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As [TechCrunch points out in their write up][2], Wink's indexing is not simply pulling from MySpace's search features, they've actually indexed more than 100 million profiles.
The new People Search feature get's it's own tab at the top of the page next to "the web." The results show the user's name, gender and a few lines from their profile. Searches can be refined by specific social network, gender, age and relationship status.
When I reviewed Wink it stood out as fundamentally different than most social bookmarking sites and this announcement underscores those differences. What Wink seems to be aiming for in a search engine with human ratings more than a simple bookmark sharing platform.
Wink appears to headed more and more for the social search market which is so far largely untapped. With a new niche social network popping up nearly every day, Wink's indexing puts the site in a position to be the one stop search destination for all your social networks.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_2.html "Monkey Bites on Wink"
[2]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/10/wink-now-searches-myspace-linkedin-and-beebo/ "TechCrunch on Wink"
[3]: http://wink.com/ "Wink.com"
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