Googling is a lot of fun. So much fun that it has become its own verb. I reckon we probably all google ourselves once in a while. If you have the urge, here's a tip. Surround your name in quotation marks so that Google searches for instances of your whole name. For example I type "Mark Leicester" not Mark Leicester. If I did the latter I would probably get articles about people who made their mark on Leicester. Let's face it, the object is to find yourself, so let's cut the odds.
Here's me, or rather, not me:
- This is not me (but he is the "master of my domain" - see the Seinfeld reference later).
- This guy sounds like me but is spelled differently.
- This is definitely not me!
- This is not me but I share his country of origin, and well... you'll see.
- I sure hope this wasn't me: Ten men freed to kill and rape - I'm in at #3.
Enough about me. Here's a question for you. Is "googling oneself" an acceptable form of self-gratification? Or will Seinfeld come out of retirement and do an entire episode devoted to the subject that never actually mentions the word? What do you think?
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It's helpful to remember about the quotation marks - thanks. I actually wanted to see if anyone in the world happens to share my name, and what they might be interested in, however all googling hits of my name are of me! Either my namesakes are not involved in any computer-literate activities, or my name is rarer than I thought. I seem to have my fingers in several pies (5 different companies/organisations) Gratifying? Yes, I secretly suppose so. See "Status Anxiety" by Alain de Botton (book and now documentary currently screening in NZ).
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