Have you googled yourself lately?

[undeterred]

Its a little scary how much comes back nowadays, especially if you have an unusual name. No chance of being discreet about my political views any more- if you sign a petition, a lot of them are out there for anyone to see.

[LostinVA]

1. Yes -- it's sometimes scary what pops up

I had a signed PDF contract online once -- with my SSN and everything. You better believe I made a quick call!

[qnr]

2. My name tends to get lost, it's pretty common n/t

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. I have a last name that only three other people in the world share

And I only find myself on the Stardust microchip that was sent into space back in the nineties.

Pretty interesting that more doesn't show having signed so many petitions over the last several years. :shrug:

[undeterred]

5. Everyone with my last name is related to me

and that's only 5 people in the country. But all the entries are for me not them. What's interesting is that an announcement I made one place got repeated other places so it looks like more than it really is. Nobody who knows how to spell my name has any excuse for not knowing my cell phone number. Its out there.

[Crabby Appleton]

6. 6 people with my last name

all related

[Left Is Write]

4. Every time I google myself, there are pages and pages of people...

who are not me.

You have to go several pages in to find me, and even what you do find is pretty innocuous - so much so that you'd have to know me to know that was ME.

[GenDem]

7. My name is unusual

The petitions have come up...I'm not real comfortable with that. Then I found myself on a "rate your teacher" site. :scared: Sure glad the kids like me.

[undeterred]

9. yeah, I'm not real comfortable with the petitions either

It seems like signing ones name doesn't really merit turning up in a Google search. Neither does posting an event announcement.

[Deja Q]

8. I've done nothing to myself lately!

:P

[crim son]

10. I haven't googled my real name before. I found a bunch

of stuff including a petition, a letter to the editor and one of my grandfathers' obituary.