SquidWho - A people-powered Who's Who on the Web

I like Squidoo and use it on a regular basis to update various training course handouts that I have on the net. It's been pretty quiet on that front recently, apart from people bashing it as a haven for spammers, so I was keen to see: SquidWho - A people-powered Who's Who on the Web. It'll check to see if there is information on your person of interest and show you content if there, drawn from a variety of resources such as Amazon, Flickr, YouTube clips, polls, a message board and more - many of these only if someone has created a Squidoo lens about that person however, and it's *very* commercially orientated.

So I gave it a go - the blurb on the home page lists todays top 100, almost all celebrities so I thought I'd try one of my favourites - Rick Wakeman. Nothing came up, which was odd, given that I've written a Squidoo lens about him. I tried Gordon Brown - (SquidWho does actually suggest searching on politicians, so I figured I'd be safe with the PM), but there was no luck there either. Tried Tony Blair - with some limited success, although one of the videos it found was actually about David Cameron (Tory leader). Tried me - I've got a Squidoo page of my own, but it didn't find me either.

Bottom line - if you're looking for a celebrity and you've got money to spend on merchandise on them, it's probably a top notch people search engine. However, if you actually want to find out information on a person, it's pants and one to avoid. Very disappointing indeed.