Edited by Emma Thomas, Wednesday, 3 Apr 2019, 14:42
Tried out the 'Google yourself' Activity 13 in Part 1 section 4.5.
What was revealed about me?
Expectations before doing this: I’m expecting to have some difficulty
finding references to myself, as I imagine there may be a lot of other Emma
Thomases out there.
How far down did I have to go before finding a reference to myself?
I scrolled down the first 20 pages of Google hits and couldn’t find a single
reference to myself. I gave up after that. I suppose I can at least conclude
that I’m reasonably anonymous.
Adding the keyword ‘Essex’ (I did my
postgrad degrees at the University of Essex) did bring up my LinkedIn profile
page on the first page of hits. Adding the keyword ‘Open’ (I work at The Open
University) again brought up my LinkedIn profile page, as the first hit.
What
was revealed about other people with the same name as me?
One is a link to Facebook profiles of
people called Emma Thomas, though it only lists five. Mine isn’t among
them (I'm fairly sure I've set it as private).
One seems to be the website of an Emma Thomas
who’s Interiors Editor of Homes and Gardens magazine.
A search for Emma Thomas
Tried out the 'Google yourself' Activity 13 in Part 1 section 4.5.
What was revealed about me?
Expectations before doing this: I’m expecting to have some difficulty finding references to myself, as I imagine there may be a lot of other Emma Thomases out there.
How far down did I have to go before finding a reference to myself?
I scrolled down the first 20 pages of Google hits and couldn’t find a single reference to myself. I gave up after that. I suppose I can at least conclude that I’m reasonably anonymous.
Adding the keyword ‘Essex’ (I did my postgrad degrees at the University of Essex) did bring up my LinkedIn profile page on the first page of hits. Adding the keyword ‘Open’ (I work at The Open University) again brought up my LinkedIn profile page, as the first hit.
What was revealed about other people with the same name as me?
Mainly, that there are a lot of them.
Of the top 10 hits on ‘Emma Thomas’:
Other Emma Thomases seemingly more famous than me
I used to wish I had a less common name (and still do sometimes), but I suppose my name has some advantages.