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[andrewducker]

[Poll #442267]

i.e. if I google for Andrew Ducker then I'm top. catamorphism thinks this is fairly common - so I'd like to find out how many of you are...

Comments

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

I'm the top 24 entries...

[andrewducker]

You've always got to be a pain, haven't you?

[cruft.livejournal.com]

I'm not, but a dumb question I posted to a Debian list is.

[seidl.livejournal.com]

I'm at least the top 10 entries. Didn't feel like continuing looking. But I've been online a long time, published things, been involved in somewhat interesting internet law, etc. Leaves footprints.

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

Define "I am the top entry"? I'm not, but an article I wrote is.

[andrewducker]

Then you win. I mean "the search term that was found by google is a reference to you"

[akicif.livejournal.com]

It changes, though. When I first searched for my name on the web, I was the only Steve Glover to appear. Then there was the spammer internet marketeer (which caused problems when an interviewer thought I was that one), then the French teacher, and then the chemist. The musician, the accountant and the guy from Jackass all turned up at the same time about two or three years ago, but thanks to the power of the blogosphere, I'm back on top!

For now, anyway....

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

Miramon!!!!!!????

[miramon.livejournal.com]

I do tend to ping pong back and forth with some university professor, but yes I've been the top Steve Davies on Google pretty much since it was in beta (out of 1,290,000 hits for Steve Davies).

[makyo.livejournal.com]

Yes, but narrowly followed by a poet, a baronet (who composes organ music, and is the grandson of an eminent architect), and a management consultant of some sort.

[flickgc.livejournal.com]

If I put it in quotes, I'm the only entry....

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

Errrr...no. :-D

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

In fact, I'm the only person with my name mentioned anywhere on the Web, except for some Montessori school teacher in Massachusetts who didn't appear until recently, and who I resent GREATLY.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

I'm the only entry. As far as I know I'm the only person in the world with my first-and-last-name combination (it's quite likely, as most people with the surname are German, and Kate isn't a German name).

[andrewducker]

However, a fair few people left Germany for the UK 50-odd years ago.

Of course, most of those had names ending in -stein.

[ladysisyphus.livejournal.com]

Man, you don't hit me until page five.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Nope. There seems to be a whole lot of me's. I blame the pods.

[richardf8]

My fellow Rich Furmans are a Poet and a Social Worker, both of whom outrank me by a good bit.

[nickys.livejournal.com]

I'm top of the list under one of my names and second under the other.
Quite a surprise given that none of my names are unusual.

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

Yup - first and second. Luckily the really embarassing stuff is a little harder to find.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

I don't understand what you mean - do you mean my web page, or just any random mention of me?

[andrewducker]

any mention

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

If I google for my first and married last name, I'm the only result.

If I google for my first and maiden last name, I get outranked by my alter ego, who seems to be a real estate agent with a really aggressive internet marketing plan.

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Heh, out of boredom I searched for my old nickname and maiden name. I haven't found myself yet, but I have found some interesting namesakes, like:

"Sandy Geary, black, was accidentally shot and killed in a saloon on Beale Street in Memphis, January 15, 1876."

[greenzowie.livejournal.com]

I've only ever seen one other person on the web with my name - but that was ages ago. I think I'm unique now, at least on google!

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

In fact I'm top of three of the four search engines I've used, including Google.

[fire-sermon.livejournal.com]

I don't even make an entry till the bottom of page five...! (it used to be on the first page!!) But then there's an actress with the same as me. Apparently. I've never heard of her....

[birdofparadox.livejournal.com]

I am 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7th on Google.

[andrewducker]

Anyone would think you were famous :->

[davidcook.livejournal.com]

Ha ! First ? Not even first 50.
Even with my middle name (Thorley) I can't find myself on the first page of results. I'm just too common, apparently ...

(rwrylsin, on the other hand ... )

[drplokta]

Number 31. There's this lead singer with the Waterboys crowding me out.

[blackmanxy.livejournal.com]

I don't even appear in a search for my name anymore.