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Google Yourself

Reread the article posted in this week’s module entitled Google Yourself. Perform a vanity search.

To get the most complete and accurate search results, search for things like your name, email address, home and work address, city, and phone number(s)—all written in a variety of ways. Also, put quotes around your search terms so Google will know to search for the exact phrase. Perform the following searches using your information:

  • First and last name: “will bolding”
  • First, middle, and last name: “will edward bolding”
  • Last name followed by first name: “bolding, will”
  • Last name followed by first and middle name: “bolding, will edward”
  • First and last name, plus city (outside of quotes): “will bolding” chicago
  • Street address: “555 elm st”
  • Street address, plus city (outside of quotes): “555 elm st” chicago
  • Email address: “willbolding@email.com”
  • Phone number, plus area code (no spaces or hyphens): “3215554444”

Turn in the following:

  1. What did you find when you searched your name? What type of information and/or images came up?
  2. What surprised you about the results of your search?
  3. Do you think your presence on social media affected the results of the search? How? Explain.
  4. What impression are you giving to a future employer?
  5. What can you do to manage this impression? List 2-3 ideas.

Please help to do the exercise and give a comment for the 2 short videos.