Comments on: Lessons worth learning – How NOT to remain anonymous on the Internet

By: Smiley

Smiley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:49:12 +0000

How do you take your info off of google if you dont want it on there? Can anyone answer that for me? I have had nnnnooooo luck figuring that out!!!!!

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Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:44:32 +0000

[...] in the first page for everyone to see!? I had written a post several months back on the results of Googling my own name, which turned out to be quite an eye opener as I ended up being in 71 of the top 100 results in [...]

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How to remove your name from search engines — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:14:49 +0000

By: DWiner

DWiner — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:46:22 +0000

My blog turned up at no.2 in top ten when I searched for ‘dwiner’. Except that I could not see any traces of me

By: Richard Fdisk

Richard Fdisk — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:22:12 +0000

(I’ll try this again, it didn’t take the first time)

I’ve “googled” my own “Real name” before and got hit’s in the top 10 list from a website of a company that I just do contract work for.
It would appear that it’s next to “Impossible” to be “hidden” from the peering eyes of the net. If your employer has a web site, chances are you could be on it somewhere and google will find it.
but if you wish to remain a bit “more” anonymous just don’t use your full name for things like forums, blogs, newsgroup discussions, and the like,

which is why I use Fdisk as surname.

Cheers
◄RfD►

By: Siddharth

Siddharth — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:24:18 +0000

I didnt counted abt 100 but 50
I got 15 myself in first 50
and 6/10 on 1st page.
There are many many Siddharth Maheshwari but I believe I am unique.
Most of the others were of some meeting or some instituions.
try searching
http://www.google.com/search?q.....Maheshwari

By: Kurt Harzke

Kurt Harzke — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:41:30 +0000

What is even more frightening is the tendency for outdated or sometimes completely inaccurate information to proliferate. 7 years ago I bought a domain for a personal web site. The web host was is in Canada, I am in the US. A search of my name revealed that my web site (which was a personal site and had not been updated in years) was being listed as a Canadian on-line business in a some emerging business directory site.

As information becomes more public on the net, there will be a growing burden on the individual to not only manage what is out there, but also maintain it’s accuracy.

For this reason, I’ve set up a Google alert of my own name. It has helped me find at least half a dozen inaccurate records on web site that I did not consent to be a part of.

Thanks for the article. Keep up the good work!