Have You Ever Google Searched Yourself? - Page 2

Aliantha · 05-10-2010, 07:07 PM

Dazza's name comes up hundreds of times. mine, not once.

toranokaze · 05-10-2010, 10:34 PM

I don't exist; I found my parents house, but I don't know where they got that phone number or the pictures for that matter.

monster · 05-10-2010, 11:30 PM

Spokeo got nuttin on me -street and name is all -less than is available on the city treasurer's website.

I loved that they got a black former U of M football player as a female caucasian....

GunMaster357 · 05-11-2010, 10:42 AM

Yes, usually Google comes up with some (not much) professionnal information and somewhere around the 20th page or perhaps more one reference about a website storing naughty songs

Otherwise, I don't know these guys

richlevy · 11-21-2010, 10:47 AM

I just saw an article about Spokeo on CNET. I searched myself. At first I thought they didn't have me, but when I scrolled I found that they had a lot of info.

What's funny is that in most places, employees are strictly prohibited from giving out any salary info to coworkers. Yet for $3, you can presumably get the income of all of your coworkers. I don't know if it's broken down by source, but it might be close.

Cloud · 11-21-2010, 12:37 PM

all the Spokeo data I've seen is made up--a "typical" set of data

footfootfoot · 11-21-2010, 02:06 PM

Most of the spokeo data on me was correct. OK some of the data.
Alright, they did get my name right. And my address.

Sundae · 11-21-2010, 02:15 PM

Har-har - Spokeo is Merkins only.
As I have a reasonably common given name, and my surname is the name of a town in my home County, I'm not easy to find without additional information. Via the Cellar, yes - internet in general, no.

hotshot1 · 11-21-2010, 03:49 PM

I found a google link that says there are 19 people with my first and last name.

Gravdigr · 11-22-2010, 02:12 AM

I had some time to kill the other day and before I knew it I was Googling myself...but, I had to stop cuzz the McEmployee brought my food out to the car.

She almost caught me.

classicman · 11-22-2010, 09:32 AM

I'm not even in the system - nor are three other people I searched for, one of which is sitting across from me.

I found a few other people in the system, but the spokeo info is so bad, its less than worthless - its blatantly false.

SamIam · 11-22-2010, 01:15 PM

I'm like Sundae - I have a very common last name, so I'm nearly impossible to find. Google had tons of images under my name. Here I am in one of my many disguises:

Gravdigr · 11-24-2010, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SamIam

I'm like Sundae - I have a very common last name, so I'm nearly impossible to find. Google had tons of images under my name. Here I am in one of my many disguises:

Hey I know you! Stay outta my garbage can!!!

Lamplighter · 11-25-2010, 03:46 PM

I can get there via the Google's "Scholar" search engine,
but not via it's regular search.
I existed long before Google, and haven't done much since.

But I was really startled when I clicked on Google images and
there I was, the 3rd pic in the first row

bluecuracao · 11-27-2010, 03:23 AM

Last time I did, I was pretty pissed off to find out that my name and full address came up through some stupid real estate site that claims to get their info through public records.

I'm not in the phone book, so no one would be able to find out where I live by my name otherwise. City records here allow you to search by address, not by name. I sent an email to these mofos requesting that they take my name off their site, but they refused (however, famous wealthy guy living across the street isn't listed, as well as acquaintance in the RE business).

05-10-2010, 07:07 PM	#16
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Dazza's name comes up hundreds of times. mine, not once. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-10-2010, 10:34 PM	#17
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	I don't exist; I found my parents house, but I don't know where they got that phone number or the pictures for that matter. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

05-10-2010, 11:30 PM	#18
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Spokeo got nuttin on me -street and name is all -less than is available on the city treasurer's website. I loved that they got a black former U of M football player as a female caucasian.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-11-2010, 10:42 AM	#19
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Yes, usually Google comes up with some (not much) professionnal information and somewhere around the 20th page or perhaps more one reference about a website storing naughty songs Otherwise, I don't know these guys __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

11-21-2010, 10:47 AM	#20
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I just saw an article about Spokeo on CNET. I searched myself. At first I thought they didn't have me, but when I scrolled I found that they had a lot of info. What's funny is that in most places, employees are strictly prohibited from giving out any salary info to coworkers. Yet for $3, you can presumably get the income of all of your coworkers. I don't know if it's broken down by source, but it might be close. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

11-21-2010, 12:37 PM	#21
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	all the Spokeo data I've seen is made up--a "typical" set of data __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-21-2010, 02:06 PM	#22
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Most of the spokeo data on me was correct. OK some of the data. Alright, they did get my name right. And my address. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-21-2010, 02:15 PM	#23
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Har-har - Spokeo is Merkins only. As I have a reasonably common given name, and my surname is the name of a town in my home County, I'm not easy to find without additional information. Via the Cellar, yes - internet in general, no.

11-21-2010, 03:49 PM	#24
hotshot1 Kinda New Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2	I found a google link that says there are 19 people with my first and last name.

11-22-2010, 02:12 AM	#25
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I had some time to kill the other day and before I knew it I was Googling myself...but, I had to stop cuzz the McEmployee brought my food out to the car. She almost caught me. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-22-2010, 09:32 AM	#26
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I'm not even in the system - nor are three other people I searched for, one of which is sitting across from me. I found a few other people in the system, but the spokeo info is so bad, its less than worthless - its blatantly false. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-22-2010, 01:15 PM	#27
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I'm like Sundae - I have a very common last name, so I'm nearly impossible to find. Google had tons of images under my name. Here I am in one of my many disguises: Attached Images

11-25-2010, 03:46 PM	#29
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I can get there via the Google's "Scholar" search engine, but not via it's regular search. I existed long before Google, and haven't done much since. But I was really startled when I clicked on Google images and there I was, the 3rd pic in the first row

11-27-2010, 03:23 AM	#30
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Last time I did, I was pretty pissed off to find out that my name and full address came up through some stupid real estate site that claims to get their info through public records. I'm not in the phone book, so no one would be able to find out where I live by my name otherwise. City records here allow you to search by address, not by name. I sent an email to these mofos requesting that they take my name off their site, but they refused (however, famous wealthy guy living across the street isn't listed, as well as acquaintance in the RE business).

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