Google is scary.

So you know how you're always being told to be careful what you post on Facebook or Twitter or wherever because a potential employer only has to do a quick Google search and they can uncover all this stuff about you that you wouldn't want them to see?

Well, I don't think there's anything inappropriate out there for employers to find about me, but I decided to Google myself anyways to see what I could find. It's hard to search for "Laura Ingalls" and find anything that's not related to Laura Ingalls Wilder, even if you narrow the scope to Rochester, MN, or Moorhead, MN, since that's still Wilder territory.

However, I was able to find two things that related back to me. Or so I thought. One was my now defunct Twitter account (maewilder for those of you really interested in what I was tweeting about). And the other was this creepy profile on this MyLife.com site.

When I first saw the little summary on Google about this profile, I was like, "That's totally me! That's my mom and my sister and my uncle. But wait. I'm not 24." So I clicked on the link that brought me to this odd website, and tried to view this profile more closely. The website wanted me to create a user account, so I did. But that didn't get me very far, because of course, this website also wanted me to pay for an upgraded account. I tried to use the limited access account I received for free, but I couldn't get any further.

I'm still super creeped out about this profile. There was even a picture, but it wasn't me. And a phone number, but it wasn't even close to my phone number. I guess there is a remote possibility that there's another Laura M. Ingalls out there from Rochester who happened to move to Moorhead whose mother's name is Crystal and whose sister's name is Virginia and whose uncle's name is Randy, but really? That's a very, very slim possibility.

I mean, it shouldn't really bother me that much since it's not affecting me and it doesn't look as though there's any harmful information included there, but it just weirds me out nonetheless.


I guess I shouldn't go looking for things I don't want to find, right?