egosurfing

searching the Internet for one’s own name

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It has become conventional to routinely "Google" oneself, an act of self-research known as "egosurfing," in order to view information about oneself generated through PII data searches on the Internet.

Egodocuments and history: a short account of the Longue Duree

Egosurfing Typing your own name into Google to see how far up the results you come Infornography An overwhelming desire to find information online and share it with others YouTube narcissism A penchant for posting videos on the site that would have no interest to anyone but yourself Google-stalking Snooping on friends, family, colleagues or potential dates online

Spend more than a year in Antarctica? There was no way Steve would give that chance the cold shoulder

Type in anything, like Vorderman (typing in your own name is called "egosurfing") or black puddings or Liverpool - absolutely anything - and it will search millions of pages on the Web instantly and give you a list of sites that have something to do with what you've typed in.

I'll help you to untangle Net; Welcome to Carol@Mirror, a brand new section to help all Mirror readers get to grips with the Internet and the World Wide Web

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