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\"The<\/a>Yes, it’s true: we didn’t pick the easiest name in the world. A toddler can murmur “Google” until it drives her father mad (especially if daddy is Bill Gates<\/a>), but “Spokeo” is a little trickier. I’ve talked to longtime Spokeo users who have been with us for years and still mispronounce the name. It’s perfectly understandable: those three pesky syllables are ripe for conflicting pronunciations, and the somewhat mysterious meaning of the name itself only adds to the confusion.<\/p>\n

Well, I’m here to set the record straight, once and for all. Before we get to the meaning of the name, let’s go over the pronuciation and some common mistakes.<\/p>\n

The most common misprounciations we hear are the following: Spoke-oh<\/em>, Spook-oh<\/em>, Spooky-oh<\/em> (har har), Spo-KAY-oh<\/em>, (emphasis on wrong syllable), and my personal favorite, Spokey<\/em>.*<\/strong> Spokey sounds like a loveable cartoon character!<\/p>\n

The correct pronuciation, however, is fairly simple:<\/p>\n

\"Dictionary<\/a>Spokeo<\/strong>
\n [spohkey-oh]\u2013<\/strong>
\n noun<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Spokeo is a search engine that organizes people-related information from public sources. Spokeo offers four types of searches: name, phone, email, and username.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

So there you are. Three syllables: “Spoke” (as in, for example, a girl spoke<\/em>). “Ee” (as in, for example, me<\/em>). “Oh” (as in, for example, Oh man, that’s strange, a girl just talked to me<\/em>!**<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Remember those three syllables, put an accent on the first one and you are well on your way to making our hedgehog proud.<\/p>\n

While pronunciation can be tricky, grasping the meaning is easier. Think of the spokes in a bicycle wheel. At the center of the circle lies the hub, where the rods or bars collect and radiate outwards. For us, this is a helpful visual metaphor for what we (and other Web 2.0 websites like Facebook<\/a> or YouTube) are trying to do: connect people. If the wheel is the globalized\/digitized space where we now make our homes, Spokeo<\/a> is a hub where people can meet, share and connect. Make sense now? I hope so.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>Okay, fine, I only heard it once.
\n<\/em>**<\/strong>This example is, sadly, drawn from personal experience.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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