Comments on In the Trenches of Mommyhood....: Are You Google-able?

I only use my name and picture on my blog. First i...

2010-03-11T01:15:06.361-05:00

I only use my name and picture on my blog. First initial for the husband and daughter. She's really friendly and I would hate for someone (probably totally never gonna happen) to "find" us and know her name and call out to her and then she'll think said person knows her...etc. No pictures of her face either. To each her own!

Facebook is linked to my blog, but not vice

I use my name openly... if you google my name, you...

2010-02-02T12:41:56.151-05:00

I use my name openly... if you google my name, you'll find my website, my blog, and a whole host of comments I've left across the web. But then, I don't think I'm particularly contraversial, and I don't have kids to worry about... at the moment, this works for me.

Visiting from SITS, hope you're having a great week :)

Privacy seems to be a thing of the past. Since I ...

2010-02-02T06:48:46.047-05:00

Privacy seems to be a thing of the past. Since I am branding my website, I am all over the place. If I had small children, I would be very cautious about their identities. I wouldn't even allow our names on the door or mailbox when they were growing up! *)

It's funny because I just wrote last week abou...

2010-02-01T16:58:58.968-05:00

It's funny because I just wrote last week about my older kids' middle school and the number of kids who are 11 or 12 or 13 and becoming fans of the school's page, which pretty much says, "Hey, I'm a kid who goes here. Now you know my name and what I look like."

I'm not out with the blog, just my first name and my husband's. I've not used the kids&

My name is out there well my maiden name. I don...

2010-01-30T20:34:34.458-05:00

My name is out there well my maiden name. I don't post pics of my daughter I am just too scared that some crazy psycho will look at them or find something out. I know some many people do and it is safe but I am neurotic but nature I guess. LOVE your blog and will be back again soon!

Like the precious poster said..I respect those tha...

2010-01-30T19:10:14.972-05:00

Like the precious poster said..I respect those that are far more careful...however, I live my internet out there pretty publicly, full name etc...but have a hubby, like yours, that is sooooo anti-Facebook/social networking...so its awkward.

I am pretty locked down on Facebook...just because I cant stand the idea of friends of friends peaking into my life unasked for but yet I have a

I don't worry about it, but respect those who ...

2010-01-30T00:12:21.439-05:00

I don't worry about it, but respect those who do. I mean, if your child's pic is in the paper for winning a soccer tournament, they are google-ale. It's not like everything isn't already out there. I am careful about not announcing vacations or my part of town, etc.

Because I have a website for my business I am defi...

2010-01-29T21:13:29.732-05:00

Because I have a website for my business I am definitely Googleable. Are you familiar with Google Alert? You can sign up to have Google contact you if you show up.

In addition to occasionally googling myself I have...

2010-01-29T20:53:16.961-05:00

In addition to occasionally googling myself I have Google Alerts set up for not only my real name and my blog/ blog identity, but my children's as well.

My real name garners results on Facebook, my father's obituary and I presume some things tied to someone I used to do things on the internet with whom I won't mention because I know he has an alert set up and I

I typically don't use my name on the internet,...

2010-01-29T17:19:08.397-05:00

I typically don't use my name on the internet, other than Facebook. My family all has nicknames on my blog, although my real first name does get out there sometimes. Not my last name, though. I do post pictures, but try to leave out any identifying characteristics (town/street name, school, kids name, etc)

You can get more info from vodka logic than my rea...

2010-01-29T16:44:30.916-05:00

You can get more info from vodka logic than my real name. My FB name is fake as well.. last name is anyway,. I do not want work on my FB. I am not a crazy person but my out of work life is just that.

Good post Laura xx

I love this topic for so many reasons but instead ...

2010-01-29T16:42:07.292-05:00

I love this topic for so many reasons but instead of going down all the different paths, I think about this:

If you have decided to publish material in an open forum for the benefit of the masses (i.e. not behind any passwords), don't you sort of open yourself up to the same public access as celebrities? For example, how frustrated are you when a celebrity has a baby and doesn'

Hmm, to be honest I haven't ever checked. I sh...

2010-01-29T16:21:10.253-05:00

Hmm, to be honest I haven't ever checked. I should probably do that now just to see. Now I'm curious.

I am definitely googleable. And I have done a crap...

2010-01-29T16:18:16.136-05:00

I am definitely googleable. And I have done a crap job at staying anonymous. Basically, I'm not at all - and I don't think that was my intent, as I would like to write a book with my own name associated to it at some point. My facebook pics are set to private but it would not take a genius for anyone to find me.
Kiran

I did what you did!! I decided to give myself a p...

2010-01-29T15:17:43.511-05:00

I did what you did!! I decided to give myself a pen name, but do use my first name in my profile. I also don't use my kids real names, but you already know that!!

I do post pics of my kids on the blog and at first was somewhat leary about it, but I made sure to be vague about where we live and don't write anything that would acutally put us on the map. My facebook pics are

I use all our own first names on my blog, but hav...

2010-01-29T15:13:04.224-05:00

I use all our own first names on my blog, but have never put a last name or even last initial. I only refer to our province, not our town, but that's about as far as my security goes. I have used real photos of my kids. I guess we are google-able. Off to check my Facebook settings...

My real name is not linked to my blog. I do occasi...

2010-01-29T12:56:39.307-05:00

My real name is not linked to my blog. I do occasionally post pics of my children on mine. If you knew me irl, you'd recognize my profil pic *maybe* since it's more of a side/almost back view.

I have only just now become concious of this. Unf...

2010-01-29T12:38:20.466-05:00

I have only just now become concious of this. Unfortunately, it is a little too late as I have used both of my girls' names in my blog many many times. It is also kind of hard becuase Ember has her own blog to keep people updated on her journey through life after transplant. I am very open and honest about our experience before, during, and after transplant and I want people to feel

If I Googled my own name in the past - all that ca...

2010-01-29T12:10:26.352-05:00

If I Googled my own name in the past - all that came up was my Facebook link and like you, mine is all set to private, including the photos.

Recently though - the top hits on Google for my name are my published newspaper articles which is kind of cool to see.

I have never used my real name on the blog - nor have I linked my blog to Facebook. One of the main reasons my