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    i dunno if i have a right to be a lil paranoid or not....


    ive been a bit bored on the net lately, so ive been googling my name in all sorts of different vairants.heh then i did my user name....

    holyfuck...

    every.single.thread.

    every.single.website.

    thats NOT cool.

    is there a way to delete that kind of thing from showing up on google?! tis a lil worrying...mainly cos i say so much crap etc...

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    good thing I picked "Bunny."

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    Well, I did google one of my handles, "Deja Voodoo", and found out that it's also a New Zealand rock group!



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    I googled my real name and found many things including an M.D. with my same name.

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    Oh my God.... you're so right.... I don't like this. I also found out someone has defined erotictonic in urbandictionary.com. Too funny.

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    yeah, but i google mermaidnz, and then expand it..and it brings up every single post ive ever made on any site under that name.....and i usually say pretty private things online, cos i didnt think it mattered....

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    omg! i just did this w/one of my screen names i use to post things. AH! i never thought that could be made public as far as just searching a screen name. i found something from like 4 yrs ago i had written. this is weird. oh well....
    kinda freak though, i'll agree.

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    Chantell the porn star came up but that's not me! lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by mermaidnz
    yeah, but i google mermaidnz, and then expand it..and it brings up every single post ive ever made on any site under that name.....and i usually say pretty private things online, cos i didnt think it mattered....
    Yea, that's what I'm talking about. It does that with erotictonic too. But how many people are going to google mermaidnz or erotictonic? It's not something to worry about.

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    Thank goodness for your paranoia Mer..

    I googled my name and found the SW stuff..thats to be expected.
    But I also found where someone has registered an email account under my "name"
    Plus they have created an online journal !

    http://www.greatestjournal.com/useri...farrah_holiday

    Wow.. I think I'm going to send him/her a nice email when I get back in later..
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    The only way to keep the information here from showing up in search engined would be for the entire site to be username/password protected so that the spiders couldn't go through ...and even then the spiders could be set up with usernames/passwords.

    ...wouldn't be a bad idea for Pryce to make the site protected from non-registered users, though... hmmmmmmmmmmm.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MojoJojo
    The only way to keep the information here from showing up in search engined would be for the entire site to be username/password protected so that the spiders couldn't go through ...and even then the spiders could be set up with usernames/passwords.

    ...wouldn't be a bad idea for Pryce to make the site protected from non-registered users, though... hmmmmmmmmmmm.



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    Quote Originally Posted by tootsie
    you are a pretty smart guy, i love reading your posts.
    Hey......sometimes I'm even accurate!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MojoJojo
    ...wouldn't be a bad idea for Pryce to make the site protected from non-registered users, though... hmmmmmmmmmmm.
    But then how would we attract new members?


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    I guess Pryce can add a thing on the form so when new members sign on,they have to register on the spot.
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    I have no idea how, but I think there is a way to set the board so that it's not searchable by google and the like.

    I'm on another board that uses Vbulletin and user names/individual threads don't come up in searches.
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    I keep getting links to Playboy-related stuff. Go figure.

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    I didn't get anything on my user name from here. That's interesting though, never thought of doing that before.

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    if you type yur name in brackets, or add some gaps, or add a few random details about yourself, like state letters or something, you can find more stuff too.....

    its not a real big deal, but it did kinda freak me out when i searched, and then hit the "ommitted entiries simmilar to those already shown" button..and up popped another few HUNDRED posts!!

    only takes one phsyco custy to do it! ?

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    http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...oastgirl&meta=

    Luckily my username is so popular..... if you judged me on those results I'm also a computer geek and a member of Club Cuddly.... which I am not. The rest of the results on the first page are relevant.

    I'm not too freaked out by it..... ever since a specific manager from the club across the road from my home club took me aside one day when I was working there and informed me about what I was posting in my Yahoo Group... all those posts have since disappeared and I've smartened up as to what I say now on the internet.

    Just be very very careful when you use names


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    Quote Originally Posted by mermaidnz
    ive been a bit bored on the net lately, so ive been googling my name in all sorts of different vairants.heh then i did my user name....

    .....

    is there a way to delete that kind of thing from showing up on google?! tis a lil worrying...mainly cos i say so much crap etc...

    add a character to your screen name if you can edit it in anyway otherwise try contacting the site administrator if it bothers you so much: m3rmaidnz
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    huh- I have someone over in Britain using the same name...I don't mind so much. She probably thought of the same name too. -shrug-

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    Quote Originally Posted by MojoJojo
    The only way to keep the information here from showing up in search engined would be for the entire site to be username/password protected so that the spiders couldn't go through ...and even then the spiders could be set up with usernames/passwords.

    ...wouldn't be a bad idea for Pryce to make the site protected from non-registered users, though... hmmmmmmmmmmm.
    I wonder how valuable people thing their privacy is....

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    Mermaid, why are you worried? Do you tell a lot of people that you have the online handle MermaidNZ or something? I'm confused as to how people would necessarily know it was you.

    You also could have your username changed to something more generic.

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    Well, I'm pretty safe with this nickname. Heh.

    I googled myself just for shits & giggles. Of course, the only thing that came up was information about the Goddess Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac's song of the same name, and random information on Stevie Nicks.

    Someone would have to look pretty hard to find me here. I did put Rhiannon, Stripperweb. That returned a few results. But, like I said, people would have to look pretty hard and actually know how to look it up.

    I don't think you're paranoid, Mermaid. But you could always do what Susan suggested and change your username.

    Matter of fact, I've even googled my real full name in the past. I was completely shocked when "SEEKING TAMI ______" came up. Turns out it was my one of my best girl friends who hadn't heard from me in awhile. It was a whole entry in her journal dedicated to me. LOL

    It was cute, but I tore her a new one for throwing my last name in there.

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