Rick's Reviews: People Search Portal.com

Cost: Free to Surf
Launched Date: January 2006
Category: Web Directory

Site Overview

People Search Portal is divided into the following categories with each category featuring a unique directory of relevant web sites: online dating, social networking, photo sharing, MoSoSo, public records, and people search. Most of these categories are further broken down into relevant sub categories such as speed dating or business social networking. Inside each directory is a screen capture, rating module and brief description of each listed site.

Comprehensiveness

All of the directories featured on People Search Portal appear to be very comprehensive. For example, the online dating section of the site seems to cover almost every type of dating style available today. Looking to date people with similar beliefs? Check out People Search Portal's list of faith based dating sites. A little long in the tooth? Visit People Search Portal's senior dating section. The social networking component to the site is also very thorough as a large number of sites are listed in three separate categories: friends-based, business and lifestyle.

United We Click

One of the strongest features of this site is its concept. At first glance, one wouldn't think that all of these sites are related. However, by having directories of such seemingly different sites being brought together under the umbrella of one web site, users can begin to see just how similar these sites actually are. Basically, when all is said and done, every site listed on People Search Portal serves the same purpose: connecting people to other people.

User Power!

People Search Portal is a web site that refreshingly is designed with the user in mind. First off, each category contains a comprehensive list of actual, useful web sites that allows users to locate the sites they need from a single location. Thus, users can sail past the sea of spam sites they typically encounter when searching for legitimate web sites. The sites listed on People Search Portal also feature ratings so users can further aid other users in determining the quality of a particular web site. Secondly, People Search Portal enables users to experience web sites that they otherwise might not visit normally.

Case in point, once a user who usually surfs dating web sites takes a look at some social networking sites, a whole new web world is opened up for him or her. This user may then try out some MoSoSo sites and discover even more sites that interest him or her. Thus, People Search Portal will provide users with many new uses for the Internet.

Spit it out Tufington! What do you think?

A truly unique site, People Search Portal will expand the online horizons of many of its users as they soon will discover new types of web sites that they never knew existed through the central location of People Search Portal. One type of web site that not many users will be familiar with is the MoSoSo site. Mobile Social Software (MoSoSo) combines online and cell phone communities to allow users to know exactly where their friends are located at. Because they are relatively new, MoSoSo sites are typically hard to find and thus many users have never seen them before. As with the other categories on its site, People Search Portal provides a detailed list of MoSoSo sites in one central location. Thus, users get to experience a new web phenomenon without having to search all over the net for it.

With everything being said, People Search Portal is an extremely valuable site for one reason: convenience. In today's spam filled world, new sites pop up every day with the illusion of being useful and the goal of covertly generating revenue. People Search Portal is not out to scam users as its purpose is quite simple: provide users with a central location to all of the net's best people searching sites (while still probably making a little money). In a sense, People Search Portal allows users to utilize the Internet to meet their needs. That is what the Internet is supposed to be all about.