By Kathryn Lord
Google: (GOO.gul) v. To use an Internet search engine such as
Google.com to look for information related to a new or potential
girlfriend or boyfriend.
Have you Googled yourself yet? Can anyone resist? If you haven't had the pleasure, here’s how:
Go to Google.com, type your name in quotation marks, and see what comes up.
A lot depends on how common your name is (like John Smith). I tend to
get references to nobility (that’s the Lord part), and the genealogy
citations are many. But sure enough, there’s my house in Maine (I rent
it during the summer from an Internet ad) and stained glass courses
that my husband Drew and I have taught. When I add my middle initial B,
then the references are pure cyber romance. Yea!
Drew’s name gets his scientific publications. If I had googled him when
we were courting, I would not have made the embarrassing gaff of
bragging about my publications (2). He had me beat hands down. But
also, that Google search would have added to his credibility, because
he is cited over and over as a scientist and connected with the Army
Corps of Engineers. I would have been reassured.
But what if other connections had come up? Somebody with my name is a
personnel expert. Also, it sounds as if my name is common in England.
Maybe there is worse, buried under my name in the Net.
Seems like it is a good idea to be aware of what comes up if your name
is Googled, sort of like keeping track of your credit report. If
something negative comes up under your name and it’s not you, you need
to know that and be able to explain it to another. If it’s not so good
and IS you, you need to know and explain that, too.
While visiting some of my older relatives recently, they were quite
interested in being Googled. My favorite uncle, who has an unusual
spelling of his last name, shares that spelling with a rather well
known gay porn star. Or at least, we assume the gay porn star and my
uncle are not the same guy. The porn star does sound like he has some
rather amazing physical attributes. That’s the kind of Google citations
associated with your name that it is good to know about!
There seems to be some embarrassment associated with Googling a
prospective date or partner, but I can't see why that would be so.
Unless it appears being a little too interested, like "I can't be
bothered to check credentials, even though I have an easy way to do so.
This person just doesn't matter that much to me." Why would you want to
convey that message?
Especially if you are using the Internet for a mate search, it only
makes good sense that you would use one of CyberSpace’s best tools to
help you make a safe and secure match.
But it also points out the need to keep one’s cyber nose clean. It
follows that if you are doing something that you wouldn't want anyone
to know that you are doing, maybe you shouldn't be doing it.
So Google away!
Kathryn Lord © 2004 All Rights Reserved
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