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09/02/2007 10:18:36 AM · #1 |
//www.google.com/alerts
So you punch in a search term, like your name or your DPC username, etc. and the all powerful Google Gods will email you whenever that search term shows up on the web. Just think of it, an email whenever your name is mentioned.... or your image is stolen..... ;)
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09/02/2007 10:27:40 AM · #2 |
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09/02/2007 10:39:26 AM · #3 |
cindi, have you received any emails yet?
You should be ;-) |
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09/02/2007 10:59:52 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by slickchik:
cindi, have you received any emails yet?
You should be ;-) |
I just signed up yesterday, but yeah, got a couple of emails right off. Its funny to see where your name pops up and if its someplace you don't like you can handle it. :)
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09/02/2007 11:49:32 AM · #5 |
I've been getting Google alerts for my name and my website name for a couple of years now. Funny how many other people are out there with my name. LOL
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09/02/2007 11:51:08 AM · #6 |
While the idea is good, this is another way for Google (and whom ever they sell it too) to keep track of what you are watching so they can target their ads and spam to what interests you. Tracking web useage has been going on since, well, since Al Gore invented the internet. ;D
Mike
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09/02/2007 12:03:13 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by MikeJ:
While the idea is good, this is another way for Google (and whom ever they sell it too) to keep track of what you are watching so they can target their ads and spam to what interests you. Tracking web useage has been going on since, well, since Al Gore invented the internet. ;D
Mike |
Al Gore Didn't invent the internet, but he is a robot from the future sent to destroy mankind.
Message edited by author 2007-09-02 12:03:24. |
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09/02/2007 12:07:19 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by electrolost:
Originally posted by MikeJ:
While the idea is good, this is another way for Google (and whom ever they sell it too) to keep track of what you are watching so they can target their ads and spam to what interests you. Tracking web useage has been going on since, well, since Al Gore invented the internet. ;D
Mike |
Al Gore Didn't invent the internet, but he is a robot from the future sent to destroy mankind. |
I thought he invented the tubes the internet uses to transfer the info. ;) |
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09/02/2007 12:11:27 PM · #9 |
| Al Gore invented al-gor-ithms ;-) |
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09/02/2007 10:38:04 PM · #10 |
Cindi
Thank you for posting this, I put an alert in for my wifes name and got an email already. Found out that her ex-husband has a tax lien in his name with MY ADDRESS! The bastard has never lived at that address, it was a new construction, we moved in right when it got done. I have contacted the state about it and since it doesn't list her also, I acted like I never heard of the person and why would it list my address and that I was now worried the person was trying to use my address for identity theft.
btw...if you are gonna put in your actual name, place it in quotes " " otherwise you get a lot of crap lol...had to go back and edit mine...who knew scott and bacon were common searchs lol. |
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09/02/2007 10:42:04 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by sabphoto:
Cindi
btw...if you are gonna put in your actual name, place it in quotes " " otherwise you get a lot of crap lol...had to go back and edit mine...who knew scott and bacon were common searchs lol. |
Even quotes wouldn't help me. Every time someone named Kelli stated something, it would pop up. LOL! |
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09/02/2007 11:20:46 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by sabphoto:
Cindi
btw...if you are gonna put in your actual name, place it in quotes " " otherwise you get a lot of crap lol...had to go back and edit mine...who knew scott and bacon were common searchs lol. |
Even quotes wouldn't help me. Every time someone named Kelli stated something, it would pop up. LOL! |
sorry I should have written that as: "if you are going to put in your FULL name (first and last)"...my bad. I did it with my name here, my website, my first and last and even my first middle and last since I use that with signing work. |
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09/02/2007 11:47:22 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by sabphoto:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by sabphoto:
Cindi
btw...if you are gonna put in your actual name, place it in quotes " " otherwise you get a lot of crap lol...had to go back and edit mine...who knew scott and bacon were common searchs lol. |
Even quotes wouldn't help me. Every time someone named Kelli stated something, it would pop up. LOL! |
sorry I should have written that as: "if you are going to put in your FULL name (first and last)"...my bad. I did it with my name here, my website, my first and last and even my first middle and last since I use that with signing work. |
But, my full name is Kelli States! I've tried to google myself before and I get a bunch of articles and such with "Kelli states such and such". LOL! |
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