Comments on: Wink’s People Search Index Grows To 500 Million Profiles http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:06:26 -0800 hourly 1 By: tinyComb » Blog Archive » Social Network Profiles Double This Year To 500 Million http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2552645 tinyComb » Blog Archive » Social Network Profiles Double This Year To 500 Million Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:33:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2552645 [...] tiny from: TechCrunch View Jason Wilk's Profile      Subscribe via RSS RelatedBookmarksTags [...] [...] tiny from: TechCrunch View Jason Wilk’s Profile      Subscribe via RSS RelatedBookmarksTags [...]

]]> By: rick http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2486353 rick Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:15:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2486353 "partially liquidated" was obviously not complete enough. I can crawl the public profiles of Facebook and linkedIn too. They have my public facebook picture of me and nothing else. Nice job guys. Most of their competitor-types have at least tied my public LinkedIn profile to my Facebook and my blog and at least a handful of other places my bio is posted. They could probably get 6 figures for that URL though. So they got that going for them. “partially liquidated” was obviously not complete enough. I can crawl the public profiles of Facebook and linkedIn too.

They have my public facebook picture of me and nothing else. Nice job guys. Most of their competitor-types have at least tied my public LinkedIn profile to my Facebook and my blog and at least a handful of other places my bio is posted.

They could probably get 6 figures for that URL though. So they got that going for them.

]]> By: tony http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2485035 tony Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:59:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2485035 Nice Nice

]]> By: not impressed http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2482702 not impressed Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:22:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2482702 Why can't one of these aggregators work in info from real people finders like, lexis and westlaw? I'm sure a deal could be worked where they give the online presence to lexis and lexis gives some real world data to them. Or they could aggregate other legitimate free data like court records, business records, etc. Being able to connect web presence and real world presence would be neat. Why can’t one of these aggregators work in info from real people finders like, lexis and westlaw? I’m sure a deal could be worked where they give the online presence to lexis and lexis gives some real world data to them. Or they could aggregate other legitimate free data like court records, business records, etc.

Being able to connect web presence and real world presence would be neat.

]]> By: Suraj Singh http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2482669 Suraj Singh Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:56:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2482669 Where is the value for the user here? What ensures Wink's sustainability? Far from impressed. Where is the value for the user here? What ensures Wink’s sustainability? Far from impressed.

]]> By: George Owell http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2482667 George Owell Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:54:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2482667 well said well said

]]> By: Samik http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2482603 Samik Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:50:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2482603 Absolutely crappy - only returns google search results !! You guys should check for the legitimacy of sites before posting in TC. Absolutely crappy – only returns google search results !!
You guys should check for the legitimacy of sites before posting in TC.

]]> By: tal http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2482340 tal Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:17:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2482340 Try a differnt approach to people search - Copenda, www.copenda.com Try a differnt approach to people search – Copenda,
http://www.copenda.com

]]> By: Ben Strackany http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2482247 Ben Strackany Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:35:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2482247 Yeah, I'd say "profiles" isn't so much accurate as "names." I'm all for aggregators (one of our clients is in the people search space), but I also feel that the recent focus on pushing people to affiliate links is a turnoff. Granted, they're probably under pressure to prove a revenue model, and you can't always say "oh we'll run ads" & get away with it... Yeah, I’d say “profiles” isn’t so much accurate as “names.” I’m all for aggregators (one of our clients is in the people search space), but I also feel that the recent focus on pushing people to affiliate links is a turnoff. Granted, they’re probably under pressure to prove a revenue model, and you can’t always say “oh we’ll run ads” & get away with it…

]]> By: Andy Wong http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2482200 Andy Wong Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:49:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2482200 I have similar impression. It shouldn't be too hard to prove whether it is crap. Randomly pickup 100 profiles, and investigate how many of them are legitimate. I have similar impression. It shouldn’t be too hard to prove whether it is crap. Randomly pickup 100 profiles, and investigate how many of them are legitimate.

