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\"SpokeoHappy New Years, everybody! I hope you all are having a joyful holiday season.<\/p>\n

We here at Spokeo are enjoying the holidays, as well as taking a look back at a wonderful year. 2011 was certainly the most eventful year in Spokeo history, with redesigns, tweaks, improvements and fun new features galore. Let us count the ways!<\/p>\n

Well, first of all, it was a huge year for us in terms of traffic and press. Thanks to a wave of social media buzz, the first few weeks of 2011 saw an exponential spike in traffic<\/a>; our renowned customer service team kicked their impressive operation into high-gear, responding to each and every email<\/a> and answering every phone call as quickly and thoroughly as possible. Due to the influx of first-time visitors, we thought it was a good idea to review Spokeo’s opt-out<\/a> and removal process<\/a> for our readers. This renewed burst of attention culminated in a Time Magazine cover story<\/a> (!) about people search and data aggregation. Not bad for a site created by a couple of college buddies in mom’s basement!<\/p>\n

On the product side, we added a slew of fancy new features and made a fair share of improvements to the site’s design and layout<\/a>, as well. Our phone search page was the first to get the makeover treatment<\/a>, followed by our name and reverse email search features<\/a>. For mobile and tablet users, we also made great strides with our mobile site<\/a>. For users searching people by first and last name, we added a very helpful location auto-suggest feature<\/a>, which allows you to narrow your name search down by location and find the person you’re looking for even faster.<\/p>\n

And it doesn’t stop here. We made dealing with annoying telemarketers easier by adding this cool feature<\/a>. We also started our very own Affiliate program<\/a>. (Have a website and want to advertise Spokeo?  It’s free to join! Click here<\/a> to read more.) And, as if that wasn’t enough, we added the largest (and certainly most fun) feature of all – Spokeo Famous People Search<\/a>. Simply go to the search bar and enter the first and last name of a celebrity, living or dead, and you’ll have access to the most comprehensive database of celeb profiles, photos and videos on the net.<\/p>\n

While 2011 was a great year for Spokeo (did I mention that our team doubled<\/em>?), we plan on making 2012 even better for our users. You ain’t seen nothing yet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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