Appearing on Google does have risks, advantages and limitations. Having your name more well known makes sites erupt with information about you. Even information that is meant to be private or personal. Also, when your name, picture or any other publication is put onto the internet, it is there permanently. Even if it is "deleted" from the site it is posted on it will forever be in the world of the internet and any information could be downloaded, saved or shared. Especially if that information, picture or publication is degrading to your name, it can make a person feel even more remorseful or ashamed for what could be posted. All in all, being googable has its pros and cons. However, it depends how one carries on their lives that will determine if that information on Google is positive or negative.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Sara E. McMall--not famous...
The site Google has become synonymous with knowing just about anything you want to know. Simply type in a word and up comes probably over thousands of results. However, for my name Sara McMall, there is a select few. Most of the results come up with recognitions I received in high school. It varies from being the class vice president to being a part of the state championship basketball team my junior year. In the future, I can see myself being more googable. I hope to make a bright future for myself that includes great success in the business world that will hopefully lead to my name becoming more well-known. I wouldn't mind being googable, as opposed to being afraid of being so.
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I like your emphasis on individual choice. It matters how someone carries oneself in determining whether google will be a good or bad tool for him or her. For a person that can keep him or herself under control, being google-able can work wonders (take the job market, for example). Those who struggle in the same regard could find themselves in dire straits on google because once something is on the internet, it is there forever.
ReplyDeleteits cool you actually found yourself on google. also i like the fact taht you talked about the doubles sidedness of google instead of polarizing yourself to different points.
ReplyDeleteI like how you emphasize the importance of being google-able in the future. One's google-ability is not very important at a young age as others' ability to see your position as vice president makes little difference. However, as we hope to become more successful in a certain profession, it helps to have that extra form of advertising for ourselves.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time that I have heard of being Google-able as being a good thing and as something to aspire. It is certainly an interesting take on the issue. I guess I did not really think at first of being Google-able as being well know in a good way, but that is how it should register in my head initially. I also like how talked about both sides of the argument at least a little bit. That way, you can really compare the risks to the advantages.
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