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Media Mention
Vanessa Fox, Search Engine Land
Dec 17, 2007
"A Pew Internet Survey out this week found that 47% of internet users have done ego searches, up from 22% five years ago. That nearly half of internet users are searching for themselves seems excessive, but only 3% say they check regularly. Most (74...
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Media Mention
Kelly Heyboer, The Star-Ledger
Dec 17, 2007
"Vanity searchers.
That's what researcher Susannah Fox dubbed Internet users who admitted typing their own names into the Google search engine back in 2002.
These days, Fox says she regrets the term. Googling your name isn't vain -- it is the best way ...
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Report
Dec 16, 2007Mary Madden, Susannah Fox, Aaron Smith, Jessica Vitak
Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint; 47% have searched for information about themselves online, up from just 22% five years ago.
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Media Mention
Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press
Dec 16, 2007
"More Americans are Googling themselves--and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.
In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for i...
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Media Mention
Duncan Riley, TechCrunch
Dec 16, 2007
"A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has found that 47% of American adult internet users have undertaken a vanity search in Google or another search engine."
Many news sites move articles into data bases after a period of time ...
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Report
Apr 18, 2007Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden
The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults.
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