PeekYou
PeekYou is a people search engine that indexes people and their links on the web. Founded in April 2006 by Michael Hussey, PeekYou claims that they have indexed over 250 million people, mostly in the United States and Canada.[1][2] The search results consist of publicly available URLs, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Google+, blogs, homepages, business pages and news sources.
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 |
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References
- Keen, Andrew (2012-05-22). Digital Vertigo: How Today's Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-62498-9.
- Ilten, Carla; Kroener, Inga; Neyland, Daniel; Postigo, Hector (2012-08-13). Managing Privacy through Accountability. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-03222-5.
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