Wink, a federated or metasearch type search resource that allows users to search multiple social search tools (del.icio.us, Digg, Yahoo MyWeb, etc.) simultaneously has recently added a new feature that allows users to do the same type of thing with multiple social networking services including MySpace, LinkedIn, and Bebo, with more to come. According to an email from the company, over 100 million people profiles are available. In some cases, a person might not participate in a social networking service but their profile is included if they have a Wikipedia entry. This also includes people who are deceased. One of the largest challenges Wink and similar services must work to improve is the quality of authority control. Wink has also launched another new feature called Wink Me that’s described by Wink’s director of product management in this blog post.
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