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by CWuestefeld 4503 days ago
I also have a very unique name.

BOOM, google front page for my name

Trying to fly under the radar, as you do, may be some solution, but it makes the mistakes like this one stick out even more boldly.

I've found that over the years, there's enough of a heap on the web that matches my name, that garbage like you mention is overwhelmed by the more meaningful stuff. A search for me typically turns up my LinkedIn profile, the product page on Amazon for a book I co-authored, some CodeProject articles, and stuff like that.

Just having a life's worth of stuff out there lets a smart search engine ignore much of the stuff that I'd want them to ignore.