Are you searchable online?

amother

Lightcoral

Today at 8:53 am

My name is extremely typical, both first and last, so while many things come up, none of them are me.
My husband comes up in the first three results, a Charidy campaign, LinkedIn, and one other website where he has a listing.

amother

Topaz

Today at 8:55 am

I am not on social media.
But if you search my name, there are over a dozen hits.
I written a few pieces that were published in frum magazines (some with my real name), and I have been recommended here on Ima for a service that I provide a few times.
There's a short news piece where someone wrote something and included my name.
There's a also a Mazel tov notice from a community website from when my dd got engaged to a boy from that community.

amother

Olive

Today at 9:15 am

It's a green flag! When I was dating my mother gave me some names to look into. They were on Facebook and that was a red flag for me (this was 10 years ago). I immediately nixed one guy because I found a video of him skydiving with his friends and his language was very off putting. Unless you're a professional it's great to have no online presence.

amother

Chartreuse

Today at 9:25 am

Yes wheni won a raffle, got engaged, and had a baby. It was all posted on the same two websites.

amother

Lily

Today at 9:27 am

When I was young,there would have been nothing on me. I was BY yeshivish with no internet.

I still am yeshivish but not super yeshivish and absolutely have internet Smile

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So now if I Google my first name maiden name (which is my legal name) city, on the first page you can find me on voterrecord.com and mylife.com. there are a number of other people with the same name.

If I Google my first name married name (which is not my legal name, but I go by it in any nonlegal capacity) city, on the first page I am not found at all.you'll find others with the same name.

My names are common names, like Sarah Weiss and Sarah Gold.

amother

RosePink

Today at 9:48 am

I have to Chabad of rivertowns it’s online
Fast free people search
Connected me to people I’m not related to
You can click on do not sell my information and remove it

amother

↑ Aubergine

Today at 10:00 am

amother Ruby wrote:

What exactly are you looking for?

I don't know whether this is the OP's concern, but possible concerns could be that he is currently using a name that is not his real name, for any of the following reasons:
- he is married
- he has a criminal record
- he has some sort of scandalous issues that would come up
- he had lied about his profession or other major aspects of his identity, such as having children, prior marriages, being a Xian missionary, or whatever
- something else bad

amother

Catmint

Today at 10:03 am

I just checked. My hebrew name nothing that is actually me comes up. My legal name I got an obituary so hopefully that's not me either.

amother

Tulip

Today at 10:15 am

I came on a campaign in that we donated to and on a genealogy page that someone in my husband's family created.

amother

Cantaloupe ↓

Today at 10:16 am

Under my nickname my engagement announcement shows up on simcha spot.
Under my legal name,donations show up from tzedaka campaigns, a school project that I don't like and I'm trying to take it down, as well as from an office I used to work at that I'm trying to take down, my wedding registery, and half my home phone number and address ( from before I got married) that I'm trying to take down.
Not so happy with it. Trying to deal with Google...

↑ shabbatiscoming

Today at 10:18 am

When I was dating 20 years ago I remember a guy saying "I googled you". I had no idea what he meant. Smile

Times have changed.

amother

↑ Cantaloupe

Today at 10:19 am

amother Catmint wrote:

I just checked. My hebrew name nothing that is actually me comes up. My legal name I got an obituary so hopefully that's not me either.

😂 So under my last name some random people with first names I don't recognize...

amother

Springgreen

Today at 10:43 am

amother Mocha wrote:

Name and address. Nothing else. Very boring person. No social media accounts.

Same my address and a charity event that I donated $18 bc it’s public,
I don’t have LinkedIn or social media

amother

Begonia

Today at 10:46 am

Under my legal name, nothing about me. Someone else comes up. Under my nickname, turns out my Etsy loves list is public

pause

Today at 10:55 am

tweety1 wrote:

My phone number and email address came up but where I live is in another country.

How's that?

amother

↑ OP

Today at 11:10 am

amother Aubergine wrote:

Exactly this. Thanks for writing it out. Before I set him up I just wanted to know that he's normal and he says who he is as I don't know him well.

Interesting to see that it's about 50/50 online presence, and all the comments.

essie14

Today at 11:26 am

My name is super common. You can google me but none of the top results will be me.
ETA: I have LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, X (twitter)

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