Peeking at PeekYou`s People Search - Getting Started
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I confess that I didn’t find very many people who had commented about PeekYou yet, so after gathering what little information I could I headed directly to the search engine. Here’s a screen shot of the first page:
Well, with that kind of an invitation, who could resist finding out whether or not they’re in the search engine? Is there anyone who isn’t susceptible to ego scanning? So I typed in my name and, just because I could, clicked on the “Advanced Options” arrow just under the first name. This appears to be enabled by Ajax. Here is a screen shot of what came up:
When I typed in my name, the search engine made some suggestions in a floating box next to each entry; once I finished typing it disappeared (so I couldn’t capture it in the screen shot). The drop-down menus give lists of countries, regions, and cities. Under keywords, you can click radio buttons for schools, employers, and usernames to narrow down your search.
Here I noticed a bug almost immediately. I changed “All countries” to USA, and then tried to change it back to “All countries.” It wouldn’t let me change it back. I don’t know whether this is a bug or a feature, but it is a reminder of sorts that it is still in beta.
Oh, by the way, that globe icon in the bottom left? The number changes; after I put in my name and the country, it changed from 48 million to 12. So the next step was to see who these 12 Terri Wellses are…and whether any of them are me.
Above is a screen shot (cropped to fit of course) of the page I saw when I clicked the button to do the search. I’ll save you the mystery and tell you that none of the people listed were me. This was actually a bit disappointing, since Spock found me, and while my online profile might not be as high as some people’s, I’m not exactly invisible.
Perhaps I should have chosen someone more visible, then? Someone like, oh, I don’t know, George Bush, Stephen Hawking, or William Shatner perhaps?
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