Take That, Dr. Mitch Glaser!
Googling Yourself -- we've all done it.
Until very recently, if a person were to enter "Mitch Glaser" into Google, arguably the Web's authoritative search engine, he or she would find copious information concerning a Dr. Mitch Glaser of New York City. Dr. Glaser is CEO and President of Chosen People Ministries and is apparently one of the leaders of the "Jews for Jesus" movement. The few Web pages pertaining to yours truly were ranked very low in "relevance."
I am pleased to announce that a search of "Mitch Glaser" today listed my Blogger profile page as the #1 result and my Flickr page as the #2 result.
Until very recently, if a person were to enter "Mitch Glaser" into Google, arguably the Web's authoritative search engine, he or she would find copious information concerning a Dr. Mitch Glaser of New York City. Dr. Glaser is CEO and President of Chosen People Ministries and is apparently one of the leaders of the "Jews for Jesus" movement. The few Web pages pertaining to yours truly were ranked very low in "relevance."
I am pleased to announce that a search of "Mitch Glaser" today listed my Blogger profile page as the #1 result and my Flickr page as the #2 result.
I'm not trying to inflame a rivalry with my East Coast counterpart, just gloating a bit. I know there's enough room for both of us on the Web. Those seeking knowledge of the Messiah and those seeking knowledge of the malls at King of Prussia will continue to be enlightened by our respective endeavors.
posted by Mitch Glaser @ 3:47 PM
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6 Comments:
That's too funny. Someone found my blog by searching for "Mitch and Marrie." Most people find my blog searching for "hair cutting fetish" I bet they are disappointed!
I agree that it can be a lot of fun to use a Web tracking program to see how people find your blog. I think the best search query I've seen is "Costco built across street runining my life." I am happy that a lot of people curious about the Federated-May merger and the history of supermarkets in Phoenix have found their way to Paradox Unbound. People often quip that the Internet is full of "useless information," but every bit of information can be useful to someone, and we bloggers are providing a great service.
My long, slow path to internet domination has displaced Giving Tree Galley artist Steven Swain and UC Berkeley researcher Steven Swain from their lofty posts atop Google's search for the name. I am humbled.
After self-Googling, the very first find was an old, outdated version of my resume from grad school, which would ultimately lead one to my departmental website from when I was a GA. So I Telnet-ed in and killed the webpage. I forgot it was just sitting out there for all the world to see. (and I gasped audibly when I saw that my guestbook contained a link in (ugh!) Comic Sans font) I was so young, and un-font-conscientious!
By the way...are any of you concerned about privacy as far as having your last names posted on the internet? Just wondering what are the pros/cons/risks/advantages if any of having one's surname on the net.
Carrie: I don't find it to be a problem to have my full name posted on the internet. So far, I've only had one pervert try to write to me, and that's in eight years of having a webpage presence with my full name. Considering how may people I've talked to online, that's a great track record.
Carrie, privacy is an issue for me in the sense that not having an alternate "blogging persona" that is more anonymous definitely keeps me from posting about certain events in my life and certain thoughts I have. It even keeps me from posting comments on certain posts I've seen on your blog and on Marrie's. I won't concede that it was a mistake to host my blog at "mitchglaser.com" but I will admit that I probably shouldn't have told so many co-workers about it.
There is so much information about each of us on the Web and elsewhere that anonymity has become a quaint and outdated concept. When my mom recently came to visit me, I asked if she needed my address, and she explained that she didn't because she got it off the Web since I didn't stop SBC from publishing my name, address, and phone number in its phone books. I can imagine that if someone I cited was really pissed off, they could look me up "in the book" (or on the Web) and attempt to do harm to me where I live. I refuse to live my life under the pall of such paranoia though.
Steve's experiences with using his full name are relevant only to guys. I've slowly but surely come to the realization that life is very different for women, on the Web and in real life. Women have to worry about stalkers and other creepy guys. Men don't, and I lament this reality of life.
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