PeekYou
This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (August 2012) |
Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Search engine |
Available in | English |
Founded | April 2006 |
Headquarters | New York City, United States |
Key people | Michael Hussey, Founder Thomas Lynch, President Peter Bordes, Director |
URL | www |
Registration | optional |
Launched | July 2006 |
Current status | Active |
PeekYou is a people search engine that indexes people and their links on the web. Founded in April 2006 by Michael Hussey, PeekYou claims to have indexed over 250 million people, mostly in the United States and Canada.[citation needed] The search results are built from publicly available URLs, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Google+, blogs, homepages, business pages and news sources.
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Further reading[]
- "PeekYou - Spock has Competition" at Techcrunch
- "PeekYou Makes People Search Worthwhile with Google Integration" at Mashable
- "PeekYou’s Hussey Offers Glimpse Into Data Practices" at Adotas
- "'Scrapers' Dig Deep for Data on Web" at Wall Street Journal
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Categories:
- Internet search engines
- American companies established in 2006
- 2006 establishments in New York City
- Companies based in New York City
- Data brokers
- Internet properties established in 2006
- Website stubs