In 2007, when vertical search was hotter than Twitter, people search was the cherry to pick. Indeed, many tried.  Spock  Spokeo, Wink, Peekyou, Pipl.com and in some ways, Israel’s own Delver, to name a few. Now the people search vertical is heating up again with the recent launch of two pr...

For the love of all that's wonderful will someone, somewhere, *please* create a people search engine that's actually any good! The latest dross to roll off the line is MyLife.com which says 'Find everyone, all in one place' which sounds great. However, if you want to use the search engine you have t...

In today’s Internet world of booming social networks, it’s easier to find lost friends and colleagues than it ever was before. In fact, the private world of yesterday is now an online world with open access to social networks, government databases, and public records. If you’re loo...

Those of you who run weblogs will of course already know that a lot of people try and post comments to a weblog simply in order to get a link back to their own site. I don't really have a problem with this, as long as the comment that they leave adds value to a posting, is informative and so on. How...

Intuu is a new social network that lets users express their interests and find others that share similar interests. The concept isn’t new at all, even in this simplified format that enables a laser-focus on users’ various interests, without the erroneous factors added in. But founder Nic...