PeekYou
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The Smartest Way to Find People Online | |
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
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 |
| Website | www.peekyou.com |
| Alexa rank |
 7,228 (April 2014)[1] |
| 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,[2] mostly in the US and Canada. The search results are built from publicly available URLs, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Google+, blogs, homepages, business pages and news sources.
External links
- PeekYou
- PeekYou Blog
- "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
- Crunchbase
References
- ↑ "Peekyou.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ↑ PeekYou Header Info
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