somewhatfrank.com— With all these web profile aggregator options you either need to pick one thus a new niche for "an aggregator of the web profile aggregators" may need to emerge.
Feb 1, 2007View in Crawl 4
remember the paper placemats at Carls' jr. wayback that used to map all the other restaurant locations? If you were on a road trip - you knew where you could stop and get a Western Bacon Chesseburger. That's all I want on the web - a single map that tells me where else my friend is online and what they're into. Check out what Beach has on his blog itsbeach.com - it's like a sign post with favicons from all his social networking profiles.
Thing is, who would you trust with this data? M$, Apple, Yahoo, some other company, some open source hackers? I dont think I would trust the OS projects as they probably don't have the dough for proper security and vetting. M$ and Apple have their own IDs but they will never talk to each other. That just leave room for some crafty startup.
Steve, Not really sure where you get that Spokeo came out on top. I think Frank gave a very balanced overview of the space without declaring anyone the "winner." I would encourage you to try some more of the sites Frank profiled.BTW, I am betting your story got buried because most of the comments were from employees or friends or Spokeo. Just a hunch.
gamechicFeb 2, 2007
This is exactly what I needed.
mrooFeb 2, 2007
Unfortunately, after years on the Internet, I did not realise my brain auto-corrected the entire subtitle :(
yahoofromFeb 2, 2007
your brain imploded and you can still write a comment.Human brain is fascinating.
mlstottsFeb 2, 2007
remember the paper placemats at Carls' jr. wayback that used to map all the other restaurant locations? If you were on a road trip - you knew where you could stop and get a Western Bacon Chesseburger. That's all I want on the web - a single map that tells me where else my friend is online and what they're into. Check out what Beach has on his blog itsbeach.com - it's like a sign post with favicons from all his social networking profiles.
thirdprizeFeb 2, 2007
Thing is, who would you trust with this data? M$, Apple, Yahoo, some other company, some open source hackers? I dont think I would trust the OS projects as they probably don't have the dough for proper security and vetting. M$ and Apple have their own IDs but they will never talk to each other. That just leave room for some crafty startup.
mrspinFeb 2, 2007
Great overview of the social networking aggregator space. Interesting that Spokeo came out top. I reviewed the site last week and it got Dugg, only to be buried. Strange.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/software/ZDNET_Spokeo_a_social_network_aggregator">http://digg.com/software/ZDNET_Spokeo_a_social_network_aggregator</a>
smorty71Feb 2, 2007
Steve, Not really sure where you get that Spokeo came out on top. I think Frank gave a very balanced overview of the space without declaring anyone the "winner." I would encourage you to try some more of the sites Frank profiled.BTW, I am betting your story got buried because most of the comments were from employees or friends or Spokeo. Just a hunch.
livesterMay 18, 2007
Hm... Rubbish.