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Spock - A People Search Engine That is Fascinating!

By Melissa Markham on December 5, 2007 7:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Do you ever use a search engine and search for your name? You know to see how many times you pop up (and how close to the top of the searches?). As a writer, I do it from time to time. I will also search for people I know, but with some search engines you don't just get links to people, you get links to a larger variety of informaiton that you are having to wade through. And it doesn't always tell you 'where' that person is. However, Spock.com - The Best Way to Search People returns people oriented links and is easy to use. So I have signed up and I have been enjoying playing around with this fun site.

First I tried the name of a friend and author, Dotti Enderle. I enjoyed visiting the different sites that she is linked up to. Though, I do know there are more links to her on the web than showed up. So then, I checked out my name of Melissa O. Markham. I love seeing my name in print! What I found interesting is that when I took the 'O' out (which stands for my maiden name, Orndorff, btw), a lot more hits appeared and there are a lot of Melissa Markham's in the world! Maybe we should create a club! And it even shows pictures!

So, then I had to look for Daniel and he was only fifth down in line! When I clicked on him, I found some more specific information and I can actually add more links to his profile.

So I left behind the names of those I know, and then I checked out some of those famous people I like to know about and know how to contact. Obviously, Johnny Depp had to be top of my list! There were pictures, movie links, news articles, and where he is mentioned on the web. Lots of cool information here! Did you know that he dropped out of high school? That his real name is John Christopher Depp II? That he was born June 9th, 1963? All of this information and more can be found at the fingertips!

One more search...and then I really must do something more productive. Geoffrey Rush is a favorite of my daughter's. She loved his performance in the POTC series and she was so thrilled when he showed up at the end of the second movie! It made her day. I would love to figure out a way to get an autographed photo of him as Barbossa for her. But I haven't found out how to do that yet. Perhaps Spock can help me.

So, go search Spock and find people you are looking for!