Spock - find people in a different way
Let’s say you want to find information about a certain person on the Internet. What do you do? You go and type that person’s name in Google or Yahoo and get a bunch of relevant (but not always) links? Well no, cause there’s something better suited for the job: a certain service called Spock.
Although in beta for more than an year now, Spock is a special search engine, designed to provide useful information about people. You just have to, and i quote, "Type in a name, email, location, or tag to find people" in the search box and press enter. And… the results speak for themselves. Not only that they are almost every time relevant, but they are displayed in a proper Web 2.0 style. For comparison, see the picture below, with the results pages from Google and Spock put next to each other. "Which one looks better?" is an obsolete question in this case, ay?
People search has never been easier, that is for sure. The creators of Spock claim the site has over 1 million people in its database, and growing fast.
There are several types of searches you can perform on Spock, but the most important ones are after a tag or a specific name. Let’s say you search for "Larry Page" . The results page shows you that there are over 200 people called Larry Page, but the first one in the list is probably the one you were looking for. Great relevancy, right?
But just search now for "ugly" . I swear that before i even pressed the search button, i was thinking exactly at Michael Jackson. And who’s in the first position, as the ugliest human being around? Well, him. Once again, the way this search engine delivers results is amazing. You can always try different search combinations, like "James Bond", "Top gear" or "blonde" and you’ll always be satisfied with the provided results.
From the results pages you go directly to a person’s page. Cause like on Hi5 or something, each persons has its own page, where you can find pictures, news, web appearances, tags and other persons, all related to the one you’re searching for. Brilliant ay? And again, all the info is presented in a very clean and light template.
Actually, there are so many things i like about this search engine that i could be rumbling on and on for hours. That’s why I’ll let you find all these cool features of Spock by your own. But one thing is certain. Spock is by far the best people finding search engine on the web. Actually, it has no real opponent, as similar services like LinkedIn or ZoomInfo are focused on more narrow niches. That’s why Spock will almost certainly be a success. I for one I’m going to use it whenever i will need to find information about certain persons. How about you?
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