I'm applying for a job/contract and need to do a web search (on myself) because I know the client will do it, if they haven't already.

Although I don't have anything serious to hide, there could me some embarrassing bits out there in cyberspace which I would like to get rid of, if still around.

I've done the normal google searches.

Has anyone tried SPOKEO ? It's cheap and I don't mind paying for it but wonder if it's a waste of time. Also I hesitate giving them my credit card info since they are an information broker and with my credit card, I'm just handing them a sensitive source for more personal information.

Any other suggestions? Is there a better search engine/information broker out there? I don't need a search on criminal records or land titles or official type data.

How about we move this over to the techie forum?

How about we move this over to the techie forum?

Thanks .... sorry about that :jap:

Hopefully your potential employer doesn't read this forum, because it doesn't take a genius to put "rogerdee123" together with "Roger" the applicant who just came in.

And a quick Google search on "rogerdee123" comes up with mostly you "sometimes indulging in commercial sex" and "cannabis.com" (not really A+ new hire material )

(Oh did I forget to mention you wanting to be a 45 year old male model in Bangkok?)

Hopefully your potential employer doesn't read this forum, because it doesn't take a genius to put "rogerdee123" together with "Roger" the applicant who just came in.

And a quick Google search on "rogerdee123" comes up with mostly you "sometimes indulging in commercial sex" and "cannabis.com" (not really A+ new hire material )

(Oh did I forget to mention you wanting to be a 45 year old male model in Bangkok?)

ha ha ... yeah I just did a search on rogerdee123 ... !!! ha ha. Well I hope they don't think all those rogerdee123's are me !!!

Just go to those sites which have details that some people might frown upon and have the forum admins delete your posts. I mean I'm sure i PMed the TV site admins and asked them to "delete all posts by dave111223" they could just run a simple query through the database and do it.

(P.S. Yeah that other "rogerdee123" in Thailand is really giving you a bad name.)

What has once made it to the www is usually very hard to erase.

As for deleting posts on TV, this has been discussed a few times, here is the latest response, no can do.

What has once made it to the www is usually very hard to erase.

As for deleting posts on TV, this has been discussed a few times, here is the latest response, no can do.

I don't care about my posts on TV. Also not really worried about all the "rogerdee123" related entries.

I just want to do a more comprehensive search than google on my (real) name and my email addresses.

What has once made it to the www is usually very hard to erase.

As for deleting posts on TV, this has been discussed a few times, here is the latest response, no can do.

I don't care about my posts on TV. Also not really worried about all the "rogerdee123" related entries.

I just want to do a more comprehensive search than google on my (real) name and my email addresses.

Understand that you don't care about your TV posts, (or other posts by rogerdee123), this was more a response to Dave111223.

Never used SPOKEO, or any other pay search site. So can't give you recommendation there, hopefully someone else will pipe in.

But after looking at a few of the top search responses on SPOKEO from Google, I would, as you've already mentioned, avoid giving them any credit card information.

So if SPOKEO come back with a list of compromising information about you that they found; if they are not able to help you delete or coverup that information then what's the point?

So if SPOKEO come back with a list of compromising information about you that they found; if they are not able to help you delete or coverup that information then what's the point?

I want to know what info is there to be found/seen.