Did you find your GoogleGänger? It seems very narcissistic(ego-surfing!), but with all the tons and tons of searches using all of the search engines, meta crawlers, and self-serve spiders, you know that everyone eventually decides to plug in their own name, just out of sheer curiosity.
Sometimes, people with uncommon names find out that there is one after all… someone walking around with the same name as you. Not only that, but also indexed on “teh interwebs!” Can you believe it?
, especially if someone with your name is highly profiled, or in the public eye for some reason or another.
Just like when doing image searches, you need to brace yourself for those little uncertainties, though. If your name has any connotations with lewd behavior, you will likely have been ribbed a good bit in grade school, and already be aware, but there’s always the chance that your surname turns out to be a slang term for some really vile bedroom follies in a faraway culture. If this happens to you, please let me know. (it might be a good idea to check at Urban Dictionary as a precaution) I would find it fascinating, out of sheer enjoyment of neologisms in general. Even better if it’s a paleogism.
But then, after you have identified your GoogleGanger, by all means follow Sara’s lead and turn it into some friendly SEO competition… vying for position where the search term is your name can be quite good practice for larger SEO projects!