Have you googled yourself today?


	Have you googled yourself today?

haraya

12-30-2007 5:40 AM

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google, search, search engine, web, internet, identity, survey, personal information, technology, digital footprints

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12-30-2007 5:43 AM

aerynvala

tcha! I have a google alerts set up to send me an update once a day for all possible variations on my names and handles.

I've actually done a pretty awesome job at keeping my legal name off the net. Of course, I pretty much go by my primary 'handle' in my every day life so that defeats that whole privacy thing. heh

12-30-2007 7:18 PM

ghiberti

According to google I lecture in both Politics and Art History

12-31-2007 2:28 AM

haraya

aerynvala, I don't even know how to use google alerts!

You got me in that class, g

12-31-2007 6:28 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

According to google I lecture in both Politics and Art History

I share names with a porn star. Haha! (a name search gave 300 trillion hits or something...*LOL* ) Gawd.

12-31-2007 7:40 AM

sicntired

Scared the hell outta me.Luckily,I have no money,no credit and nothing for anyone to steal,virtually or otherwise.When ya aint got nothin you aint got nothin to lose.

1-2-2008 10:36 AM

obvious

I haven't gone "ego-surfing" in ages! Thanks for prompting me to give it a try... Last time I did it was in the 90s-- some Ohio DJ had all the top spots for my name.

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