PeekYou

Infobox Dotcom company
company_name = PeekYou.com, LLC.
company_logo =
company_type = Private
foundation = April 2006
location = New York, New York
key_people = Michael Hussey, Founder/CEO Baldev Duggal, Investor
revenue =
url = [http://www.peekyou.com/ www.peekyou.com]


caption = The Smartest Way to Find People Online
website_type = Search engine
language = English
registration = optional
launch_date = July 2006
current_status = active

PeekYou is a people search engine that indexes people and their links on the web. The name "PeekYou" is explained as a contraction of People and Seek. [ [http://www.peekyou.com/faq/ PeekYou FAQ] ] Founded in April 2006 by Michael Hussey (the founder of RateMyTeachers and RateMyProfessors), PeekYou claims to have indexed over 150 million people [ [http://www.peekyou.com/ PeekYou Header Info] ] , mostly in the US and Canada. The search results are built from publicly available URLs, including MySpace profiles, Friendster, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, blogs, homepages, and news sources.

PeekYou opened its service in stealth mode in July of 2006. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.peekyou.com Wayback Machine] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.peekyou.com/ PeekYou]
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/peekyou-spock-has-competition/ "PeekYou - Spock has Competition"] at Techcrunch
* [http://mashable.com/2007/11/28/peekyou-google/ "PeekYou Makes People Search Worthwhile with Google Integration"] at Mashable