Blog 200812282200

How extensive is the web of information about you on the internet? Blog 200812282200

Sunday 28^th December 2008, Greenport, Long Island, New York.

Have you googled your name lately? You might find it interesting to do so. I entered "Eric Brighton" [the inverted commas to force the search to look only for only the whole name and not the first name and last name separately]. I was quite surprised about some of the entries, in particular I was interested to find that I am a "top conservative". This determination comes about from aggregation technology which has determined due to my followers and those I am following that I am a conservative. There is obviously some work yet to be done with this technology - my political interests are in fact amorphous,.

For more information see:

http://www.topconservativesontwitter.org/index.php/component/userdetail/?twitter_id=zzelp

[Aggregation technology & site implementation by Kithbridge, provider of fine new media services:

• Strategy

• Tracking & Monitoring

• Custom Blog & Twitter Feeds]

It is worth bearing in mind what your internet tracks leave behind and how these tracks are interpreted by others. You may also find your intentions are misinterpreted.

It will be interesting to find out if I am still on the list after this blog although it is my experience that once I am subject to an internet search, the footprint remains for some time, kept, no doubt, on various mirror sites etc.

Happy Day everybody.

Eric.