When i typed in ''urvi patel'' in google search engine it came up with 11,400 hits, which was like ''wow''. so then i thought just type in ''urvi'' to get less results but i got 82,200 hits. The websites for ''urvi patel'' ranged from simple personal blogs and webpages to girls who had won awards for their work. I didnt find any of this interesting as it felt like when you see someone with the same shoes on as you and you dont think much of it.
everyone else in class found their facebook or myspace profiles somewhere in their hits but I couldnt find mine. Even though i had thousands of hits shouldnt I be somewhere in the first few pages?How is online identity measured?How does one make themself be on the the first few pages of the results hits. Does popularity determine what number we are on the results page?
In http://www.192.com/search/search.cfm I think i found myself. The year of my first was correct as was the town I was born in but inorder to have a detailed search I needed to become a paying member.
But it is not only fun finding youself online but also scary, if we as a class can stumble across online work from years back then a hacker can work miracles. This exercise reinforces the fear society has about online identity fraud.
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