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    NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- PeekYou.com (www.peekyou.com), an
 innovative search engine dedicated to finding people online, announced
 today that it has officially launched in beta mode. The Web site is the
 Internet's first true openly edited white pages, allowing users to easily
 locate other Internet users with a presence on the web and access a list of
 all relevant links to the person being searched. The site has been in
 stealth mode since October 2006 and has already built profiles for over 50
 million users, with more being added every day.
     Created by RateMyFace.com and RateMyTeachers.com/RateMyProfessors.com
 founder Michael Hussey, PeekYou aims to be an open source directory of
 every individual online. Hussey, who has been featured on CNN, NPR and BBC
 amongst others looks to bring his experience developing popular consumer
 destination sites to building PeekYou into the premiere people search
 engine. Each individual will have their own personalized page and a PeekYou
 profile that will include bookmarked links to all information available
 about the target person. PeekYou differentiates itself from other people
 searchers by the site's ability to link and identify numerous Internet
 identities to a single individual based upon tags and online identities.
     The site allows users complete freedom to edit, add or remove
 information, links, photos, and tags (school, work, interests, etc.)
 associated with their profile or other PeekYou user's profiles. In
 addition, PeekYou provides human created search engine results, reducing
 nonspecific and incorrect matches. Concerned with maintaining privacy,
 PeekYou empowers individuals with the opportunity to be "unlisted" (similar
 to the White Pages) as well as edit their profiles to ensure correct and
 accurate information.
     "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 is creating an entirely new lens from which the web will be
 viewed," said Baldev Duggal founder of Duggal Dimensions, LLC, which is
 funding PeekYou. "I think PeekYou will forever change the way that 'people
 searches' are conducted."
     About PeekYou
     PeekYou.com (www.peekyou.com) is an innovative search engine dedicated
 to finding people online. The site has been in stealth mode since October
 2006 and officially launched in Beta Mode in July 2007, with over 50
 million users and more being added everyday. PeekYou is the Internet's
 first true openly edited white pages. The site allows users to easily
 locate other Internet users with a presence on the web and access a list of
 all relevant links to the person being searched. PeekYou satisfies a huge
 demand for Internet users looking to track down friends, family and
 business associates while maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship
 with search engines. Once launched PeekYou will be the go to site for
 people search. PeekYou is privately funded by Duggal Dimensions, LLC,
 founded by Baldev Duggal who has been at the forefront of technology and
 creative innovation in the photo and computer imaging field for over 35
 years.
     For more information, please visit www.peekyou.com.
 
     Neil Steinberg
     5W Public Relations
     212.584.4306
     nsteinberg@5wpr.com
 
 

SOURCE PeekYou.com