Googling yourself

**Zunaid** · #1 August 27, 2012, 08:30 PM

No, this is not an euphemism for activities by the forever alone. I do this ocassionally to see if there are any 'zunaid kazi' internet doppelgangers. Until the mid 2000s, there weren't even any Zunaids on the web but now I have found two additional namesakes. Until last year there was this one guy from Lancashire and now I've found another one in India. All three of us are techies of sort. This works if your name is kind of rare (but not too rare) - so no John Smiths or Mohammad Alis.

Do you have a doppelganger?

Night_wolf · #2 August 27, 2012, 08:32 PM

I have Hosni Mubarok

Naimul_Hd · #3 August 27, 2012, 09:43 PM

I am too famous. I am everywhere !!!

**Zunaid** · #4 August 27, 2012, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd
I am too famous. I am everywhere !!!

That's good in one sense. No one can find the real you. I looked at the first 10 pages for my name search (with my last name) and only about 4 out of the 200 links are not me. I've been on the 'net too long - starting from the days privacy was of no concern.

Dilscoop · #5 August 27, 2012, 09:51 PM

I remember this kid in Australia would pop up back in the day. I think it was another myspace like site that never took off. I haven't searched my name in a while. Probably should check it out.

**Zunaid** · #6 August 27, 2012, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dilscoop
I remember this kid in Australia would pop up back in the day. I think it was another myspace like site that never took off. I haven't searched my name in a while. Probably should check it out.

It's actually a good idea to see if there is any crap associated with your name - online reputation management is very important. Employers, clients, TSA et al all do that.

Dilscoop · #7 August 27, 2012, 10:00 PM

Ok so it was Vimbo or Vimo or w/e. He is still on it but erased all the infos. Now he is on twitter, youtube, G+ and every where else!!

**Zunaid** · #8 August 27, 2012, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dilscoop
Ok so it was Vimbo or Vimo or w/e. He is still on it but erased all the infos. Now he is on twitter, youtube, G+ and every where else!!

That's why you have to get there first. Just to block your name even if you don't tweet, tube or whatever. Stake a claim. Don't let the claim jumpers get there first. When I got my domain in '97, I was too late for the dot com version and had to stay content with the dot net version. The dot com is an Islamic bookstore.

HereWeGo · #9 August 27, 2012, 10:07 PM

there is only one ME (atleast one me with my full name)...., infact when I opened my hotmail account as a kid in 1996, I opened it using just my first name....
And its not fun!!

WorldCup11 · #10 August 27, 2012, 10:30 PM

Weldone Mr. Zunaid Kazi http://scholar.google.com.au/citatio...rn0AAAAJ&hl=en

Your Citation curve looks like bangladesh team performance graph

Why didn't you write anything after 2004?

Machine Learning (what you do in knowtomation) is a hot topic now .

**Zunaid** · #11 August 27, 2012, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by WorldCup11
Weldone Mr. Zunaid Kazi http://scholar.google.com.au/citatio...rn0AAAAJ&hl=en

Your Citation curve looks like bangladesh team performance graph

Why didn't you write anything after 2004?

Machine Learning (what you do in knowtomation) is a hot topic now .

I was/am in industry not in academia. Keep your IP secret

My last few papers were at IBM Research - while industry, it was required that we publish. After I left IBM, it all became trade secret.

Naimul_Hd · #12 August 27, 2012, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Zunaid
That's good in one sense. No one can find the real you. I looked at the first 10 pages for my name search (with my last name) and only about 4 out of the 200 links are not me. I've been on the 'net too long - starting from the days privacy was of no concern.

That's very true

WorldCup11 · #13 August 27, 2012, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd

That's very true

Don't get so excited, The people looking for you don't need Google's help to locate you. They can smell and will haunt you down wherever you hide.

So somoy thakte sob BC australian member der khawan. That's the only way to survive.

Zeeshan · #14 August 27, 2012, 11:34 PM

Be happy if your name is common. Who wants their cash/cache to be found these days?

Maysun · #15 August 28, 2012, 12:23 AM

I just need to write Maysun F and Google auto completes my name, Maysun Faisal.

And the first two page of search results were about me. At least when I checked a year back.

[EDIT] I just checked. Google doesn't auto complete my name anymore. It shows Maysun Fashion now. I guess it was due to all the social networking sites I used to use back in the day.

Zeeshan · #16 August 28, 2012, 12:26 AM

When I forget I usually find it easier to find my phone number while searching lawsuit + restraining + order

**Zunaid** · #17 August 28, 2012, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeeshan
When I forget I usually find it easier to find my phone number while searching lawsuit + restraining + order

That is how I found yours for sure.

Naimul_Hd · #18 August 28, 2012, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by WorldCup11
Don't get so excited, The people looking for you don't need Google's help to locate you. They can smell and will haunt you down wherever you hide.

So somoy thakte sob BC australian member der khawan. That's the only way to survive.

Haha...you still remember that.

WorldCup11 · #19 August 28, 2012, 01:54 AM

I just googled myself. It found 546,000,000 results in 0.24 seconds. Looks like I am very popular.

Beat that

Isnaad · #20 August 28, 2012, 06:10 AM

I googled my name and I happen to be the only one with that name. :P Besides, it just popped up the Daily Star article that mentioned me too. This is neat but privacy is a concern.

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ammark · #21 August 28, 2012, 01:03 PM

I used to have the sole google footprint for my name but recently it's grown. More intriguingly, a certain namesake of mine in New Jersey has claimed first rights to facebook's ammar.karim handle, and yet I claimed the gmail address way back. As a result sometimes his sister sends family photos to him, which gmail's oversmart AI insists belongs to me and keeps depositing in my inbox.

*ps: I still have the sole direct footprint if I put in my full name, which I'm forced to use outside Bangladesh.

SS · #22 August 28, 2012, 03:02 PM

i get scared sometimes to see my name is attached with so many things that I don't want it to be there. I hope people searching for me won't take all these into account and judge me!!! Googling does wonder but on the other hand negative links can be nightmare.

simon · #23 August 28, 2012, 03:46 PM

ভয় লাগে , যদি অপ্রীতিকর কিছু পাই . :-o

*AsifTheManRahman* · #24 August 28, 2012, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by simon
ভয় লাগে , যদি অপ্রীতিকর কিছু পাই . :-o

Keno, opritikor ki korsen?

simon · #25 August 28, 2012, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Keno, opritikor ki korsen?

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