On 7 Jul 2005 22:37:22 GMT, Allodoxaphobia wrote:
> ["Followup-To:" header set to rec.travel.caribbean.]
> On 7 Jul 2005 14:03:10 -0700, BobEdwards wrote:
>> Speaking of Google, Can someone tell me how to do a search on a
>> person? I have a fairly common name and when I enter it on the google
>> search line I get hundreds of pages. Is there a way to narrow it down?
>
> Well, dooh, change your name to something extremely uncommon! :-)
>
> No?
> Then: add your your city and/or state -- depending on how
> common _they_ are.
> E.g.: [ "Marvin Jones" Wyoming ] (306) is going to be Way More Useful
> than: [ "Marvin Jones" "New York"] (13,800).
>
> Try adding 'things' of professional and/or avocational interest --
> the 'thing' other folks might use when referring to you.
>
> Use Advance Search: http://www.google.com/advanced_search
> and use the "without the words" entry to eliminate the most obvious
> 'noise' you see as you review the "useless" hits. (E.g., a SysAdmin
> I used to deal with is named Charlie Watts. The 'noise' there was
> from The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. Putting 'drum' and
> 'Stones' in that entry cleaned up most of _that_ 'noise'.)
Oh, and one more tip: If you're searching on yourself, or someone
else that is still with us, search "without the words" _obituary_. :-)
Jonesy |