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24 Dec 2008
People Search first conclusions
There are many conclusions that can be drawn from the few sites that I looked at. The main conclusion is that we are not here yet, it could and should be much better. Especially the disambiguation should be solved. For the moment PeekYou has the lead here. The search scope of most services is still limited. Information from more social network sites should be included. A person should be able to claim his personal search result and should be able to annotate/edit the results and he should be able to add information. This information could be used to improve the search results.
But a user should also create a good presence on the web. The key in all these services is having a unique name. If you do not have a unique name, create on through a unique middle name for instance. Also use unique usernames across the various social networks. And when publishing something: use your unique name/username, so that it can be found.