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I have a better one for you Schmitt:

Google my name. (Check my profile)

Now as embarrassing as the things I say on my website are in and of themselves, check out the entries on that first google result page and you find this wonderful character:

The Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted David Piccione, 28, on charges of kidnapping, false imprisonment, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. Court documents allege on July 11 while at a gas station David Piccione and his ex-girlfriend got into an argument. Piccione assaulted the woman, dragged her into his car against her will and drove away.

Figure out how to remove my not too common name from sharing a front page with that genius!



I completely agree that, even more damaging than what we do to our reputation, it's what other people do that can be catastrophic.

The ideal solution (for me) would be a curated response. Unfortunately, that is probably not ideal for who(m?)ever is searching for me.

[Serious question: who or whom? The phrase is the object of a preposition, but the placement is the "subject" of that object.]


There must be some SEO firms specialised on cases like this already? Create n fake hits for a name and push them to the front page?

Although if a potential employer googles for "name+criminial record" it would fall apart again.

Instead of names, we could just use social security numbers to prevent confusion...




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