The first thing that came up was this blog, which I'm sure has to do with the fact that blogger is owned by google. Then there was a list of things I'd posted on facebook. However, they were not things from my personal page but only posts I had made on public pages like bands and public groups. In fact, my actual profile didn't show up at all.
I tried googling my real name (Elizabeth rather than Liz) and there was only 5 total results, as opposed to the 2,390 I got using my nickname. Being that my last name also has 3 words in it, I think there could be a lot more relating to me if I were to mess with the spacing of my name. If someone didn't know me or understand my name, it would probably be tricky for them to find out my phone number or anything of that sort from google.
All in all, none of it really phased me. I know some people are completely freaked out that anyone can type your name into google and see stuff about you but it doesn't bother me. Nothing I clicked relating to my name search was anything I wouldn't tell someone if they asked me. I know a lot of people say to be careful about what you put on the internet because future employers might find it but I didn't find anything incriminating but then again, I can't really think of anything I've done that would be.
Based on what you found googling yourself, I am surprised that I didnt get more results on myself. Nothing relating to this blog came up, nor did any of my facebook posts, nor my facebook profile. My only thought as to why this is, is because I spell my name differently than most "derek's" but then again, wouldnt that narrow the search results? I just find it interesting to see the exactness of how the internet tracks who you are, and even how your real and nickname had similar type results, while my did not. Just is a little weird to me, maybe if I google myself in the future i will have better results.
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