]]> By: huh http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2482108 huh Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:19:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2482108 Try finding your name in the spammers list somewhere out there. Try finding your name in the spammers list somewhere out there.

]]> By: wacky http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481930 wacky Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:39:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481930 no, i would have to say their technology sucks as well. no, i would have to say their technology sucks as well.

]]> By: whyloo http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481864 whyloo Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:56:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481864 i liked this search engine..this is very good i think i liked this search engine..this is very good i think

]]> By: vicaya http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481806 vicaya Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:21:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481806 For what it's worth, Wink has its own distributed profile crawler and search index (lucene and in house based technology) and maybe occasionally back filled with Google results for certain queries. It has real technology, albeit a questionable product. Keep checking who owns it now :) For what it’s worth, Wink has its own distributed profile crawler and search index (lucene and in house based technology) and maybe occasionally back filled with Google results for certain queries. It has real technology, albeit a questionable product.

Keep checking who owns it now :)

]]> By: Wink Links to Half a Bil http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481775 Wink Links to Half a Bil Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:57:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481775 [...] search engine Wink now has now indexed 500 million profiles from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace.  I blogged this week about how I use [...]

]]> By: LJ Jones http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481730 LJ Jones Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:23:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481730 Don't want to have to pay for something that I am sure someone will make for free soon. Don’t want to have to pay for something that I am sure someone will make for free soon.

]]> By: Deva Hazarika http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481696 Deva Hazarika Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:01:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481696 wait, wtf? for every name i type in (i tried myself, david hornik, jason kincaid, michael arrington) it just spits back a google search query filtered for domain like facebook/linkedin/twitter - is that really it? wtf? wait, wtf? for every name i type in (i tried myself, david hornik, jason kincaid, michael arrington) it just spits back a google search query filtered for domain like facebook/linkedin/twitter – is that really it? wtf?

]]> By: Social Network Profiles Double This Year To 500 Million | tinyCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481595 Social Network Profiles Double This Year To 500 Million | tinyCrunch Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:03:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481595 [...] tiny from: TechCrunch Share and [...] [...] tiny from: TechCrunch Share and [...]

]]> By: Theft http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481536 Theft Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:33:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481536 They steal people's pics and put them on their website. Just like how Google got their beginning from. I guessed copyright law is no longer applicable. Copyright infringement, begin it should. They steal people’s pics and put them on their website. Just like how Google got their beginning from. I guessed copyright law is no longer applicable.

Copyright infringement, begin it should.

]]> By: www.Drewryonline.net http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481497 www.Drewryonline.net Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:12:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481497 dayum! dayum!

]]> By: anon8mizer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481437 anon8mizer Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481437 Total scam. They just re-index linkedIn, zoomInfo, and a few other people-oriented sites. Plus they pull in some credit report information, and they frame google results. Where is the innovation and the wide moat? Total scam. They just re-index linkedIn, zoomInfo, and a few other people-oriented sites. Plus they pull in some credit report information, and they frame google results.

Where is the innovation and the wide moat?

]]> By: Nick http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481304 Nick Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:52:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481304 Try www.nicado.net, much better and ad free. Try http://www.nicado.net, much better and ad free.

]]> By: Jimmy Jones http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481276 Jimmy Jones Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:39:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481276 Cool, now they have 500 million mostly useless pages to spam Google, as they have done since their start. Great news this. Cool, now they have 500 million mostly useless pages to spam Google, as they have done since their start. Great news this.

]]> By: Wink’s People Search Index Grows To 500 Million Profiles | Tech News - Business News And Social Networking http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481266 Wink’s People Search Index Grows To 500 Million Profiles | Tech News - Business News And Social Networking Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:30:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481266 [...] Read More [...] [...] Read More [...]

]]> By: The Mirage http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/winks-people-search-index-grows-to-500-million-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2481260 The Mirage Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:23:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22652#comment-2481260 lol 500m profiles its a lot of people. lol 500m profiles its a lot of people.

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