Backtype is a tool which tracks comments of registered users across their various websites.
The comments need to be claimed for them to display against your name. The tool acts as a centralized database for all your comments.
The tool allows search by comments or people names. The comments section can be used to find people by keywords. Comments can be tracked by following the commenters.
The 'Search People' feature comes with 'Advanced Search'. This allows filtering the results by keywords and for a particular period.
Showing posts with label people search. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people search. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Linkedin Groups adds Discussions, more
Linkedin has expanded the Groups section to allow for discussions, and allows inviting/messaging members directly from a list. More details at http://blog.linkedin.com/blog/2008/08/post.html
Friday, July 18, 2008
Wink People Search - Part 1 Introduction
This is the first in a series of posts on Wink the 'People Search' website. Later posts will look at the search features in more detail.
Wink People Search is the perfect tool if you want to carry out a quick profile search using a few simple keywords or tags.
Wink has a large collection of profiles from various networks such as Linkedin, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo360, Friendster, Microsoft Live spaces, etc. including links to profiles at these specific networks.
Wink has some impressive profile numbers (> 1 mill) for a number of countries which makes it an important tool in a sourcer's arsenal.
United States - 72.7 mill
United Kingdom - 6.8 mill
Indonesia - 6.0 mill
Canada - 5.2 mill
Malaysia - 4.1 mill
Australia - 3.0 mill
France - 1.8 mill
India - 1.4 mill
Germany - 1.4 mill
Turkey - 1.3 mill
Singapore - 1.2 mill
Italy - 1.0 mill
The search facility is simple as can be seen below. Wink does not need the user to log in to use this facility or access the results.
The basic search can be carried out by name, location, keywords or a combination of these. The search can be further refined using keywords, tags, distance from a given location, etc.
In part 2 we will have a look at the search facility in more detail.
Wink People Search is the perfect tool if you want to carry out a quick profile search using a few simple keywords or tags.
Wink has a large collection of profiles from various networks such as Linkedin, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo360, Friendster, Microsoft Live spaces, etc. including links to profiles at these specific networks.
Wink has some impressive profile numbers (> 1 mill) for a number of countries which makes it an important tool in a sourcer's arsenal.
United States - 72.7 mill
United Kingdom - 6.8 mill
Indonesia - 6.0 mill
Canada - 5.2 mill
Malaysia - 4.1 mill
Australia - 3.0 mill
France - 1.8 mill
India - 1.4 mill
Germany - 1.4 mill
Turkey - 1.3 mill
Singapore - 1.2 mill
Italy - 1.0 mill
The search facility is simple as can be seen below. Wink does not need the user to log in to use this facility or access the results.
The basic search can be carried out by name, location, keywords or a combination of these. The search can be further refined using keywords, tags, distance from a given location, etc.
In part 2 we will have a look at the search facility in more detail.
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