Vanity Search.

Today, in one of my journalism classes, my professor was talking about doing a "vanity search" — searching for your name on google to see what comes up. She talked about how employers will do just that, and it's important to know what's there. Now, to be honest, I've googled my name before. But I thought, "Hey, why not, let's see what there is." I skimmed through some pages of information—mostly social networking stuff, newspaper articles, and the video contest from last semester. Then I saw a page labeled with "Jones Soda."

A couple of years ago, I had submitted photos online to try and get them printed on the labels of their bottles. I had never heard anything about it, though. Well, I opened the PDF, and it was all of the labels that were printed in February 2009. I skimmed the pictures, but didn't see any that looked like mine. However, I searched my name, and there it was: a picture I had taken of all the beaded necklaces I owned. I started laughing. Oh, the things you learn from google. It's pretty creepy, but kind of awesome.