Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
Google reveals what the world knows about you
12/17/2007 | 
Coverage
Kelly Heyboer, The Star-Ledger
'"Vanity searchers.
That's what researcher Susannah Fox dubbed Internet users who admitted typing their own names into the Google search engine back in 2002.
These days, Fox says she regrets the term. Googling your name isn't vain -- it is the best way to keep track of how much of your personal information has found its way onto the Internet.
"As people become more aware of their digital footprint, they will be more likely to monitor it," said Fox, associate director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a Washington, D.C.-based group studying the impact of the Internet.
A Pew study released yesterday found 47 percent of Internet users have searched for their own names online, up from 22 percent in 2002. The new report, co-authored by Fox, also found 53 percent of Internet users have searched online for information about personal and business contacts."
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