The recent explosion of social networks has created a multitude of options for people to establish online identities – making it that much more challenging to find people you’re looking for. The new company will leverage Wink’s search technology to search the entire Web and across networks to help you find everyone – no matter what sites they are using. We’re aiming to create an entirely new online experience that simplifies people’s lives by making it easy to find and keep up with everyone they know.

We at Wink are excited to become part of Reunion.com, a profitable company, among the largest in the people search category, with more than 12 million unique visitors monthly and ranked in the top 100 most visited sites on the Web. By combining the power of Wink’s technology with Reunion.com’s reach and user base of 50 million members we plan to leverage best-in-class people search and a fast-growing audience to help everyone find and connect with people across the Web.

World’s Largest People Search Engine on Track to Exceed One Billion People Worldwide

Today Wink People Search, the world’s largest people search engine,  announced that we have doubled the number of searchable online profiles from this time last year, now reaching an unprecedented 500 million people worldwide. We expects to exceed more than one billion profiles within the next 12 months.

The exponential rise in the number of personal profiles online is a testament to the rapid growth of the social Web – from the most populous cities to the remote corners of the world.  However, with this growth comes the overwhelming volume of information that makes it more complicated and time consuming to find people across millions of profiles scattered throughout different online communities. Our people search technology leverages advanced search criteria to make it fast and easy to find and stay connected with people around the world.

Wink People Search enables people across the world to search for friends or business contacts based on name, location, interests, tags, school, work, and other profile information. Wink also provides users with tools to manage their online presence and control what is displayed about them on the Web.

In addition to being the largest people search engine, Wink is also the most flexible. Wink’s experienced team of search engineers from Yahoo!, Inktomi, Excite, and Google have developed proprietary algorithms and indexing techniques to capture the full text and structure of profiles to make them quickly and easily searchable. Whether a user wants to find an old friend, classmate, or colleague; locate fans of the hometown football team; or seek out people who share hobbies and interests, Wink searches hundreds of millions of profiles from across the Internet to help anyone learn about and connect with others.

To power the Wink People Search results and find people online, we cooperate with the world’s largest social networks, including MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster, Bebo, Live Spaces, Yahoo!360, Xanga, and Twitter, and also integrate other unique sources. Wink continues to add new profile sources at an increasing rate, with the goal to include every place people show up on the Web, covering billions of records across the world.

Thank you for your support.  We hope you find the people you are looking for.
Cheers,
The Wink Team

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Take Charge of your Online presence

You can claim your profile at Wink and take charge of what’s seen when people search for you. You can add your own profiles from across the Web, update your bio, list your school and work and describe your interests. Don’t rely on what the search engines say about you - take charge. Over a hundred thousand people have already claimed their profiles.

Search Public Records

Sometimes you need to find a little more information about someone - hiring a nanny? Going on a blind date? Renting out a room? For these cases we’ve put together a little guide on Background Checks. Wink does not do background checks or public records, but we do provide links to partners who can provide you with public record information.
Cheers,
The Wink Team

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Take Charge of your Online presence
You can claim your profile at Wink and take charge of what’s seen when people search for you. You can add your own profiles from across the Web, update your bio, list your school and work and describe your interests. Don’t rely on what the search engines say about you - take charge. Over a hundred thousand people have already claimed their profiles.

Follow Your Friends’ Feeds
By adding friends at Wink you can follow their feeds from Twitter, Flickr, personal blog, etc. You can see what your friends are up to and keep up on their discoveries and posts from one place at Wink. When you join Wink, just upload your address book to see which of your friends are already here and include their feeds to get a constant update.
Wink is constantly adding more sources, so check back often. And tell us what your think. We especially love to hear about it when people find long-lost friends or family members using Wink. It does happen quite often.

As always, we hope you find whomever you are looking for.

Cheers,
The Wink Team

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