# Gooling your username **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113 "2004-01-26T05:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/21 "2004-01-26T14:36:26Z")
Criminey, and I was gonna ask how to go about “gooling” my username! BTW, if you want to search message boards, you might be better off going to Boardreader and searching there. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/22 "2004-01-26T14:45:55Z")
My handle in Google: _8,720,000_ hits. I’m everywhere, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/23 "2004-01-26T14:58:25Z")
628 hits for mine. Interesting, as I ran 3 words together with no spaces, that I still found so many, including quite a few pertaining to the Weezer song that I named myself after. (Even one in french!) Other than an ad for a yacht company and some link to a celtic group, all the other listings appear to refer to Weezer. Oh, and two to me. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/24 "2004-01-26T15:17:52Z")
> [@acrossthesea](#): > > 628 hits for mine. Interesting, as I ran 3 words together with no spaces, that I still found so many, including quite a few pertaining to the Weezer song that I named myself after. (Even one in french!) > > Other than an ad for a yacht company and some link to a celtic group, all the other listings appear to refer to Weezer. Oh, and two to me. I’m surprised you didn’t get any links to lyric sites for “Into the West,” as that’s what comes to mind when I see your username. Myself, if I spell my username this way, I only get 39 hits, two of which are mentions of me here, and a couple of poorly spelled LOTR “groups.” I also get some loverly pictures of that scene from FOTR. Spelling it correctly, I get a query about separating it into two words…which I do, and get 965 hits. All info on the ferry in the Shire. Spelling it this way, I get links to Merry talking about me! [Here!](http://www.ringwench.com/lotrsounds1.html) (Sixth sound down.) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/25 "2004-01-26T15:38:13Z")
I get 257 hits, with the vast majority having to do with some stupid song about noah’s ark…not my inspiration for the name. ::sigh:: I wanted to have some hot porn associated with my nick… ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/26 "2004-01-26T15:40:58Z")
Nothing, which surprised me - surely I’m not the only one to think of this pun? Still, at least it makes me feel unique. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/27 "2004-01-26T16:11:00Z")
12,000 hits for me. Most of them explaining horseflesh as a food, and a couple of tasty recipes out there. I must inisist, though, that I am best consumed live and wr-r-r-riggling, with a side dish of fresh fish. Surprisingly, hit #8 is actually me! It links to my profile at [teemingmillions.com](http://teemingmillions.com). I found a few other Horseflesh’s (wannabe’s, at best) at other message boards, a band named Ship & Anchor wrote a song called “Curse of Horseflesh”, and it’s not until the far-flung hit of [#48](http://www.smileylich.com/sfb/07042002.html) that a reference to the origin of my screen name is found. Apparently I have some fanfic! ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/28 "2004-01-26T16:18:23Z")
I get a mention of my “Threadspotting” thread in the archives of the 'Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/29 "2004-01-26T16:18:22Z")
> [@BrattiAtti](#): > > Zero. Nada. Zip. > > Of course, Moe, turning up “about 2,010,000” results it would only take you approximately 105 days to check, spending 3 seconds on each listing, going at it 16 hours per day. OK, so for curiosity’s sake I tried it. On just the first page I got: - the jamrock band - the Ministry of Education, Singapore - Moe’s Books - Molecular Operating Environment - Moe’s Alley Blues Club - Ministry of Education, China - Ministry of Environment - The Peeping Moe :eek: - Someone named Stephen’s weblog [World Domination Voice at Moe Headquarters] Today we rule the internet; Tomorrow THE WORLD!!! ::wild applause:: [/wdv] ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/30 "2004-01-26T16:38:23Z")
274 mostly having to do with the historical Dangerosa (a lot of geneology). the dangerosa at Blogspot is not me. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/31 "2004-01-26T17:15:32Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > I get 257 hits, with the vast majority having to do with some stupid song about noah’s ark…not my inspiration for the name. > ::sigh:: > > I wanted to have some hot porn associated with my nick… I remember that song! God said to Noah, “There’s gonna be a floody floody”! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/32 "2004-01-26T17:48:34Z")
A few links, mostly me, with two exceptions: A woman with a genealogy page. A German lesbian looking for love on a dating site. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/33 "2004-01-26T20:03:40Z")
There’s some real reverends out there named Tim who share my username. I’m technically ordained via the ULC, but I profess no faith and sometimes feel a bit guilty for taking the name. But the feeling quickly passes. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/34 "2004-01-27T01:13:01Z")
I am thoroughly unique. 🙂 Every one of the hundred and some hits on “antaresjb” is me, as is every picture that shows up in the image search. Most of the 100-some hits are pages from my old website that hasn’t been updated in forever and had frames and a whole bunch of poetry on it, hence the lots of separate pages. The rest are generally other pages of mine or profiles of mine on online dating sites. But all me. 🙂 Considering I’ve been using this same username for pretty much EVERYTHING for the past… oh, I’d say 6 or 7 years, it’s not too surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/35 "2004-01-27T01:59:06Z")
4,180 hits, and you’d be clickin’ for hours through the search results to find me. I may be there, but there’s no promises. But for the other name I use on the EzBoard system, **Tanufalla Night** , all three hits are to do with me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/36 "2004-01-27T02:08:35Z")
I’m right at the top of page 8. Right above “International Starch Market Place for Sellers”. That’s what I call fame. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/37 "2004-01-27T02:24:13Z")
Three mentions that come from my NaNoWriMo participation, and 15 random moments where someone said “Look! Ninjas!” or “Look… ninjas” or some variation thereof. That’s with quotation marks. Without, I just get lots and lots of pages about ninjas. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/38 "2004-01-27T02:51:35Z")
I was afraid to look. But I found several which were not simply porn sites. Amazing. The world may actually be coming around! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/39 "2004-01-27T03:01:57Z")
3 links! One at **Opalcat** ’s fathom forums, and the rest are links to the “teeming millions” page that has my contribution to the LOTR monster thread: “The slashdot effect: LotR’s version” The context was that [Slashdot.org](http://Slashdot.org) posted a link to that LOTR monster thread and it became a virtual DOS (“denial of service”) attack, shutting down the SDMB server for hours. That is the effect referred, or “slashdotted”: > **[Urban Dictionary: slashdotted](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slashdotted)** > > Being slashdotted means that a huge influx of Internet traffic has come upon a website as a result of its being mentioned on Slashdot, a technology news and information site. See also: slashdotted ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113/40 "2004-01-27T03:05:20Z")
27,200,000 websites about **Blondes** …beat that! 😃 [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=blonde&btnG=Google+Search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=blonde&btnG=Google+Search) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooling-your-username/226113.md?page=3)