Obviously, advantages are that one can more easily find information about the person they are searching. However, this could also be a disadvantage and could be a potential new way of "creeping" or being a "creeper." We've all seen how weird the internet can be, so it is quite scary to see oneself appear on a screen that is visible to the entire world.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
My googabality
I found to be that I was much more "googable" than I would like to be. When I googled myself I not only found links for my Twitter account, and Facebook account, but also a link for a Facebook group that had my name in it. Additionally, I found links pertaining to my high school activties. Such being, high school golf and the magazine of which I was an editor for. It is also interesting to share a name with an actor. Ben Kurland, the actor, had a wikipedia page along with other links pertaining to him. Most frightening to see was a link for "Ben Kurland nude pics." I didn't actually click the link so I can't confirm that it was neither me nor him, although I sure as hell hope it wasn't me.
Nice job Ben!
ReplyDeleteYour article was the first one I read that mentioned the topic of "creeping" due to being googlable. Almost everyone who has a Facebook knows just how creepy and invasive the Internet can be, it is weird to now see these same aspects strewn across Google. Unfortunately, as you stated, this makes it a ton easier for those "creeping." A definite scary aspect of being googlable.
Good work!