# So I did a google search on my name yesterday... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902 "2008-02-24T01:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902/21 "2008-02-24T04:29:45Z")
Huh. I put in my full name and got 1 hit. Stuff I posted to an ubuntu help forum. I have a Facebook account. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902/22 "2008-02-24T05:08:27Z")
Wow, awesome - there’s a lot of good looking young women with my name. I totally hope I get “spocked” sometime by someone who wants to judge me on my looks! ---
**Author:** ![Thorium\_Indium\_Potassium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@Thorium\_Indium\_Potassium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thorium_Indium_Potassium)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902/23 "2008-02-24T05:20:00Z")
What’s odd is that I changed my facebook picture so that it was not of my face. [Spock.com](http://Spock.com) still comes up with my old profile picture, which is my face. I wonder how long it will take them to update their files. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902/24 "2008-02-24T06:17:55Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] That site isn’t doing anything that Google et al aren’t already doing, just presenting it in a different way. And apparently I’m _“A member of the Texas State University system in Huntsville, Texas”_ in my first result, and if something is that inaccurate then you can relax. [/QUOTE] So you’re the real Sam Houston? Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902/25 "2008-02-24T06:33:18Z")
For the last few years the only place with my real name is the Evil Overlord List, which has an old email address. And there’s lots of other Silvercats out there. Hmmm… my pseudonym is on one blog. I don’t think anybody’ll be tracking me done that easily any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902/26 "2008-02-24T15:16:27Z")
[QUOTE=SenoraGO] What’s odd is that I changed my facebook picture so that it was not of my face. [Spock.com](http://Spock.com) still comes up with my old profile picture, which is my face. I wonder how long it will take them to update their files. [/QUOTE] It shows my Facebook picture from two months ago so at least that long. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902/27 "2008-02-24T15:20:28Z")
Hah, that’s weird. Put in just my first and last name, and the first person to turn up actually has my full name, middle and all. Slightly worrying until I saw he was an Aussie footballer. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnieEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902/28 "2008-02-24T15:36:20Z")
[QUOTE=ethelbert] So I guess you are now JohnnieNoLongerAnEnigma ? [/QUOTE] no, I guess I’m JohnnieBallbreaker. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-google-search-on-my-name-yesterday/438902.md?page=1)