So I was reading Wired Magazine’s 10 Startups Worth Watching in 2008, and I found the last one, spock.com to be a real eyeopener. Literally.
Here is what Wired has to say about it:
Google can search the web by keyword, but Spock gets more directly at a single question: What does the web know about you? By crawling the web for personal information and combining that with social network data, Spock creates a hub for information about actual people. Enter your name in Spock’s pared-down interface and find out what the internet knows about you, or search by a keyword to find, say, ornithologists or sommeliers. Spock generates its profiles automatically, but individuals can “claim” theirs and correct any misinformation. In fact, you might want to check yours right now….
I entered my first and last name and was greeted by five profiles, four of which had pictures. Three were mine. It was interesting to see what my alter-ego looks like! But, beyond that interest, the point was really driven home that what you put on the Internet is OUT THERE for everyone to see. So watch what you say. Welcome to (almost) 2008.
This is one interesting site. I typed in my name and then some results were returned. I can tell where they are grabbing the information from for most of it. Still, the way they sort things together is interesting to me!