BS: Our posts there for all the world to see

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 08:24 PM

Googling my mudcat name brings up two pages of results, but only three or four that are "me." About half the hits are to "ebay personal profile(s)" and I have NEVER created an account, provided any information, or logged in at ebay.

One of the hits is to a manufacturer/distributor who apparently intended to "quote" something I posted here as a "testimonial." While I didn't think what I said was that favorable it's only partially and ambiguously quoted, without really saying much. The site is "clickified" to provide a link, but it goes only to the mudcat front page, so anyone not familiar with the site would find what I actually said about "three days after hell freezes over."

From above: Then I Googled within Mudcat ("***" site:www.mudcat.org) and was astonished to see "about 5,600" hits. Ye gods! Have I posted that much?

Does someone not know that clicking the "name" on an individual post has always produced a list of all of the posts under that name?

(The Google search cited found "about 5,600" of the 6,749 posts found by mudcat "usersearch.")

Far too many for one person to have said anything intelligent in most of them, one supposes(?) (BG)

Fortunately/unfortunately my "real" name is so common that anything about me is hidden somewhere in the several million results that can't be displayed at Google. Even applying rather restrictive "modifiers" I've never found a Google search string that produces anything about me.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 08:13 PM

Well, if you Google for "Joe Offer," you get a lot of music stuff, mostly from me, mostly at Mudcat. There's another Joe Offer in Maryland who's a game warden and a Cubmaster (hey, I used to be one of those), and another in the Air Force who plays drums.

You also get stuff about Joe offering to ravish the buxom blonde, but that's some other Joe...
-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Elmer Fudd
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 08:06 PM

The goods they've got on me are unbelievable. Why, there are even photographs right at the top of Mr. Google's page! Those wascals!!!!!

Elmer

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Janie
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 07:39 PM

Well, my last name is rather unusual, and when I googled Janie Endres all the hits were of me, Googleing "Janie", on the otherhand....

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: skipy
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 07:38 PM

Jim try adding a wild card such as folk or music.
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 07:33 PM

Apparently I'm a pretty good wedding photographer...

Or married to the Rev. Daniel.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Snuffy
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 07:30 PM

With my name there aren't many doppelgangers to hide behind: I put my name into Google and the first 3 pages are all me - but Mudcat doen't appear until number 28.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 07:09 PM

They're only out there as Max is good enought to keep this palce running. So help, and send some money, or donate something interesting to the auction.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Bill D
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 07:01 PM

Nonsense! I entered the short form of my name that I use daily, and at 22 pages of Google his, none were me (even though is has been posted in Mudcat)...the long form gave 7 pages, but none were me.

It all depends on how common your name is, and whether you do much.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 06:57 PM

I just Googled for "Jim Dixon" and I was surprised to see how many Jim Dixons there are who aren't me. (A notable one was the hero of Kingsley Amis' novel "Lucky Jim.") It wasn't until the second page that Mudcat showed up.

Then I Googled within Mudcat ("jim dixon" site:www.mudcat.org) and was astonished to see "about 5,600" hits. Ye gods! Have I posted that much?

It raises the question of whether searching within Mudcat by using Google might be more effective, especially for recent posts, than using Mudcat's own Lyrics & Knowledge Search.

Well, I've been posting here for years now, using my real name, with no ill effects so far. But maybe some other Jim Dixon has been getting my hate mail!

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: skipy
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 06:16 PM

Try typing your name into google, see how many hits you get, then try again putting it in quotes, it will take you directly to you.
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 06:15 PM

Dan,
We can take care of that for you at the Getaway. Don't give it another thought.
Jacqui,
Better pack the large knitting needls.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: GUEST,Dan Schatz cleverly disguising his identity
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 05:43 PM

How do we get a Big Mick tattoo?

