The rush to people search: Viadeo, ZoomInfo, Yahoo China, Spock…and PeekYou

The rush to people search: Viadeo, ZoomInfo, Yahoo China, Spock…and PeekYou

For years, technology to search for people has been neglected, compared to most parts of the Web. Until now, that is.

A wave of new entrants are making it much easier to find out everything about a person, from their job, to their personalities, their age and even where they live. Forget the privacy implications, the race is on.

LinkedIn, a social network for professionals, had the field to itself a few years ago. Sites like Friendster… Continue Reading