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Pacion
03-23-2004, 07:48 PM
:lol: With Pygmalion as my inspiration for this thread :lol: do you have any favourite subjects to Google, other than dance :lol: Is there anything that you have found on the internet/Google that made you think - Wow! Why didn't we have this technology so widely availabe 10/15 years ago? :oops: :lol:

Do you even remember a time before "Google" :wink: I remember using Yahoo and getting frustrated, yet thinking it was the "best thing since sliced bread". And now :cry: it has been on the backbenches for so long :lol:
pygmalion
03-23-2004, 07:54 PM
Truthfully, I google pretty much everything these days. I started out with a few specific topics, but now, google is my first line of defense, whenevr I have a question.



Have you ever googled yourself? Pretty enlightening. :wink:
Pacion
03-23-2004, 08:04 PM
Have I ever googled myself? As in, have I googled or entered my name into google and waited with baited breathe to see what came up :lol:

I use Google all the time :oops: Thank goodness you don't have to pay per search :oops: I would have to put my unborn children, who have yet to be conceived :!: out to work already :lol:
Swing Kitten
03-23-2004, 11:31 PM
I often find their image searches handy :D
Sagitta
03-24-2004, 04:49 AM
I use google quite a bit. I've heard of quite a few other useful search engines and have a list of them on my home pc. I plan to investigate them in the future, but for now google seems to work fine so I haven't bothered exploring other options. :)
pygmalion
03-24-2004, 06:48 AM
Have I ever googled myself? As in, have I googled or entered my name into google and waited with baited breathe to see what came up :lol:

I use Google all the time :oops: Thank goodness you don't have to pay per search :oops: I would have to put my unborn children, who have yet to be conceived :!: out to work already :lol:

Yes. Have you entered yuor name and/or vital info and waited to see what came up? I have. Pretty interesting. :wink: 8)
MacMoto
03-24-2004, 09:58 AM
Have I ever googled myself? As in, have I googled or entered my name into google and waited with baited breathe to see what came up :lol:

Just tried. Got 397 hits for my real name and 493 hits for MacMoto. I didn't know it was a real name...
pygmalion
03-24-2004, 10:01 AM
Same here. I got tons of people with my name, and I actually found a couple references to the real me. My home owners association activities, a couple papers I co-authored. Pretty fun, huh? :wink:
Christina75
03-24-2004, 03:02 PM
I have Google Advanced set as my internet home page. It's comforting somehow.
www.ask.com is my alternate searching page. :D

Christina
Pacion
03-24-2004, 04:58 PM
I have done Googled my name and various members of my family. It is spooky when you get some of these "family tree" websites, the name is there (first name and surname of course :lol: ) and the date of birth is something like 1875! :shock: :lol:
MacMoto
03-25-2004, 07:20 AM
I have Google Advanced set as my internet home page.

I used to have Google as my home page too, but now I've got the Google tool bar installed on every PC I use so it's permanently at hand.
Christina75
03-25-2004, 08:34 AM
I used to have Google as my home page too, but now I've got the Google tool bar installed on every PC I use so it's permanently at hand.

:shock: Oohh! How do I get that?
pygmalion
03-25-2004, 09:11 AM
go to http://www.toolbar.google.com and download it for free. :D
Christina75
03-25-2004, 09:27 AM
:tongue: grrrr! I don't have access on this computer to install things. Oh well, maybe I can charm our network administrator into doing it for me. LOL Thanks anyway y'all! :D

Christina
salsachinita
03-25-2004, 08:44 PM
While we are on the subject of Googling self, a friend of mine (who didn't have my e-mail address) actually Googled me......and guess where he found me....?

Right here at DF :shock: !

Apparantly my posts reflected my personality so well, it just couldn't be anyone else :roll: :lol: ........so I was told.
pygmalion
03-25-2004, 09:09 PM
Have you tried googling IMAGES of yourself? I couldn't find any pictures of myself, thank goodness, but I found my SO. I also found d nice... a few times. Hmm. Think I'll google SD next. LOL.
pygmalion
03-25-2004, 09:17 PM
Ha! Found him in DanceNotes. Plus the very interesting results of a survey, which I think I'll post elsewhere.


Gotta be careful where you post your photos. LOL.
Sagitta
03-26-2004, 03:37 AM
Only 2 hits on first page, and one on second page of results for my name. Guess I'm not so famous after all! :(