People Were More Likely To Google Themselves This Year

Ponca City, We Love You writes "More than twice as many Americans googled themselves in 2006 than five years previous — and many are googling their friends and romantic interests as well, according to a report released ecently by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The survey shows that the percentage of US adult Internet users who have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine has more than doubled in the past five years (pdf) from 22 percent in August, 2001 to 47 percent in December, 2006. Only 3 percent of internet self-googlers say they Google themselves regularly, 22 percent say 'every once in a while,' and three-quarters say they have googled themselves once or twice. The original report, 'Digital Footprints,' contains many more interesting observations (pdf)."

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[skydude_20]

people were always more likely to ___________ themselves this year

google themselves?

[farkus888]

I've been googling myself at a pretty steady frequency since about the time I turned 13!

Re:google themselves?

[YouTookMyStapler]

When I was 13, I had to look myself up in the card catalog... we didn't have fancy Google searched back then...

...what?

I'm not who I say I am

[maggiemerc]

Apparently I'm not a writer but a prolific techno god in Russia. This is exciting news.

Third party

[davidc]

I much prefer having other people google me. So much more satisfying.

Re:Deja Vu

[JacksBrokenCode]

didn't I just see this story the other day?

Yes, but only because Slashdot has started googling itself for stories to post.

Re:You may google my user name, not my given name

[TheLazySci-FiAuthor]

With a homepage like that on your profile, I can see how you've maintained an impressive 30:1 ratio! :)

i google myself once in a while

[Adult film producer]

usually find some interesting stuff, and google images always has the best pics of me. (SafeSearch is Off)

Spread the word:

[LM741N]

Self Googling will make you blind.

Trademark Joke

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

This article is almost identical to one from 1977, except that one said:

"More than twice as many Americans xeroxed themselves in 1976 than five years previous -- and many are xeroxing their friends and romantic interests as well, according to a report released recently by the Pew Copyrigh and American Life Project.