BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Splott Man
Date: 14 Jul 05 - 07:29 AM

149 as Splott Man. All Mudcat or links from Mudcat.

Only 43 as myself.

But 187 using my given name.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: GUEST,muppitz at work
Date: 14 Jul 05 - 05:32 AM

"My name is Legion, for we are many" - Red Dwarf!

I've just been and re-checked my entries, there are actually only 20, the other 1,170 are related to muppets!
God damn it, that guy is always stealing my limelight!

muppitz x

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: GUEST,Skipy
Date: 13 Jul 05 - 07:02 PM

forgot to use the " "
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: GUEST,skipy
Date: 13 Jul 05 - 06:59 PM

I,ve just done it again ------------- 3,700,000 hits! hoe the hell can that happen?
Skipy (going again)

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 13 Jul 05 - 06:48 PM

I share my name with a ex professional footballer - you could read about this guy for the rest of your life - if I were him, I'd never log off reading my notices.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Jul 05 - 12:47 AM

"My name is legion, for we are many." - Satan, The Book of Mark, Chapter 5,6-9

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 05:23 PM

551 and none of them me !!.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Teresa
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 04:57 PM

Ok, there's me, including a former life.

Then, this is neat, because I'm blind so my alter-egoes are:

an illustrator of children's books
a physical therapist, with a bunch of scholarly papers

I wonder if my third cousin is either one of these?; she share's my first and surname. I think it was something like 500 hits altogether.

Teresa

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 04:52 PM

But they are all his postings on mudcat so still only one of him!!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 04:34 PM

But if you google on "geoff the duck" there are 221 references!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 04:32 PM

3 and none of them me. Strange to say Geoff really is as unique as he appears in real life - not one out there!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: MBSLynne
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 04:07 PM

Just me. 23 hits and all me.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 04:01 PM

About 25, two of which are not me. But then, I have an unusual name.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: sixtieschick
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 03:59 PM

11,700 and they are mine, all mine.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Little Robyn
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 03:56 PM

If I were to put in my maiden name (Williams) I'd get all sorts of film stuff!
Nanoo nanoo!
Robyn (not from Ork)

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: wildlone
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 03:23 PM

18 hits as "dave"
I am a Detective Supt.
I also have a P.Eng.
I am a founder member of a Theatre group.
But the real me appears on the autoharp register.
and as a poster on a living history forum.
111 hits for "david"
Registrar of the High Court and acting chief magistrate,

dave

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: muppitz
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 03:01 PM

1,190 and most of those were links to mudcat threads I've posted on!

It asked me if I'd meant to search for 'muppets'.
As if I hadn't got my work cut out getting 'catters to know the difference between me and muppett, now google is confused!

muppitz x
(Female, doesn't wear glasses, has long red hair!)

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Wolfgang
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 02:58 PM

Some 500 altogether, some dozen actually me.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: s6k
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 02:34 PM

well, i got 10,600,000 hits - but then again i have a famous name.

i thought about looking through every page to see how many are me, but i decided against it in the end.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: greg stephens
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 02:26 PM

There are a lot of "me"s. The most interesting one I've seen is a ghost-hunters. The others write articles about real estate and stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: gnomad
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 01:59 PM

"About 1,650,000" says Google.

Having the same name as the subject/victim of a Stephen King novel seems to boost my rating.

All things considered, I don't think I will bother checking them all out!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 01:28 PM

22,400.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: jonm
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 12:46 PM

My name.com is a saxophone teacher in Nottingham. Most hits go to my namesake arrested for major fraud in the States, then to a surfin' dude. I appear only occasionally, since few people spell my name right. I don't get many hits with a mis-spelling either, though.

My handle generates a couple of software nerds in the US and Oz.

If I put myself and my wife in, I get loads of hits on a "swingers" network!

Hmm....

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: khandu
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 12:32 PM

140 and, to my delight, not one is me!!

k

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Kaleea
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 12:21 AM

There are about 6 of "me" in the little city where I've lived the past 10 years. One is a veterinarian.   One has a really good job with really good benefits--I know because a few years back the pharmacy put my meds on her insurance account. She also is one year to the month younger than me. & at the time of the ins booboo, within a few blocks. When I was in college there were at least 8 gals with my name & all sopranos--the singing kind, not the mafioso kind. I imagine if I were to "google" myself the amount of hits would be roughly the same as Pi.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: GUEST,ragdall
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 09:36 PM

4 hits. 2 are me, 2 are for one individual on a Descendancy Chart for a family which is not at all related to me.

A search for my birth name yielded 70 hits, none are me. Wish it were me.. the main person there was filthy rich!

Name in a previous life yielded 3,700 hits. I'm too lazy to check. Hopefully none are really me. (Glad that I dumped that name).

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Blowzabella
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 08:13 PM

I've only got 46 hits but they are all me! Mostly relating to press releases I've done, or references for performers.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: MMario
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 08:13 PM

not many on google.

But inside my head, there is me, him, the other guy, the other guys cousin, the other guys other cousin, their ancestor, their descendant, and whass-hisname. Then there are a couple unrelated people.

MMario
Leo
Ben
Owain
Stavros
Malveo
Willy
Laylo
Deuteronomy
Wolfgang
Rumplestitskin
Alexander

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Charmion
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 07:46 PM

You know what? The world is not full of people named Charmion.

I got two pages of hits, all of them referring to stuff I wrote, plus Google's delicate hint that the Internet is cluttered with pretty well identical clag that I could have if I really want it.

I'm kinda flattered to find out that quite a large number of personal websites link to or just plain steal Fourth Dimension, the history feature I write for the Canadian Forces newspaper and website.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Emma B
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 07:41 PM

12,100 apparently - when I have a week to spare I might read some of them

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Chris Green
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 07:38 PM

I'm the director of Virgin Rail, apparently. I wasn't previously aware of this. Maybe if I showed up to the office once in a while, it might be less of a mess!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: akenaton
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 07:29 PM

Not one bloody hit!!

Seems nobody's ever heard of me....

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: PoppaGator
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 06:50 PM

See the "Google Yourself" thread for my story about the dead guy with my name.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 05:57 PM

66000 for John macKenzie, obviously what my first mother-in-law said was right, I'm as common as muck!
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 05:44 PM

433 hits...

A bunch of them are me, or me related...

Wierdest thing? I donno... I got better things to do than look at all 433 hits....

Subject: RE: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: GUEST,Skipy
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 05:43 PM

SORRY, can't believe it, just scolled down & found the same concept about "googling oneself".
So please take this thread off.
Skipy.

Subject: BS: How many of 'you' are there out there?
From: GUEST,Skipy
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 05:40 PM

Type your real name in a search engine(of your choice).
Enclose it in "    ".
Just how many hits do you get?
I got nearly 6000, some of them where me.
What is the wierdest thing that a "you" (that means someone who shares your name)got on the net for?
Skipy (drinking in date beer from the local co-op!)