Search for yourself...on the Internet

David Floyd · January 21, 2003, 02:36

Anyone ever get bored and do this?

Worse, anyone ever find themselves?

Because I just did...

Typed in "David Floyd" (excluding the word "Pink") on Yahoo, and site #62 was a post I made on an old message board in 1999. Iain Lindley was on there too

The search continues.

Anyone else?

Dis · January 21, 2003, 02:41

been there, done that.

luckily there are a ton of people with my name

. Helps protect my real name a little bit. I was disappointed my real name showed up on irc. I have to figure out how to edit my options.

P.S. If I search my screen name I get too many results. It's a commone word- especially in the news.

alva · January 21, 2003, 02:44

Did it, couldn't find a thing...

Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing.

ixnay · January 21, 2003, 02:54

Everything on the first page of google results is me: My website, listing on the school honor roll, Apolyton-related stuff, and a java program that i did for CS160 last semester

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...yle+stadler%22

aaglo · January 21, 2003, 03:36

Hmmm....

Aaglo - Russian cave derigging trip

Jon Miller · January 21, 2003, 03:40

Quote:

Originally posted by Dissident
been there, done that.

luckily there are a ton of people with my name

. Helps protect my real name a little bit. I was disappointed my real name showed up on irc. I have to figure out how to edit my options.

P.S. If I search my screen name I get too many results. It's a commone word- especially in the news.

you know that emails I get from you also have your name..

Jon Miller

monolith94 · January 21, 2003, 03:42

boy oh boy? this sounds like fun!!!

Eli · January 21, 2003, 05:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Jon Miller

you know that emails I get from you also have your name..

Jon Miller

Exactly what I wanted to say.

Your search - "Eli ..." - did not match any documents.

Az · January 21, 2003, 05:15

that's why anyone should have two mailboxes. an official one, and the offensive spam hatemail one.

Dis · January 21, 2003, 14:29

actually the mailbox I use for my PBEM is my Yahoo one. I'll fix that...

Nivek · January 21, 2003, 15:01

This searching for yourself thingy is fun.

I have a fairly uncommon name, and was amazed to find dozens of people around the world with the same one as me.

Didn't find myself though!

Nivek · January 21, 2003, 15:20

Just found myself on a 2001 message board!

SlowwHand · January 21, 2003, 15:35

The computer age is wonderful.
Now those who couldn't find their ass with both hands can search for themselves on the internet.

Drake Tungsten · January 21, 2003, 15:40

I search for myself on Google occasionally, in order to see which college papers have picked up my opinion column. Luckily, I share a name with a respected intellectual, so my results are buried a good ten pages deep on Google. You have to enter a few qualifiers to get to my stuff, so my secret identity is safe...

JohnT · January 21, 2003, 15:46

Huh, David. You're right!

tandeetaylor · January 21, 2003, 15:59

When I do my maiden name, I get an old newspaper article that briefly mentions me and a Beatles quiz thing that I did a long time ago. Nothing with my married name, not surprisingly.

Paul Hanson · January 21, 2003, 16:19

Although there are a fair few people called Paul Hanson in this great wide world, I appear to be the only one called Paul Jeroen Hanson.

Makes me feel kind of special.

January 21, 2003, 17:02

I do this from time to time...
Usually has a page total with maybe 5 or 6 pertainning to me (Scholarships, Awards, Sometimes posts on forums... etc)

jdd2007 · January 21, 2003, 19:00

my real name showed a bunch of geneaology, but jdd2007 has some amazon and apolyton things of mine.

Worthingtons · January 21, 2003, 20:43

I get pages and pages when i do a search for Me, becuase some other fool called Rothy (who decided to make a website about farts) shares my name, some of it is his. To find most of my listings Type Rothy AND Euroforums (EF is old my very famous site)

Jon Miller · January 21, 2003, 20:57

"some other fool"

right, we know it is you

you just don't want to admit

Jon Miller

SlowwHand · January 21, 2003, 21:26

And just think of the time 60's people could have saved finding themselves, if they'd only had the internet.

CapitanGarlic · January 21, 2003, 21:47

Well, the first few results are from the web page of some French guy.

The last two on the front page are actually me, though.

Adagio · January 22, 2003, 06:39

I have only been able to find one person (except for me) who has the same first name and last name as I (that was some 12 year old South-American girl), but when including my middle name, I got no results... guess I'm special

faded glory · January 22, 2003, 21:07

ming@apolyton.net on google. lol

Then I did mine. nothing