Ahem! ...has anyone googled their username lately?

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I visited one of my favorite blogs, which I listed on here somewhere (it's tlltworld.blogspot) and found my username in his links. hehe.
 
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Other than an ol' fashioned song by the Intruders, all the references are to this joint. :)


What joint-where-somebody got a joint-tokeability is the start of chain gang luv-I googled my real name and refuse to come up with anything better-which simply means that I have no name-er-well-is bullshit a state of mind?
 

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Most of my results are excerpts and PDFs from medical journals, because 'Esopha' is found in 'esophagus.' I think there's one link to AW on the list.
 

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I like to google my name, but I never find anything surprising. Sometimes I do find my name listed on other people's blogs, which is nice.

Speaking of google, has anyone tried www.blackle.com
Apparently using a black backround saves energy the monitor uses. I have no idea if that's true, but if it is that's cool.
Blackle is google with a black backround pretty much, but you can only do basic searching.
 

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Too many "Cathy C" users to track down. Seems like EVERYONE likes that name. There were something like 186,000 entries.

But I just spotted a brand new link when I Googled my full name. Seems there's a realtor in California that shares my name! Woo! So I dropped her an email on her website and introduced myself--just for fun. It amused me because before I started writing full-time, I was heavily involved in real estate in Colorado. Struck me as funny. :ROFL:
 

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984,000 results for me. Not many of them seem to be the translation of my name, though.
 

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wow, looks like i'm the only one to be concerned... i must be paranoid then...

... that any posts on here or elsewhere can be googled and tracked by any given person -- assuming they know both the username and the real or pen name....
 

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LOL! The first AW thread that comes up for me is not one of the earnest, trying to be serious ones, but the drooling over James Marsters one. :D
 

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First hit is for maryngroup.com: "Lubricant manufacturer, offering the Power Up, Marinus, Triumph, and Maryn lines." Is this a little too perfect for an erotica writer?

Uh-oh, bad news. The seventh hit is an essay about lesbian sex. I don't write that, but it may be that my intended pseudonym is taken. Waaaaa!

Maryn, whose online persona doesn't appear until the 22nd hit
 

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everytime i google myself the same porn movies come up as the results.
...it was a long long time ago and now i wish i didn't use my real username when i did those movies
 

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Miss Angelinity -- Nothing to be paranoid about here. But, yes, this discussion board is searchable. Most are.

Searching my username will usually turn up my blog, sometimes the site that is in my sig, and a collection of sports related stuff that I have nothing to do with.

Now, go search your real name. Then enter your phone number in and search that. if your number is listed, you can even click on the link and go to a map with directions. (Actually, I'd be curious to know if that would work where you are.)

By the way, here in the states, if your phone number is not in the phone book, this shouldn't work. And, if you do not want it listed, go here.
 
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Well actually I did google my real name-Beryl Schwartz-I come up with a Physicist at Brandeis and a cleaning lady who write how to books