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| ==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
| Spokeo's main technology is a ] ] search engine that can |
Spokeo's main technology is a ] ] search engine that can locate social data that is not indexed by standard search engines, such as Google.<ref>, March 10, 2009</ref>. Although Spokeo syndicates only publicly available information,<ref>, November 30, 2006</ref> many people may not realize that the information it aggregates is public.<ref>, May 13, 2008</ref> | ||
| Spokeo is implemented in ]. Launched in 2006, it is one of the early Ruby on Rails showcases.<ref>, December 8, 2006</ref> | Spokeo is implemented in ]. Launched in 2006, it is one of the early Ruby on Rails showcases.<ref>, December 8, 2006</ref> | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| Spokeo was founded in |
Spokeo was founded in 2006 by four ] students. Spokeo 1.0 pioneered and introduced the concept of ] to the world on CNet,<ref>, December 5, 2006</ref> GigaOm,<ref>, November 28, 2006</ref> and TechCrunch<ref>, November 29, 2006</ref> on November 2006. The concept quickly caught on among early adopters. The most popular social network aggregator today is ].{{fact}} | ||
| Spokeo 2.0 launched on TechCrunch a year later |
Spokeo 2.0 launched on TechCrunch a year later, in December 2007.<ref>, December 10, 2007</ref> Initially, Spokeo 2.0 introduced its people search technology to help users automatically aggregate their social network accounts. However, users increasingly discussed its people search capabilities more than its aggregator roots.<ref>, December 21, 2007</ref> Spokeo rebranded itself as a people search engine later that year. | ||
| ==Content |
==Content privacy== | ||
| Spokeo aggregates only publicly available information; however, the information that it aggregates |
Spokeo aggregates only publicly available information; however, the information that it aggregates is often obscure and hard to find on the Web.{{fact}} To better educate users about its online privacy, Spokeo has developed an automatic "content privacy mirroring" technology. When someone find that their content is public via Spokeo and then make it private, Spokeo automatically detects and reflects these privacy changes in a couple of days.<ref>, March 1, 2009</ref> However, many are still worried about the online content that is exposed by social search technologies.<ref>, January 26, 2009</ref> | ||
| ==Competition== | |||
| Couple people search engines have similar ] ] technologies like Spokeo, including , , , , and . Only Spokeo supports the address book search. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
| Type of site | people search engine |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | Saratoga, California (2006) |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California |
| Key people | Harrison Tang |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Products | Spokeo People Search |
| URL | Spokeo People Search |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | 11/5/2006 |
| Current status | active |
Spokeo is a social-network-based people search engine. Unlike other people search engines that search for one person at a time, Spokeo imports an user's webmail address book and makes all contacts' online footprints instantly available. Spokeo finds people's social network accounts by performing deep Web searches across over 40 such networks, including but not limited to Bebo, Blogger, DailyMotion, DeviantArt, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Fotolog, Friendster, HI5, ImageStation, Imeem, Last.fm, LiveJournal, MySpace, Netlog, Photobucket, Vox, Webshots, Windows Live Spaces, Wretch, Xanga, Yahoo Video, and YouTube.
Spokeo is strictly a search engine, not a social network.
Technology
Spokeo's main technology is a social-network-based deep Web search engine that can locate social data that is not indexed by standard search engines, such as Google.. Although Spokeo syndicates only publicly available information, many people may not realize that the information it aggregates is public.
Spokeo is implemented in Ruby on Rails. Launched in 2006, it is one of the early Ruby on Rails showcases.
History
Spokeo was founded in 2006 by four Stanford students. Spokeo 1.0 pioneered and introduced the concept of social network aggregation to the world on CNet, GigaOm, and TechCrunch on November 2006. The concept quickly caught on among early adopters. The most popular social network aggregator today is FriendFeed.
Spokeo 2.0 launched on TechCrunch a year later, in December 2007. Initially, Spokeo 2.0 introduced its people search technology to help users automatically aggregate their social network accounts. However, users increasingly discussed its people search capabilities more than its aggregator roots. Spokeo rebranded itself as a people search engine later that year.
Content privacy
Spokeo aggregates only publicly available information; however, the information that it aggregates is often obscure and hard to find on the Web. To better educate users about its online privacy, Spokeo has developed an automatic "content privacy mirroring" technology. When someone find that their content is public via Spokeo and then make it private, Spokeo automatically detects and reflects these privacy changes in a couple of days. However, many are still worried about the online content that is exposed by social search technologies.
See also
References
- Spokeo People Search - Traffic Details from Alexa, April 8, 2009.
- Spokeo People Search - The Mega Search of Social Networks, April 8, 2009
- Friends Under The Microscope, January 28, 2008
- New site feeds off of other Web sites, January 31, 2008
- Growing Number of Supported Networks by Spokeo People Search, April 8, 2009
- Spokeo People Search Engines: They Know Your Dark Secrets ... And Tell Anyone, March 10, 2009
- The RSS Blog on Spokeo People Search, November 30, 2006
- New Sites Make It Easier To Spy on Your Friends, May 13, 2008
- Spokeo People Search: Meta Social Networking, December 8, 2006
- Your Next Social Network: All of Them?, December 5, 2006
- The Content Aggregators and the Fat Belly, November 28, 2006
- Spokeo People Search Aggregates Social Networks And Blogs, November 29, 2006
- Spokeo People Search 2.0: A Feed Reader For Your Friends, December 10, 2007
- Reality Check: Spokeo People Search, December 21, 2007
- Spokeo People Search Privacy Explained, March 1, 2009
- Social media search: A stalker's paradise?, January 26, 2009