On Google, Privacy and Being UnGoogleable

These days, that search engine crawlers are merciless and staying ‘under the radar’ seems almost impossible, some people intentionally stay away from anything that may reveal their name to the search engines.
These unGoogleable people are the idea behind this Wired article named ‘UnGoogleables’ Hide From Search.

“I just value my privacy,” says Agalia, who lives in San Diego. “And I think that the government and corporations already know too much about people for the benefit of marketing.”

But despite Google’s inarguable power to dredge up information, some people have succeeded — either by luck, conscious effort or both — in avoiding the search engine’s all-seeing eye.

These unGoogleables don’t post online, blog, publish or build web pages using their own names. They’re careful about revealing information to businesses, belong to few organizations that can leak personal data, and never submit online résumés — all common ways that Google captures your data. They spoke to Wired News only on condition that their names be changed for this story.

I know quite a few people who did a lot in order to get their name into Google, it is interesting to see what some would do to stay out.