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Take a look at your image in the Internet mirror; Google Search your name, FR screen name
The Dallas Morning News ^
| April 16, 2004
| By TOM MAURSTAD / The Dallas Morning News
Posted on 04/18/2004 9:58:32 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
Take a look at your image in the Internet mirror07:42 PM CDT on Friday, April 16, 2004
By TOM MAURSTAD / The Dallas Morning News
Have you ever googled yourself, maybe late at night, when nobody else was around? It's OK, you can admit it everybody does it.
It's called "self-googling" entering your name into the popular search engine to see what hits come up. And thanks to a communications professor at the University of Buffalo who researches online behavior and relationships, self-googling has become the latest mini-craze to sweep through the media and over the Internet.
It all started with an article in the university's student newspaper on April 8 in which Alexander Halavais, the aforementioned communications professor, asserted that "self-googling" wasn't merely an act of vanity or boredom but really an increasingly important act of image maintenance in our Internet age.
In the days since, follow-up articles and accounts have been pinging around the electronic universe. See for yourself: Google the phrase "self-googling."
"It's been a strange kind of fun to be at the center of this," says Mr. Halavais. "One, because this behavior is nothing new; it's known on the Web as 'ego surfing.' And, two, because this is not really the focus of my research."
Whatever you want to call it, checking out who you are and what's being said about you on the Internet is rapidly becoming a common-sense practice in a wired world. Think of it as the digital equivalent of looking at your reflection as you pass by a mirror, checking to make sure your hair is unmussed and there's nothing stuck between your teeth.
"It's truer for some than others, but more and more you need to be aware of and manage your online image and reputation. I talk to a lot of students who are applying for jobs, and they take for granted that a Web search is part of the process."
So, go ahead. Google yourself. Who knows what you'll find out?
Of course, Alexander Halavais knows exactly what he's going to find next time he gets the urge to self-google.
"That's it, I'm branded. From now on, I'm the self-google guy."
E-mail tmaurstad@dallasnews.com
Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/041704dnartselfgoogle.310f4.html
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: google; googleimagesearch; googlesearch; name; screenname
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To: MeekOneGOP
http://www.metrostate.com/library/stories/01/feb/FreeRepublic.htm http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a71b6aa5ceb.htm http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1006980/posts http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1111445/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/~atomicpunk/ Eighth one down i cant figure out weather they like my homepage on FR or if im veiwed as a spy lol
http://www.thebeatla.com/Content/Search/Google.aspx?Query=related:www.webroot.com&b=0.12 I am a victim of the science age, uh
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I can't remember when I was your age
For me, it says no more, no more
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I am the ruler of these nether worlds
The underground, whoa yes
On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard
Just look around, whoa yes
Nobody rules these streets at night like me, the atomic punk
Ooo, Ahhh
I am the ruler of these nether worlds
The underground, oh, oh
On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard
Look around, whoa yeah
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The atomic punk
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posted on
04/18/2004 10:43:56 AM PDT
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(If the UN is the answer to the worlds problems the world is truly SCREWED !)
To: MeekOneGOP
If you have a commig freepname type in your freepname and then "FreeRepublic"
Interesting
To: skinkinthegrass
Anyone who knows his reptiles is a friend of mine. Herpetology bump to you.
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posted on
04/18/2004 10:46:50 AM PDT
by
speedy
To: MeekOneGOP
Already Posted HereSeriously though, DON'T click on the link unless you are really bored or have a lot of time on your hands...
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posted on
04/18/2004 10:47:24 AM PDT
by
Syncro
To: MeekOneGOP
45
posted on
04/18/2004 10:47:59 AM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: MeekOneGOP
I'm not sure if I like this game. I typed in my real name and the first thing to pop up was a headstone.
So I typed in my screen name and I got this!
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posted on
04/18/2004 10:49:04 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(Too much horsepower is just enough. -- Carrol Shelby)
To: MeekOneGOP
Egyptian mongoose (
Herpestes ichneumon):
And:
To: MeekOneGOP
Ugh, try having the same name as a very famous country singer! You should see my fan mail. Do the young ladies actually think that the imposter AJ would even keep his instant message program on?
Oh to be young again.
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posted on
04/18/2004 10:50:11 AM PDT
by
AJ504
(...I bumped up my monthly... did you??)
To: MeekOneGOP
I got a bunch of stuff about allergy medicines. LOL
49
posted on
04/18/2004 10:50:29 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(No two taglines are alike.)
To: MeekOneGOP
Try your e-mail address. Mine popped up on some sites.
50
posted on
04/18/2004 10:51:18 AM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" -- Abraham Lincoln)
To: MeekOneGOP; GretchenEE
I hope I am not out of line, but I wonder what Gretchen's name gets?
51
posted on
04/18/2004 10:52:08 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: hope
lol...That pic's a riot.....I hated the Half-Life TFC Medics.
To: SkyPilot
GretchenEE???
Wide feet, of course... lol.
53
posted on
04/18/2004 10:53:51 AM PDT
by
AJ504
(...I bumped up my monthly... did you??)
To: MeekOneGOP
54
posted on
04/18/2004 10:59:37 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: MeekOneGOP
I Googled my self (auto-Googling) after reading that story a few months back about a woman Googling the name of a prospective date and discovering he was wanted by Efrim Zimbalist Jr (Sp?).
I actually found myself on the first page of hits. It was a bit shocking, to be honest.
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posted on
04/18/2004 10:59:40 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
("Tal, no song means anything without someone else....")
To: uglybiker
Bummer.
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posted on
04/18/2004 11:00:34 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate))
To: MeekOneGOP
57
posted on
04/18/2004 11:01:47 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: MeekOneGOP
58
posted on
04/18/2004 11:02:20 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(Another one bites the dust!)
To: MeekOneGOP
This is me. Yep.
59
posted on
04/18/2004 11:02:21 AM PDT
by
cyborg
To: uglybiker
Nice thong. It accentuates your figure well.
:-)
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