Google Me - 2014 Edition

Back in March 2013, I wrote a blog entry about the results I got when I Googled myself.  I divided the results into categories: hits that actually referred to me, other people with the same name as me, people connected to me by blood or surname, food, random people, and completely random miscellany. I wondered if (and how) the results had changed over the intervening year and a half, so I Googled myself again, and here are the current results.


Me

• This blog
• My LinkedIn profile
• A YouTube video about the family dance studio
• A newspaper column I write

• A Twitter entry or two
• Several articles about shows I've performed in

• Several extremely unflattering photos of a very pregnant me

Other people with my name

• An "upcycler" in New Orleans, LA
• A Senior Executive in Brisbane, Australia
• A utility worker from Parson, TN

• A computer scientist in Norfolk, VA
• A dental hygienist in Vancouver, Canada
• An author in Florida
• My late mother-in-law

People with a connection to me (either family or sharing my surname)

• An article about "The Jesus People Movement in America" referencing an author named Philpott
• An ad for "Philpott's Fish and Chip Shop"

• A photo of my stepdaughter's graduation from Army boot camp

Random people

• Molly Ringwald
• A model wearing a red peacoat

• A beaver wearing a bumblebee costume (okay, technically not a "person," but close enough)
• An unidentified Asian man
• Tim Tebow

Random stuff

• A number of newspaper reports on Hurricane Sandy
• A newspaper article with the headline, "No SPCA Investigation of Vicious Llama Attack" (I swear, I am not making that up)

• A description of an archaeological dig
• The index to "Burke's Dictionary of Landed Gentry"
• A vintage photograph of a woman wearing a string of pearls and a very low-cut dress

• A bulletin from the US Geological Survey
• A number of fringed leather handbags

In general, I’d say that the Google results are slightly more on-target this time. The first page of results is almost completely people who share my name, and it isn’t until page 3 or 4 that the really weird stuff comes up. So, well done, Google! Your stalking has become much more refined. You should be proud. I think.