People Search Digest

There is a reason Google is a household name. It’s reliable and is becoming increasingly superior at giving us the search results we want when we want them. And, with specific searches like images, maps, news, finance, video, etc, users are able to narrow their search to bring up more relevant search results. Well, get [...]

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Imagine a huge database that collected information from all over the web and aggregated it all in one place. You really don’t have to imagine anything; just go to Freebase.com and see for yourself. Freebase, which was created by the good people at Metaweb Technologies, is an open database built by and for the community [...]

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Recently, it seems like “Wiki” (from the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.com) has taken on a second definition as a verb - much like “Google” has. When someone has a question, they are either told to “google” or “wiki” it. On January 6, Wikia Search launched live in its first publicly accessible form. Wikipedia’s own founder, Jimmy [...]

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