Pegasus Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Hi All, Just reading some past posts about other sites It's amazing how the word gets around the world. Just recently I have recieved mail from Africa, Egypt, and France, plus quite a lot from the States and the UK, all asking for help with their fish problems. The one from Africa has yet to reply (Steve) who has a problem with brown water in his tank. Hopefully he will join the forum. It's a mystery how these people find you, as many of them I have not encountered on any of the sites, but yet they find something somewhere that leads them to here, or in my case, my email box or my small fishy website:) Just for a bit of fun I typed my online name into the search engine and was quite shocked to see the amount of times it came up, and I tried a few other members names from both here and other sites and got similar results. It appears that the net will grab any small detail relating to a subject or name and create a position for it in their search fields. It seems that "Big Brother" is REALLY watching us The lady in Egypt said that she typed in "Aquarium Help" and my name popped up somehow. Absolutely amazing. It's a really nice feeling to be able to help others in a different country and to be able to pass the location of the NZ Fishroom along to them. No matter what conflicts are going on in the world it seems that our fish are allowing us to join hands in peace with all other nations. Regards, Bill (Pegasus) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Bill said... > Just for a bit of fun I typed my online name into the search engine Try entering it into this... http://www.kartoo.com Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 That was an interesting experience Bill! I put my name in and came up with sites too :-? Don't whether this is good or not!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Caryl said... > I put my name in and came up with sites too... It's called a 'vanity search' Put 'zealand' in with your name and you'll probably get more relevant ones... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 I actually put in carylnz and it came up with 6 sites - replies to posts in various forums plus a couple of articles. Why it picked some posts and not others I have no idea. Mind you, why it picked any posts at all is beyond me! Big brother obviously hasn't got enough to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted December 3, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Andrew said: It's called a 'vanity search' Yours was one of the other names I typed in, so there was no "Vanity" involved, just pure interest, nothing more. Couldn't get your link to work by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Pegasus said... > Yours was one of the other names I typed in You should get plenty of hits for that. I've been online a long time (late '80s) and have been active in many groups (fish, plants, motorcycles, music etc etc etc). Also, there are a couple of other people out there with the same name... > ... so there was no "Vanity" involved, just pure interest, nothing > more. I didn't make the term up, it's just what searching on your name is called. > Couldn't get your link to work by the way. You probably haven't got 'Flash' installed... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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