Technology & Social Media Have you ever Googled your real name?..

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  1. willair

    willair Well-Known Member Premium Member

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    Just wondering when people google the real name ,do you come up in the line-up ..
    Put my name in and over 60% were USA based Economists a few Doctors -Dentists ect .not a blue collar worker in sight.
     
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  2. devank

    devank Well-Known Member

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    My name is not common. So it is easy to be on the top of the list.
    The whole first page is filled with work related materials & links to publications. Glad there are no nasty surprises :)
     
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  3. Gockie

    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    I see loads of good stuff when I Google my name. One person who shared my name is an artist so all this beautiful fairy and fantasy art pops up.
     
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    TMNT Well-Known Member

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    ill bet im on every criminals list
     
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  5. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    My son won a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics. apparently.

    I once had an email mixup and had a correspondence with a namesake in Sydney, an environmental scientist.
     
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  6. Angel

    Angel Well-Known Member

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    I was once a 1920's silent film star
     
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    Marg4000 Well-Known Member

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    In my working life I spent some time doing examples for a TAFE Certificate course. For quite a few years I topped searches on my name. No longer!
    Marg
     
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  8. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    Quite a few years ago, when I had the food business, I googled the name of the business.

    At the top of the search was a post on MySpace (I said it was quite a few years ago) from my store manager at the time, saying "I hate my job and I hate my boss".

    That prompted me to do some things to make sure that something much more relevant and flattering appeared at the top of the list, ensuring that the MySpace entry disappeared down the rankings.
     
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  9. Beano

    Beano Well-Known Member

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    Comes up with a property purchase and a you tube video
     
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  10. Jamie Moore

    Jamie Moore MORTGAGE BROKER - AUSTRALIA WIDE Business Member

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    Some semi famous boxer from the UK - guess it's better than a nerdy finance guy from Canberra
     
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  11. WattleIdo

    WattleIdo midas touch

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    My name itself is unusual so not much competition there. However, I just looked up 'WattleIdo' and am mortified to see that there are others! I do come up as first, second and third, though.
     
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  12. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    That's not your real name then?
     
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    Never :p
    If i use my real name "they might find me" o_O
     
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  14. Peter_Tersteeg

    Peter_Tersteeg Mortgage Broker Business Member

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    Every Tersteeg in Australia is directly descended from my grandparents, so searching my name on Google is all about me (at least in Australia).
     
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  15. WattleIdo

    WattleIdo midas touch

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    No, but as you know, the avatar is a true representation.
     
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    Im Bubble Boy!

    Im also a writer, artist, and a musician (as well as an american footballer)

    I rarely go by my full name, so unless you know what you are looking for you wont find the actual me.
    Just how I like it.

    Blacky
     
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    Well, that was interesting! I haven't Googled myself for many years & I used to be on page 1 of Google all the time, with many references to Skating. There always seemed to be another based at the AIS in Canberra too that had some prestigious job there.

    This time I found that I'm highly qualified & well in demand from a number of professions. I'm a Real Estate Agent in Louisiana, I'm a Marketing & Communications Specialist, I'm a General Manager of a large retail outlet, I'm a 6th Grade Language teacher, I'm a published Author and have written a children's book about grieving about a pet that has passed away, I have a heart condition, and I have a 3yr old daughter with a rare condition.. This is remarkable since, at 19 I was an artist & a drug addict who passed out on the floor one day when I was high & a fire started, where I was overcome by fumes & passed away.
     
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    is silent film another name for "porn star"?
     
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  19. Angel

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    You wish
     
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    D.T. Specialist Property Manager Business Member

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    Apparently I own wineries in Victoria? :p
     
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