| VCAO.net has tested 6 people search
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| | profile to assign tags - my title and
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| engines, and thoese search engines are
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| | industry. It would appear that the site
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| claiming that they can supply some
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| | still hassome work to do in pulling data
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| secretsauce that Google is missing in the
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| | in from more sources and connecting the
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| people search arena.
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| | dots between profiles of the same person.
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| PeekYou claims more than 50 million
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| | ZoomInfo claims more than 35 listings in
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| profiles in its index. However, the
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| | its business-oriented directory. It is
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| results of my search would indicate that
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| | focused more on tracking your careerand
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| theindex isn't necessarily up-to-date,
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| | the different places you've worked. The
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| with a query for "Adam Ostrow" yielding
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| | results go more than a decade into the
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| an old photo from my MySpace profile
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| | past, with an "Adam Ostrow"search going
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| (which I thought had been taken down from
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| | all the way back to the very first web
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| public viewing!), and incorrectly
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| | page I created in middle school, a
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| identifying my hometown as College Park,
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| | tribute to my favorite baseballplayer
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| MD, where I graduated school from three
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| | Chipper Jones on Geocities. Digging a
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| years ago. Missing from my page are the
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| | little deeper, when you click on my
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| obvious Facebook, LinkedIn, and
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| | profile, you see information about
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| othersocial profiles, although the
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| | mybusiness, although the wrong address
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| service does offer the ability for users
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| | and phone number is provided. For more
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| to submit information about a person.
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| | common names, your best bet on
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| Wink workes on the major social networks
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| | findingrelevant information is knowing
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| and the Web to find people and it
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| | the company the person is currently
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| provides search filters such as
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| | associated with. For example, clicking on
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| location,age, and interests to help
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| | "Michael
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| narrow down your search for common names
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| | Jones" of Userplane will provide you with
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| (i.e. - "Mike Jones"). For myself, Wink
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| | information on him and his past
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| pulledmy LinkedIn and Friendster
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| | occupations. We've previously raised
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| profiles, in addition to the LinkedIn
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| | someconcerns over ZoomInfo's methods and
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| profile of an "Adam Ostrow" imposter in
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| | accuracy. Nonetheless, it found some
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| New York.
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| | info.yoName searches the major social
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| However, when you add "University of
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| | networks to return results in a tabular
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| Maryland" to your search, the other Adam
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| | format so you can easily navigate between
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| Ostrow is removed from the results, anda
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| | thedifferent profiles that are found. The
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| link to my updated MySpace profile is
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| | site was successful in finding my
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| provided. Additionally, Wink provides
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| | profiles on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn,
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| Google results for the name search,
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| | andan archaic Yahoo account. yoName also
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| whichlinks to my personal blog, my
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| | allows you to do a public records search,
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| Mashable author page, and a few press
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| | powered by Intelius, though it willcost
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| releases issued by my company over the
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| | you money to see detailed results. We
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| years. Thelatest incarnation of Wink
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| | first reviewed yoName in April.
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| launched last September. VERDICT: Passes
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| | Ex.plode.us is a cross-social network
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| the taste test.
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| | search, allowing you to search for both
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| Spock first debuted at the Web 2.0 Expo
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| | specific individuals and people
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| in April. In addition to scouring the
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| | withcertain interests on their supported
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| Web, the site also includes options
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| | sites. My most frequently used services -
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| forusers to add information about people
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| | MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn - arenot
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| such as tags and relevant links. Spock
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| | part of their search at this time, but
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| did not seem to conclude that my
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| | ex.plode.us was able to locate my seldom
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| LinkedInand MySpace profiles are the same
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| | used Flickr page. While it'scurrently
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| person, and thus created two separate
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| | missing some of the more popular social
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| listings for me. Additionally, Spock used
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| | networks from its search, Ex.plode.us
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| old
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| | does index people from a fewsites that
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| "About Me" information from MySpace to
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| | the other's don't, such as Greatest
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| create my biography. On the plus side,
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| | Journal, Jaiku, and Vox.. Kristen
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| Spock did pull the most
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| | reviewed ex.plode.us in May.
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| relevantinformation from my LinkedIn
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