Are you guilty of vanity-Googling? I am. Google “Carey Hart” and you’ll find 1.5 million pages—nearly all of them linking to info about the motocross racer with whom I share a name. If you dig deep enough, you might find out a little bit about me—where I went to college, scholarships I received or you might even wind up right back here at the BLASTmedia blog.

According to the Wall Street Journal, some people have had enough of being obscure in the world of online search. They’re ensuring that they and their offspring are found when Googled by altering their own names (hybrids utilizing parts of middle or maiden names) and devising creative baby names. They want to be easily found on the Web so that they don’t suffer professionally or financially when others search for them.

As for me—I don’t want to be found! I’ll continue to live my days in the no man’s land of Google-obscurity.