Ego Surf: Who am I on the Internet?

Posted: September 14, 2010 in GameZombie

==Web Search Engines==

I often monitor how I appear on the internet. My default stance is to put as little as possible out there about who I am. So far, there are only a few results on a Google Web Search that point to the real me: LinkedIn, UWW (Library blog, Royal Purple and AITP MCS Chairman), Highschool Play, Xing profile, and Running race results from when I was 13. Bing added one more recent result from a Social Media urban hunt that I participated in this summer in Chicago. My name is listed there with my twitter handle, foursquare, and facebook urls.

==Image Search Engines==

Bing returned nothing. Google Image Search found my LinkedIn profile photo. Then also pulled all the profile photos that are listed on the linkedIn search results around me. The other person with my name is in some random groups on facebook, the photos for those groups are also pulled.

==Others==
Video, Maps, and News returned little to nothing of interested.

==Results==
There is one other person with my exact same name. He lives in Ontario and has a very small online presences with the name, smaller than mine. It should be easy for me to capitalize my name.

==Goals==

I have kept my image online minimal, clean online so far very purposefully. My LinkedIn is the first result and most important result right now. I keep it well maintained and up to date. My facebook name is not set to my real name to keep it detached from my person at this point. My goal is to capitalize on the availability of my name online.

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