Goodbye Anonymity, PeekYou.com Is In Beta

PeekYou.com, a people search engine dedicated to finding people online, has emerged in Beta today. Apparently the site has been in stealth mode since October of 2006. Since that time PeekYou.com has successfully compiled 50 million profiles piecing together information from various social networking sites and other online outlets.

After RateMyFace.com, RateMyProfessors.com, and RateMyTeachers.com, founder Michael Hussey is aiming to create the first open source directory of every individual online.

“People searching is one of the most popular online exercises, but until now it has been a largely inefficient and often confusing experience,” said Michael Hussey, founder of PeekYou. “PeekYou is a true Web 2.0 ‘people search’ – we discover and map where people exist online, almost like writing a biography about your life on the net. In doing so, we are building the ideal engine for individuals to monitor their own online identity.”

PeekYou.com is privately funded by Duggal Dimensions, LLC. Baldev Duggal has been involved in the photo a computer imaging field for over 25 years.

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