Breaking news: People can be self-absorbed

Yet another shocker: 47% of those who can find their way onto the Internets have at some point grown so bored (or so self-involved) that they’ve Googled themselves.

You’d think that percentage would be higher – certainly, a researcher who conducted the poll did: “(I)t's still the case that there's a big chunk of Internet users who have never done this simple act of plugging their name with search engines. Certainly awareness has increased, but I don't know it's necessarily kept pace with the amount of content we post about ourselves or what others post about us.''

Maybe people have names too common for Google to dig up any dirt on them. Or maybe people were too embarrassed to admit they did it.

Also, “women were slightly more likely (than men) to look up information about someone they are dating.” So I guess that in order to impress their girlfriends, guys ought to post a bunch of flattering stories online about how they rescued a stray puppy from terrorists and do lawn work for the elderly and how that incident with the Bakersfield Sheriff’s Department was just a complete misunderstanding, honest.