What Does Your Name Google?
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Almost half of all U.S. Internet users (47%) have searched for information about themselves online, up from 22% in 2002, according to a report released yesterday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.This self-searching is a natural outgrowth of the transition into the Web 2.0 era of participatory media, said Mary Madden, a senior research specialist and one of the authors of the study, “Digital Footprints: Online Identity Management and Search in the Age of Transparency.”
Every now and then I Google my name. I always get one or two surprises.
What’ s your name Google?
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I'm Damien Riley, author and teacher. Here you'll find "think outside the box" posts on psychology and inspiration. 
Wow, only 47%! That’s quite shocking to me. I regularly vanity google, because I want to try and determine my own internet profile as much as possible. I’m hoping to become an academic, and I know from experience that when you go for a job, or present a paper or put a piece forward for publication, your name will be googled. To my mind, you need to know what they’re going to find. This is one of the main reasons why I don’t go in for anonymous blogging either.
Hi Amy! That’s kind of scary to think that employers (academic that is) will Google your name. What if they confuse your listing with a serial killer of the same name??? LOL.
That’s why you need a digital resume updated and on hand. I used to use Yahoo! Hot Jobs and then i stole their template and just started keeping my own. Don’t get me wrong, I plan to retire teaching elementary school as I do now in about 20 years give or take … but there are always those little side jobs like part time college teaching or freelance writing where it’s great to just shoot a resume out on demand. I suppose if you don’t then you are victim to what they find on Google ;)
I’ve googled my entire family among others. I discovered a charity I donated to had published my address. That didn’t make me happy, back then, but I don’t live there anymore. Amy had a point about seeing what is out there.
An online resume is a great idea for you "young ones" who still choose to work for a living!
PS. I read your post card at the bottom, cool idea. It is raining there? You don’t get much rain, do you?
I thought it was rain, turns out it was wind and my dog scratching on the stucco outside. Thanks for noticing the Twitter postcard down below :)