Whaddyareckon?: Scary Google finds

By Ella Morton and Matthew Oxley on 20 July 2007

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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Topics: google, whaddyareckon

Comments (11)

dafool commented on 26/07/2007 19:44

LOL!!! I think his beanie must have been a bit too tight.
Rory commented on 26/07/2007 13:32

So... did you get his number? ;-)
Ian Morris (cnet.co.uk) commented on 24/07/2007 00:05

Best video EVER!
danwarne commented on 23/07/2007 23:48

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.
Elie commented on 23/07/2007 19:28

Great work! This one was funny xD
squishyhippo commented on 23/07/2007 19:09

:) how funny. My mum has an exact twin in the US...
ghfghsgh commented on 22/07/2007 18:15

what a waste of time.
dan_rox77 commented on 22/07/2007 11:15

Yea, it would be cool for it to be a video-cast...
jebz commented on 20/07/2007 22:25

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...
TobyToadstool commented on 20/07/2007 21:10

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

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Whaddyareckon?: Scary Google finds

By Ella Morton and Matthew Oxley on 20 July 2007