Search doesn’t spider the ‘net, and bases its info on public information held by various levels / kinds of government entities).

]]> By: andre taliercio http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1370944 andre taliercio Thu, 10 May 2007 12:53:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/war-of-the-people-search/#comment-1370944 Identity control is the key and much more than be found among persons with similar names. It is about showing a clean profile of you. In the course of our live we do many thinks, and many of us get an eclectic profile in the pages search. Stuff we are proud of, others less proud of. This is what Ziki is about: centralize in one place all you information, make it as your resume or platform for self-promotion. Ziki manages your profile on major search engines to make displayed on the top. When people click on it, they see what you want them to see. You are in control.. http://www.ziki.com Identity control is the key and much more than be found among persons with similar names. It is about showing a clean profile of you. In the course of our live we do many thinks, and many of us get an eclectic profile in the pages search. Stuff we are proud of, others less proud of.
This is what Ziki is about: centralize in one place all you information, make it as your resume or platform for self-promotion. Ziki manages your profile on major search engines to make displayed on the top. When people click on it, they see what you want them to see. You are in control..
http://www.ziki.com

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