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Have you ever Googled yourself? Oh stop it, sure you have. But what did you find?

Whether it's porn stars with your exact name, your high school exam results or embarrassing online confessions from 1998, the discoveries you make when Googling yourself can be frightening.

Then there's the old Google-as-background-checker trick, where you might stumble upon unsavoury data about your nearest and dearest.

In this week's Whaddyareckon?, we asked for unnerving Google tales. Then we encountered a particular interviewee, and things turned from silly to genuinely scary. Watch the video to see for yourself.

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Zennith Geisler
Zennith Geisler
20/07/2007 04:42 PM

TobyToadstool
20/07/2007 09:10 PM

Literally the best thing on the internet today! VERY FUNNY! :)

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jebz
20/07/2007 10:25 PM

I really would love to see this as an iTunes feed :D I tried copying the video RSS feed URL into iTunes but no dice...

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dan_rox77
22/07/2007 11:15 AM

Yea, it would be cool for it to be a video-cast...

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ghfghsgh
22/07/2007 06:15 PM

what a waste of time.

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squishyhippo
23/07/2007 07:09 PM

:) how funny. My mum has an exact twin in the US...

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Elie
23/07/2007 07:28 PM

Great work! This one was funny xD

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danwarne
23/07/2007 11:48 PM

That is absolutely hilarious!!! I love the way you just kept soldiering on, Ella... but gradually the smile faded away from your face. Hahah!! Very very funny.

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Ian Morris (cnet.co.uk)
24/07/2007 12:05 AM

Best video EVER!

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Rory
26/07/2007 01:32 PM

So... did you get his number? ;-)

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dafool
26/07/2007 07:44 PM

LOL!!! I think his beanie must have been a bit too tight.

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