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[...] Squidoo Gets Into People SearchSeth Godin’s Squidoo has quietly entered the people search field with a new product called Squidwho. (TechCrunch Sep 16 2007) [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:15:59 +0000

I have know about this for quite a while. He announced it on his blog. I created a page for myself as well. It seems like a front-end interface for normal Squidoo lenses.

By: Kimberly Dawn Wells

Kimberly Dawn Wells — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:13:59 +0000

Sorry you guys didn’t hear about this sooner! It was officially released on August 29th with announcements on and off-site. You can read more with some Q&As here: http://www.squi...pic.php?id=6952

Since then we’ve added over 6500 lenses on people and characters, famous and not.

By: Omadsense

Omadsense — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:36:33 +0000

I had a more interesting time reading the comments than I was about the story. Like a comment before me – How do they make money, better yet- how do I make money?

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:14:49 +0000

Seth did announce SquidWho on his blog not too long ago:
http://sethgodi...-you-a-who.html

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By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:05:46 +0000

Not much different from a normal lens

By: Randy Smythe

Randy Smythe — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:41:23 +0000

Duncan, it was actually being tested when a Squidoo user came across it (I don’t know how exactly) The user posted about it on the SquidU forum and it just took off.

I don’t think they were quite ready to make an announcement at the time but the Squidoo users latched onto it so quickly, maybe they decided a big push wasn’t needed.

I created a personal SquidWho page for myself and it’s showing up right underneath my LinkedIn content on Google. The SquidWho page allows me to add far more detail about myself than any of my Social network pages or my LinkedIn profile.

In fact I use my SquidWho page as my blog profile on each of my blogs. It is just a new way of leveraging the Squidoo platform to get content on the web — people who can’t get included in Wikipedia for instance.

By: SteveBallmer

SteveBallmer — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:55:40 +0000

People search is not important! What people want is the ability to use their mission critical applications in the cloud, being able to use whatever whereever, not locate people they don’t even like.
http://fakestev...er.blogspot.com

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:16:01 +0000

Spuds
I did note that Squidwho launched quietly and we didn’t know when. Makes me wonder though why it wasn’t announced more prominently.

By: Brian Solis

Brian Solis — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:38:49 +0000

So, what’s the most killer application for Squidwho or Spock? I find them interesting and have experimented quite a bit with Spoke, but I’m still struggling to find how people search is what’s going to make these guys huge. Lately I’ve been on this bandwagon about how social networks are becoming beacons for showcasing and reinforcing an aggregated online brand. Is this an immediate benefit for these sites?

By: Otis Gospodnetic

Otis Gospodnetic — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:25:53 +0000

I hope it results in less spam than Squidoo.

By: Spuds

Spuds — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:08:02 +0000

SquidWho went “live” a couple of weeks ago. Nicely done.

By: Meir

Meir — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:23:14 +0000

One big disadvantage of Squidwho is that it doesn’t separate information about different people with the same name, which I believe is the true advantage of Spock over Google.

By: Yvo

Yvo — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:56:49 +0000

Seth talks about it here: http://sethgodi...-you-a-who.html on August 29.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:55:13 +0000

Online transactions have to take place. For some people, it’s a lifesaver (people with disabilities, work double, maybe triple shifts) so yeah, there should be more privacy, but you shouldn’t get rid of it all.

By: Privacy Rights violated

Privacy Rights violated — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:40:02 +0000

You know guys should worry about Privacy right. The U.S. consitution rights say that no companies is allow to seize information without premission, based on 4th Amendment. Now, Invasion privacy can do harm to people’s lives.

Some day… I hope the U.S supreme court order companies to remove U.S citizen data online, address online, SS#, medical records online. I hope they do the right thing.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:26:38 +0000

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By: km4

km4 — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:10:30 +0000

Yet another people search engine to use exactly for what after the novelty wears off fast.

What’s their business model and how do they make money?

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:02:31 +0000

Well, considering Google blocked Squidoo, it does negatively impact on it. I have been a long time Squidoo user, and it does help to have somewhere to go to with links and simple, down-to-earth explanations about things. But yeah, there were people who were already making lenses about celebrities and such

By: Aditya Kumar Singh

Aditya Kumar Singh — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:29:01 +0000

Hmmm, I wonder if anyone ever uses such sites. No i guess :S