The top result that appeared when I searched my name was my twitter account. For some odd reason, this kind of surprised me. I’ve known that when someone google’s you, your facebook came up, but I immediately became concerned that I had forgotten to change my settings so my account was private. Since I was googling from my personal computer, when I clicked on the link, it brought me straight to my home page with all my posts, followers, etc, accessible. After signing out of my account, I tried the link again and was pleased to find that although anyone could still see my wallaper, a tiny profile picture and some of my more recent followers, there was a large yellow banner that appeared with a lock on it to inform strangers that my tweets are protected and they would not be able to go any further on my homepage.
Back to my original search, I found a link to Kelly Daly-Wolfe’s LinkedIn page and learned that Kelly is a TA for Nutrition 1020 at University of Utah. While I thought it was funny to see my name hyphenated into a single last name, it wasn’t completely surprising seeing as how my name originated as a last name and when I introduce myself I often have to say something along the lines of, “Yes Daly, like John Daly the golfer,” or “No, please don’t associate me with Carson Daly. But yes that is how I spell my name…”
A few links down was to a Firstgiving page that I had to create when fundraising for Wisconsin’s Dance Marathon this year, and a little further down the page was a link to my facebook page (also protected like my twitter page).
Other than the three mentioned above, none of the sites in the first few pages that the search turned up had anything that directly related to me. This wasn’t as surprising as it was reassuring really. While I don’t think there are many (any) people out there searching for me, I appreciate not having to worry that some strangers may stumble on personal information or that future employers might encounter incriminating information that could cost me a great opportunity.
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