People Search Engines Gain Sophistication - The Diigo Meta page

• 11 Nov 08
  

  Paul Gillin

  Emerging services serve as a nexis point for information about individuals. New services scrape content from around the Web and increasingly mine public databases to enhance profiles.

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  • People search engine Spock is working on a service that will give users access to public records stored in public databases across the Web.
  • The service, scheduled to launch mid-January, will have a $1.99 monthly service fee. Subscribers will gain access to links and data mined from government and municipally databases such as mortgage brokers and courthouses, as well as social network pages at MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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