My Google search on myself
By Canellita
@Canellita (12029)
United States
May 14, 2010 8:31pm CST
I hadn't typed my own name in to do a Google search in a while so I decided to check it out and see what I came up with. The results were some user profiles at various sites and some of my articles.
One interesting result was a film credit on an independent project I helped out with where I ended up not staying to the end but they were nice enough to credit me as the location scout. Right.
I just followed a link that describes one of my helium articles but takes me to a page that appears to be selling books and videos. I can't even find a link page recommending my article. I find this very curious. I clicked on one link and when the page loaded it was read and I was greeted with "Warning, continuing to this site may harm your computer!" What the...?
It is so interesting seeing what comes up when you google yourself! I just became a board member for YES and it's already online! Every friggin' thing you have ever done in life is apparently indexed on the internet in some way, shape or form. It doesn't matter if you have supplied information or not!
An article I republished from helium to AC on "Things to do in New Orleans on a Budget" is apparently being featured on something called Buzztracker. I am happy to see many of my blog posts appear to have been indexed.
This is really fascinating!
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8 responses
@ndubose (418)
• United States
15 May 10
I was very surprised to see all the entries under my name nothing bad it seemed like mainly from my facebook post that I made on other people pages and it also listed the last city that I lived and the high school that I went to......
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
I mainly looked to see how many of my articles would come up. I am starting to create backlinks for my content but I did find a lot of personal stuff that should not be on there without my permission. I don't think anyone's address or telephone number should be searchable online just by entering their name. That could be dangerous.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
15 May 10
I think it would have given you immense pleasure seeing yourself spread over many of the sites like a celebrity. Your search gives an interesting insight on goggling our name.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
17 May 10
OH My Gosh!
Five pages of results, which are due to your hard work.
It is very hot and sultry here, almost unbearable.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
18 May 10
I can only imagine. It is pretty hot here and it is only going to get hotter over the next few months.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
Hi dpk!!!
I don't know about immense pleasure but there were 5 pages of results so I guess that says something. Items that have come up in past searches were no longer there though I did not search with my middle initial (maybe I'll try again today).
How are things in your part of the world?
@buenavida (9985)
• Sweden
15 May 10
I tested this too. It is unbelievable - you cannot do many things online without being seen..
There was at least one person with the exact name as mine, but she was an athlete, so it was definitely not me..
Facebook seems to be recording a lot - better be careful and not say anything you do not want everyone to know when you make comments there..
At least we see that the Internet is kind of efficient..
There was at least one person with the exact name as mine, but she was an athlete, so it was definitely not me..
Facebook seems to be recording a lot - better be careful and not say anything you do not want everyone to know when you make comments there..
At least we see that the Internet is kind of efficient..@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
Well, everything you post online eventually gets indexed by the search engines. That is why you see the Facebook stuff in your search results.
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
15 May 10
haha Canellita, you have nothing better to do?
Fortunately you do not have too many aliases, otherwise you have to spend hours analyzing yourself.
Sometimes the link you see is just RSS feed. RSS feed generally use the title, author's name and a sentence or two. I think that is why you see the link in unlikely pages.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
Ah, I see. I am almost finished adding my helium links to Redgage and then I will have more time to learn about feeds. I can remember a time when I used to sit and try to come up with something to write about and now I have too many ideas for too much content!
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
15 May 10
Hi C,
Congratulations for making it to other sites. I am proud of you. I can feel the joy and you are sharing it with me right now. i know the feelings as i had experience such too. i made a manual on adolescent reproductive health (arh)focusing on lifeskills and i was contacted by another organization working with youth to do a manual for them and conduct a training for their youth. i was so surprise how they got my contact and how they learned about my expertise on arh and they told me that they browsed my name and found me there...amazing and inspiring.
That is truly your mission friend...a calling to be a great writer.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
My how you do go on... you keep this up I might get a swollen head.
Just kidding.
I saw your note. You should drop in on the discussions MommaJ, Scheng and AnythingArt and I have been having about writing and blogging and promoting content and earning. I think you'll find the info shared interesting.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
LOL, that would be so many! If you go to my profile page and look at the discussions I have started recently you can pick one and see what those two have been up to. You could also follow us through scheng's discussions. We have been talking about writing but it always gets silly.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
15 May 10
i know that you are level headed and grounded on reality. you deserve all the recognitions from your fans and i am one of them. please pm me the links of sheng and mommaj. i'll love to see it too.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
How interesting that the places in Germany turned up in your search results.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
ROFLOL! Hi Ongtina! It never occurred to me there might be anything "obscene" out there and thank goodness there is not or I would have had to hunt the contributor down. Wouldn't that be awful?
@zedrick_11 (931)
• Philippines
15 May 10
i've also done that..
and the results are interesting even though my name is very unique, it shows that many people has the same name as mine..
i think its just only 10 but its still many for me..
and i tried contacting all of them and its funny that they also have the same interest and have some similarities in personality..
its amazing... :)
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 May 10
It is interesting that you would find your name again. One of the results I saw online had a meaning for my name. In my entire 40+ years no one has even been able to tell me what my name meant and what I read today was not exactly appealing.
