Google Profiles to make vanity searches more informative
Right now when you search Google or other search engines for friends, colleagues, or that girl you had a crush on in third grade by name, you can find a lot of information. And the people you're searching for don't have a lot of control over what pops up.
But if you create a Google Profile for your name, you can include a picture, links to your web sites, a brief bio, and other information. And while this may not protect you from all the embarrassing links that pop up, it does at least give you a chance to let the world know how you want to represent yourself.
In addition to showing links to Google Profiles, Google is adding links to search for the same names on other sites including Facebook and LinkedIn.
The profile results don't appear to be available for every search yet. But Google is just starting to roll out this feature.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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LeCrackzor said 8:48PM on 4-21-2009
wont bad people be able to post things under their enemies names?
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