Dan

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: bobad
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 05:40 PM

I appear to be a Swedish bathtub: http://www.bobad.com/

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 05:13 PM

I was once courted by a gentleman who did a search on the word "atheist" and arrived at my posting in a Mudcat thread. He married a nurse because had MS. Go figure.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: greg stephens
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 05:05 PM

Among the extremely numerous Greg Stephens I find a professional ghost hunter. He sounds more interesting than the majority of American real estate agents and minor academics, among who it seems to be a very popular name.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 04:44 PM

My name seems to be sort of unique. My father's, Ralph, calls up at least three, one of which is him but from a genealogy site.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: artbrooks
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 04:21 PM

If I search on my full name, I get nothing at all. If I search on my common use name (Art Brooks), I get many many hits, none of which are me.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 04:13 PM

I certainly seem to get around:

a stand up comedian and song writer living in Alberta, Canada and available for hire

Outdoor and Nature Photography

President and CEO of Digital Angel, an Amex listed (ticker:DOC) manufacturer of digital identification monitors. ...

a freelance film producer and, on occasion, a production manager and location scout based in Sydney, Australia

a partner at Reit Asset Management and joined the board

Not currently an MP

manager of AMD's Opteron line

Wireless Group Member

And that is just the first page...

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Don Firth
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 04:07 PM

I use my real name, and I thought it was fairly unique, but the first time I did a "vanity search" on it, I was surprised to learn that it's not. Anyone wanting to track me down would first have to figue out which Don Firth I am. Not that hard to do if someone knows a bit about me and is sufficiently persistent.

But as far as political paranoia is concerned, granted, I'm pretty outspoken, but there's nothing I have said or would say about our political "leaders" that I wouldn't be perfectly willing to say to their faces.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Big Mick
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:58 PM

I wish Max would make something off of this.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Big Mick
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:47 PM

A Google search on "Big Mick" turns up these:

The Big Mick

Big Mick filmography

Big Mick UK Tattoo Studio

Big Mick dot com

Big Mick shows as a performer

Big Mick at TV.com

Explore the works of Big Mick @amazon.com

Somewhere around the third page you finally get a Mudcat post. I imagine they are all there.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:38 PM

LOL at the thought of Max making ANYTHING off of this!

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:30 PM

A few posts seem to turn up, most don't.

Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes

Good advice.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:18 PM

There is NO privacy on the Internet or the World Wide Web. None, zero, nada, zilch. An email or this posting can be around the world within an hour.

More, it can be intercepted at any of the fifteen or so hops it will take to get it to the Mudcat servers.

The moral is: Don't say anything you wouldn't want to come back and haunt you.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:13 PM

If you choose a moniker that has common words in other contexts that mixes it up at Google. And if you have a common regular name, you're mixed in with all of the other carriers of your name. I get myself if I plug in my house phone number but my cell phone doesn't come up. I tried my social security number once and got nothing--that is good! I won't try it again because I don't want that number turning up any more in Google's databases of previously conducted searches.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:03 PM

Yes Paul for some it is, I have also declined to give my name on Mudacat, on other Sites my e-mails don`t appear, just from this Site, beware Max must be cashing in on this.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:01 PM

Been that way for years. Any genealogy site does the same thing as do most others.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 02:49 PM

Well, for SOME it is!

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: Bee
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 02:32 PM

Try typing your real name into Google. It's amazing how much stuff pops up, especially notable if your name is not common. Public meetings you've attended, where minutes are posted on a website, any small thing you've published, letters to newspapers, other people's references to you... at least your Mudcat name is an alias.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: greg stephens
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 02:25 PM

This is its strength, being able to find stuff. If I want to find out about the origins of a song, I would hope an internet search would lead me to the relevant Mudcat thread. Which is why the disfiguring presence of the unwanted anonymous trollers etc is so annoying, serious discussions about folk music get dragged into silly abuse quite often, unfortunately.

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: MMario
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 02:17 PM

guest - virtually anything you post to the internet can be found in a search engine . this forum is open to the public, even though a privately owned site. What did you expect?

Subject: RE: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: jeffp
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 02:16 PM

Been kinda naive haven't you?

Nothing on the internet is private.

Subject: BS: Our posts there for all the world to see
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 02:15 PM

Do members realise that if you type in your mudcat name on the worldwide web it appears with the thread you posted to ? I was not very impressed to find this. I was under the impression what we said here was among ourselves. Yes I am a member, but will be thinking twice about expressing my views under my name from now on.

Try it.