Apple
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Post by Apple on Sept 4, 2012 23:37:47 GMT -5
I think I'm the only one in the world with my name. Really. There are a limited number in the states with my last name and I'm related to all but two of them (they're some weirdos on the east coast ), and no one would spell my first name the same way back in the "home country".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2012 23:39:41 GMT -5
My married name is also unique... just googled mysef... uhh, i mean creeped myself out...
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msventoux
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Post by msventoux on Sept 5, 2012 0:05:24 GMT -5
You are definitely doing it wrong. Once you google them, you get their address. Then, you go on google maps and look at their house. Then, you go to zillow and see how much it is worth. And then (if you are in Maricopa County) you go to the county recorder's website and find their loan paperwork and see how much they had to borrow on their house. Then, you do an amortization table and see if they are upside-down or not. Then, you go to Linkedin and see their job title and company. Then, you go to Salary.com and try to estimate their salary. Then, you go to facebook and see their spouse. Then, you go to their spouse's Linkedin page and see their job title and company, and repeat the salary.com step. Does one get absolved of creepiness at all if one did some of that plus looked everyone in the neighborhood up in the court records prior to purchasing their house? Not that I would know anything about how to go about that. I do happen to live in a really quiet, law abiding neighborhood though.
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susanb
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Post by susanb on Sept 5, 2012 0:22:30 GMT -5
I looked up my landlord before we came to see this house and knew his full name, age, his wife's name and age, how many houses he owned, the business he used to own, and where he grew up (sibling's online obituary) in ten minutes. My husband thought I was creepy for doing that. I just wanted to get an idea of who I was going to be dealing with. Googling people for business is not creepy, it is common sense. I think another factor in this discussion is facebook. I don't have a facebook page. If I had contacted my childhood friend through facebook, I don't think sarah would have found it super creepy. Those of us who don't have a facebook account are probably more likely to use google to reach out to long lost friends or satisfy our curiosity about someone from our past.
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973beachbum
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Post by 973beachbum on Sept 5, 2012 8:53:29 GMT -5
Google my first name and you would have so many pages to go through you would forget why you were there in the first place. I just did first, middle initial and last name for both of us and I literally did get bored after about the third page of other people's stuff. All I saw for any name I google are mostly Dr's and obituaries.
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ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Sept 5, 2012 11:58:40 GMT -5
I googled my name and got 10M hits. It's the same as a celebrity.
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 5, 2012 12:13:36 GMT -5
I actually know someone who got a lead through Facebook that ended up with a job offer. But, the mere existence of a facebook account usually won't eliminate you. Only if you have bunch of pictures of you in compromising positions.
I googled all the candidates I got for my last job posting. I didn't find much - so it was super boring. One guy had the same name as a child molester, but the age was totally wrong and it was a somewhat common name. Another gal had written a testimonial for a life coach. I will say it may her a little weird to me, and I ended up not interviewing her. She was very "spiritual" and touchy-feely in the testimonial. Not really qualities you look for in a finance person. Also, she gave some details about her emotional status before seeing this life coach. Nothing that many people haven't gone through, but why hire someone who is so forthright with their problems? I don't need that. I've got my own problems.
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