How googleable am I? Not very. For instance, if you were to type my name into google and hit feeling lucky, you would not be getting lucky with me. However, you would be getting lucky with 28 other David Crons (white pages). In fact, nothing about me was on the first page of the search results. It wasn't until the second page that I found a link to my twitter account and an old type of social networking site I had years ago. I don't use either of these sites, so I found it weird when my much used Facebook page didn't show up until a few search pages later. If I do more specific searches I can find some additional info such as scores from high school track meets and campus involvement. I am fine with this lack of googleability because it just means I am less easy to creep on. There is no need for me to be very googleable right now, for if somebody needs to go to google to research me, chances are they have no business doing so. However, in the future when I am a successful orthopedic surgeon, I would like for clients such as professional athletes, CEOs and U.S. presidents to be able to google me if the need some bones or joints fixed.
There are pros and cons of being googleable; it all just depends on who you are. Pros, like I mentioned with my future plans, would be if you want your business or service advertised and easy to find. Similarly, if you are an athlete, musician, or actor/actress, you might want to be fairly googleable to increase your fame and get your name out there. (That is of course unless you have an affair with dozens of cocktail waitresses... then you might wish for less googleability). However, for students and average joes that don't need their name out there for any beneficial reasons, you might not want to be wishing for google hits like you wish for Facebook profile views. There are creepers out there with affinities for google searches who end up on How to Catch a Predator. You also never know what kind of incriminating photos could be floating around out there.
David, your blog entry was very entertaining to read. Most of the time for these assignments, people avoid using words like "creeper", or hinting at sexual affairs of celebrities, but you incorporating things like these into your response made it a lot more enjoyable, and also helped emphasize many of your points. Your examples were amusing, yet conveyed your message. It is also good how you elaborated that you were able to find more things on Google once you did some searches that were more specific than just your name.
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