Monday, April 14, 2008

Googlegangers


I love it when I find a copy of the NY Times lying around, still mostly intact. Following such an occaison last week I enjoyed reading this article, Names That Match Forge a Bond on the Internet. The bit about how people might be predisposed to like people with similar names was particularly interesting.


Googleganger: A person who shares your name. Their records are mixed in with your own when you Google yourself. The term is a combination of "Google" and "Doppelganger."


Who hasn't searched for their own name on Google? Nobody. Unfortunately, I do not (yet) have a googleganger. Has anyone else found a good one?

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