Real-Time people search hits US web
Next generation
people search tool, 123people (http://www.123people.com) hits
the web with its US public beta launch. 123people, is a high
performance real-time people search functionality, that finds and
identifies people’s information from publicly available sources
across the web.
123people
is also socially interactive, applying crowd wisdom to search
results. Users can rate and add information to every single search
result, giving it more relevance with details that are not yet found
on the Internet, taking the quality of people search to the next
level. An “Update Newsletter Service” provides users
information about new search results on the Internet.
123people
outperforms existing search sites by;
using
an innovative search function that finds peoples’ contact
details, images, videos, weblinks, biographies, news, blogs,
documents and social network profiles from hundreds of international
and social media sources
organizing
the relevant information in a dynamic hub where users can find the
most up-to-date information on anyone.
“We
are out to change the way Web users search and discover people
information,” says Russell Perry, CEO of 123people.com.
“123people.com brings superior search results because our
search is optimized, and gets better every day, because we take
strong efforts to include locally relevant sources like whitepages,
Zoominfo and news outlets, such as CNN, NYtimes, and WSJ as well as
other web 2.0 offerings for the next generation of people search.“
What
makes 123people different?
123people
displays real-time results. Users can use 123people to get up-to-date
information on people in the news, receiving instant real-time
results as it happens, helping you to keep track on the news buzz
surrounding your favored presidential candidate, celebrity, CEO or
yourself.
The
site is designed to fundamentally improve the quality of people
search on the Web. In addition to aggregating people information from
globally accessible databases and social networks on the Web.
123people.com also search country-specific Web sites, providing fast
access comprehensive results.
The
ability to find relevant people information proves a high priority
for Web users. However, the overwhelming amount of sites on the Web
makes it increasingly difficult to keep up with the people we know or
want to know on the Web.
People
search is one of the fastest growing interests of Web users.
According to a recent Technorati study, approximately 30 percent of
search queries conducted in traditional search engines like Google
are people-related. However, the search results in these major
engines are often overwhelmingly buried in pages of unrelated results
and can be frustratingly incomprehensive. Niche search sites give
users a faster, more effective, and direct way of locating specific
information.
123people
Features:
123
People aggregates people-related data
User
can tag search results and give them more relevance
Includes
popular social media profiles (i.g. Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn,
Xing, Friendster, HiFive, FlickR, Bebo, Bloglines, Blogger,
Zoominfo, LastFM,)
Instant
Messenger profiles and Microblogs, such as, AIM and twitter
Tagclouds
Biographies
Phone
numbers and emails
News
page results from CNN, Nytimes, WSJ and USA today.
123
people is available in English, German Spanish and French.
About
123people
123
People (www.123people.com) serves up the preeminent experience in
finding “everyone you (want to) know” by crawling and
aggregating people information from hundreds of international sites
on the web. Launched in 2007 by European-based Web 2.0 incubator
i5invest, 123 People offers the next generation of people search.
About
i5invest
European-based
Web 2.0 incubator, i5invest (www.i5invest.com) works to help European
startups grow and acquire venture capital funding in the US. With a
network extending from Vienna, Austria to Silicon Valley, i5invest
founder and former VeriSign VP Markus Wagner has brought together a
seasoned team of international entrepreneurs and developers managing
startup companies in all phases of business development and growth.
123 People serves as the first in a series of several start up
launches that the i5invest team will roll out this year.
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