I don't usually post here, but this is somewhat related. The other day a friend remarked, "Well, unless there's another Jane Smith(not my name)then that's who I'm talking about..."
So I told him there are other Jane Smith's and told him to Google and you'll come up with anything from a doctor to a stripper.

Afterward, for fun I Googled HIS name and there was his full name three times and when I clicked on his name two facebook accounts plus a porn site came up. THe porn site showed all the videos he had recently watched! I know it was "Tom" because he accidently sent me a Utube video from a site once that listed other videos he had watched with the same fetish(the video he sent had nothing to do with the fetish).

Hey, call me paranoid but that's why I no longer use WiFi, refuse to join Facebook, etc. When I do a google search on my name it comes up with other people that share my name, but nothing about me. I'd like to keep it that way.

Same here gardenkat. The only time "I" come up on a Google search is when I google a gardening question that I may have posted an answer to in a thread on Gardenweb! (my screen name, that is). No Facebook for me either.

I've been on the net for about 16 years now and I have been as vigilant or "paranoid" as I know how to be to protect my privacy. I'm no computer nor net whiz. I do regular searches for my real name and my screen names.
When I find something I want eliminated I try to find a way to eliminate it. Even so, if someone should google me, I could show up anywhere from a math whiz (not me) to a call girl (not me).