Comments on: Have you ever Googled your date?

By: BJ

BJ — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:32:10 +0000

On the other hand, how much better to know whether or not you have been Googled by your date?

This can be done by joining one of the growing number of online address books for people that place your name (on your profile) high up in the search engine results and provide a search alert service – for example either wikiworldbook.com or ziggs.com.

When someone Googles your name, the profile will be clearly visible in the search engine results and be an obvious target to investigate. The moment they have clicked your profile, you will be alerted by email with such information as the searchers geographical location plotted on a Google map, the keyword used to find you and the search engine being used.

Of course it won’t pick up every time you are being Googled because it depends on your profile being clicked – but if its truely you they are searching for, the chances are good they will click your profile.

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By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:36:56 +0000

Yep, I Google, but unless there are obvious warning signs, sometimes Google doesn’t do a whole lot to fill in the blanks — like, oh, he ran a 5K last year and look at his time! As it is I can’t find more mundane things in Google, but I try it anyway.

By: Hanie

Hanie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:49:47 +0000

Yeap, Ive googled (and did a few stuff) and that was when I found out a few things about my ex. His name is just on about every sex site available on earth, it was sickening. His friendster profile looks like a dating site.

I will definitely do some research when the time comes for me to go into the dating scene again. Its amazing at how trails of infos are left behind the minute you log in.

By: singlemomseeking

singlemomseeking — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:35:58 +0000

kb: Whoa, I had no idea. The online court system. Good one! I’m going to check that out her in Cali!

Lexi’s mom: great, you’re on the ball! Go mama.

Amy: I agree… USE IT! Amen.

Dee: Indeed, if we want our kids to be informed and knowledgeable, we’ve got to be role models for them, right?

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:07:59 +0000

Yep…. did it, will do it again, would suggest everyone do it. Google yourself to see what they might find out about you too.

It’s not always bad things you’ll find either. One guy I looked up, I found info about an award he received, saying what a great guy he was.

I can deal with what I know a lot easier than with what I don’t know.

By: Lexi's Mom

Lexi's Mom — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:40:54 +0000

Amy,
You’re absolutely right. If I was “out there” in the dating world or even trying to get back out there, I would definitely do my homework. There are just too many liars and jerks out there. And we won’t even talk about the pedophiles and other perverts. I had a close girlfriend who believed (or wanted to believe) everything her beau told her while I saw right through him, being the nontrusting soul that I am. When she found out everything that he had lied to her about, she had a breakdown and had to be hospitalized. All of that, while unfortunate, could have been avoided had she been more cautious and not so naive. (I felt awful for her and helped her through it because of the good natured kind of person that she is. But boy, did she learn a lesson!)

Like you said, it’s so easy to find out information nowadays, so I think women are smart to do some investigating, sooner, rather than later. Thank goodness you and your child are ok!

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:16:34 +0000

I am the WORST on trust. Now you have to PROOVE to me you say who you are. I instantly think every word out of their mouth could be a lie. I have a family member who works for the WA State Patrol. He runs background checks for me. I Google, I “Myspace”, I friendster” , you name it I research it. If I find a lie I ask them about it and if the answer doesn’t match up they are GONE.

I found out 9 months after my daughter was born that her father had a wrap sheet 3 pages long! He had 3 DUI’s and was facing #4 when I found all this out. He had a FELONY assault! I had a child with this man and had NO CLUE. Unless you do your homework you may not know. They could have children, a wife, a felony, a history of drugs, or pedophile charges.

We now have the technology and tools to protect ourselves and our children…..I say USE IT!

By: Kvetch

Kvetch — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:59:44 +0000

Absolutely! You can sometimes find information at company websites as well — but believe it or not, some people are still un-google-able! Once all I could find was the high school track team record of a guy’s daughter.

By: Lexi's Mom

Lexi's Mom — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:53:42 +0000

I’ve only had one date since my husband and I separated, so I’m probably not the best person to respond to this. But I did look him up, or rather the schools he went to, because he said he had two degrees, a BA and a Masters, but they were both from schools that I had never heard of. So I actually looked the schools up, and found that they did exist.