Google - who am I?

I google. A lot of people google. I google a lot of people.  A lot of people google people. Maybe I google you…. What if a lot of people google me? The information that shows up on google is increasingly turning in to the first impression on people like your future employer, a potential business client, or maybe a date… or maybe not, (I’ll definitely google my future boyfriend at some point). But any ways,  even though the reasons to why people google you might be endless, on the other hand some specific reasons are rather important, not only do you want to be correctly presented to certain people, you might also prefer that relevant and impressive information pop up on the first page on the google results page.   

I just read some interesting research on people googleing their one name on brandyourself’s blog. Not surprisingly did 75% of the US online adults in the survey google their one name. However 48% of them stated that the information that showed up was not positive. 42% have searched someone before doing business with them, 45% of these people found something that made them reconsider and not do business after all. This might be something to think about?

Have you ever tried to videotape a school presentation or something like that, to be able to improve before the actual presentation? It’s really awkward and you realize that you sound kind of weird, your hair is kind of off, and what’s up with all the hand gestures? (or maybe that’s just me) The main purpose is how to improve. It is probably the easiest and most honest way to view yourself because you get to see how other people see you. What you do with this information is then up to you, and most likely (because you all are so incredibly smart, innocent and loving people) you don’t need to do anything. In many cases the question is rather if you want to improve it. By focusing this blog on how you appear online I hope that you may not only keep a couple of doe’s and don’ts in the back of your head, but maybe also put in a little more effort to make the gap a little smaller between your actual personality, and the person you appear as on the Internet. Have you googled yourself? If so, would you generally consider the results positive and a good reflection of you?  

 

I found this really random movie that I thought would be… well maybe it’s actually not that appropriate…
 - But at least it shows that some people might have different reasons to google their names.

Hope you have a awesome week!

 - Lise