Egosurfing

On NPR and other news sources, I've heard several times about ego surfing. To ego surf means to look up your own name on google.com just to see what information there is on the Internet about you. It can also become anti-ego surfing if your own name turns up way down the list (see below).

Of course, being an early adopter of almost all things computer, I ego surfed Dick Mills long ago -- as early as 1998. My name figured prominently in the results up through the 1990s, but has been slipping ever since.

I ego surfed today and found that my highest ranking on oogle was 61. That means that 60 other references to other Dick Mills' ranked higher. It's fun to list who the other Dick Mills' are that ranked higher.

1. Dick Mills Ministries
2. Dick Mills, former Red Sox pitcher.
3. Dick Mills (born 1936) is a British sound engineer, and star of the Doctor Who TV program on BBC.
   
4. The Interpet Encyclopedia of Freshwater Tropical Aquarium Fishes by Dick Mills
5. Dick Mills neither read the newspapers nor followed the news ... The wild story made Dick Mills furious. ...
6. Dick Mills: Application Support Manager at American Electric Power

7. Dick Mills's Hydrant Collection

8. Dick's Mill also became known as Dick's Ford or Dick's Crossing. The ford -- near the county's southern boundary -- afforded one of the few relatively safe crossings along the Great Miami River before bridges were built.

9. Dick Mills, Editor of Keep the Republic Newsletter.

10. Dick Mills mechanical engineer and software developer.$$
11. Dick Mills: Date of Birth 1936, Gillingham, Kent, England, UK
12. Dick Mills: Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame Assoc

Of course, it would be sexist to not do the same for Libby, but it wouldn't be the same because Libby has never been active on the Internet. I did it anyhow, and surpise! Libby ranked 11 on Google compared to my 61st place.

1. Art Beads & Jewelry by Libby Mills.
2. About Libby Mills President & Professional Wellness
3. Naturalist, Libby Mills
4. Libby Mills - Journals and Periodical
5. Libby Mills (26 FEB 1905 - )