Have You Ever Googled Yourself?

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Have you ever Googled your real name? Or any of the user names or member names you use? You might be surprised at what you find. Have you ever done a Google alert on yourself or someone about whom you wanted to keep track? I first Googled my own name when I had written for a few web sites (for pay) about 9 years ago. Sure enough, my articles showed up. But I also discovered quite a few people with the exact same name. Oddly enough, each one was creative or artistic in some way - another writer, a sculptor, a painter. There was also one who was very involved in ministry and volunteer activities. I have regular Google alerts on my sister, who is a sr. vice president for a large firm. Usually those alerts don't give me information on her. They'll be about some actor with the same last name or some minor sports figure. But I did get an alert that was a great picture of her at a meeting in Japan. And just the other day an alert came in that was a large stock transfer she had made. She had no idea this would show up on the Internet! So how about you? Have you Googled your real name or user names lately? Do you use the Google alert system?