http://www.spokeo.com/people_search/2008/09/03/the-evolution-of-people-search-14/ Search people across tons of networks! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:24:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.spokeo.com/people_search/2008/09/03/the-evolution-of-people-search-14/#comment-136 Dave Tishendorf Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:31:27 +0000 http://people-search.spokeo.com/?p=108#comment-136 people-spot.comPeople search is huge now. I think something like 30 percent (30 percent!) of all searches on Google, Yahoo and MSN are people-related. And whenever you have a phenomenon that involves that many people, a controversy of one sort or another is inevitable. Sure enough, a debate is raging now over whether people-search engines provide a legitimate and valuable service or whether they constitute a serious invasion of privacy. As frequently happens in these types of debates, there is no black and white answer or solution. Whether people-search engines are good or bad depends on who uses them and for what purpose. So the debate will continue, and who knows whether a consensus will ever be reached. Meanwhile, you'll find a nifty little people search engine at http://www.people-spot.com/. people-spot.comPeople search is huge now. I think something like 30 percent (30 percent!) of all searches on Google, Yahoo and MSN are people-related. And whenever you have a phenomenon that involves that many people, a controversy of one sort or another is inevitable. Sure enough, a debate is raging now over whether people-search engines provide a legitimate and valuable service or whether they constitute a serious invasion of privacy. As frequently happens in these types of debates, there is no black and white answer or solution. Whether people-search engines are good or bad depends on who uses them and for what purpose. So the debate will continue, and who knows whether a consensus will ever be reached. Meanwhile, you’ll find a nifty little people search engine at http://www.people-spot.com/.

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