I Now rank for my name
by admin on Apr.28, 2009, under Could do With Less of, Makes Me Happy, Uncategorized
The other day I read a blog post detailing that ego surfing is ever increasing and users are frequently disappointed with the search results and more commonly that they do not appear on the first page of google.
Google already knows that there is a large number of surfers searching for name specific queries. Google has now released a new feature enabling users to create their own google profile which will rank in the search results. Unfortunately profiles are only being pulled into the .com version of google, and you will also need to be signed into your google account before you will see profiles ranking.
Even though I have created my own profile to see this first hand I am not convinced that it is totally secure to have personal details being available via a google search. You can enter as much or as little as you wish, but I still think that all of this public information may lead to a few identity fraud cases.
This is definatelly a step closer towards the dark side for Google.
