How many writers on DU know their posts are and can be

[Bobbieo]

used on search engines? Accidentally found one of mine this morning.
on Google?

[quiet.american]

1. Um... I knew it. :) n/t

[JuniperLea]

2. We do the "Google your name" deal every once in a while

I found myself quoted on FR and other RW message boards and blogs. I'm honored! I love that they hate me so much:)

My b/f googles his old band's name once in a while too... amazing that some people are still talking about them.

[Quantess]

12. Google your name....

I understand what that means, but why would it lead you to being mentioned on an FR site?
Did you mean google your DU handle?

[Bobbieo]

14. Yes, Google your DU handle.

[JuniperLea]

19. Yes... my DU name...

I do it a couple of times a year... and my real name.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Been using Google to search for DU posts for years

Really great during times our search function here is disabled due to high traffic.

Don

[HereSince1628]

4. Several years ago there was great fun in trying to see what DUer

had the most references on google.

The question now is what DUer leads on hits in the NSA domestic spying?

[mtnester]

5. I google my name all the time

My online moniker and my real name as well.

It was out there quite frequently during the 2004 Ohio recount mess which I was submerged in.

[Left Is Write]

13. When I Google my real name, I come up with several people ...

who are not me.

To get to any reference to me, one has to scroll through several pages of results.

[hfojvt]

21. So do I

I have emailed some of them, but the other-me's do not write back. One of them was going to my alma mater and he even looked a little bit like me, only ten years younger. I told him he should look up some of my old profs and pretend to be me.

[pitohui]

6. probably all who have participated on internet forums for more than 10 minutes or so EOM

,

[Cleita]

7. I've known it for some time. I have found several of mine at

one time or another. It seems to happen more if your posts are linked to from other websites.

[neoblues]

8. One of the first things I discovered...

I was finally potentially famous.

[Cobalt-60]

9. My mom told me

I would probably end up googled sometime.
Her advice was to wash up afterward and don't mention it in front of the Old Folks.

[Der Blaue Engel]

10. It is a public message board

Shouldn't surprise anyone. But I'm sure I've forgotten where I was on occassion and spilled some intimate details. :blush: Good thing to keep in mind, especially in the heat of anger.

[Left Is Write]

11. I would say most know.

[Bobbieo]

16. Knew I was on for Native Unity blogs and Blogit plus my real name

but found this recent one under topic - the Global Gag Order which I posted last week.

[xchrom]

15. my mother always told me i would end up with a bad reputation.

[sweetheart]

17. it works depending on the name

i get a lot of 'sweetheart deals' and you can't find merde.

[cwydro]

18. Yeah, I found out

from my sister who told me she had googled my screenname.

[stop the bleeding]

20. small world

now that The Google is used on the internets so much.

[AndreaCG]

22. I always use this nickname on online boards

Imagine my shock when I googled my real name and the posts I had on A Silver Lining came up. This is a board especially for bipolar people. I'm out of the closet about it, so to speak, but I'm pretty sure there are people posting there that would rather it be personal and private. Obviously there is no such thing as privacy online and that's the downside to going online.

[Bobbieo]

23. Guess this makes us all famous - more or less. It could be worse!

[aquart]

24. Not just search engines.

One of mine wound up on a conservative blog with the note that my name had been forwarded to the Secret Service.

[Lerkfish]

25. michelle malkin quoted me awhile back, which made my post

hit a lot of right wing search engines.

it was an offhand comment, although I stand by it, I think its bizarre of all the things I've posted, they picked that one.

I said if what Zarquawi (sp?) does benefits Bush's agenda, then connect the dots, who is pulling whose strings?

I still stand by that. I still think there was a lot of very convenient timing of terra events right when Bush needed to prop up his ratings.


however, it made me feel sullied and dirty that a nutjob like Malkin and her ilk are hanging on my every word.
I don't go out of my way to quote freepers, I leave them pretty much alone.

:)

[Saphire]

26. well, it's usless with my screen name.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

27. That's why I use a different ID everywhere I post

"SheWhoMustBeObeyed" is used by a variety of people for a variety of purposes. Unless it links back to DU, it ain't me.

On political boards I use variations of my DU name that would make sense should I wish to identify myself as a DUer. On nonpolitical boards I give no clues that connect me to political stuff. I even use a different e-mail to register. I don't need stalkers trying to piece together my life for whatever purpose.

[williesgirl]

28. No, I didn't know & don't like it. Just googled and there I am. How can this be?

[Jo March]

29. I have a "friend" who googles my posts

to check up on me. :eyes: Knows my email addy but sneaks around and reads my post here and then gets upset about them. I have no idea why, really. :shrug:

[rzemanfl]

30. For a while if you searched for "jug eared prick" one of my posts

about * came up. (Just in case you forgot, Agent Mike.)

[T Town Jake]

31. I shudder to think what "T Town Jake" pulls up on Google...

...(n/t)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

32. Well, I googled my username.

And found it on two conservative messageboards and some blog called "duderatreview" which is apparently put together by the same guy that does timecube.

[deaniac21]

33. duh