David Fiske A subtle blend of affiliate marketing and web development

A rather off topic post but nevertheless quite interesting.

Have you done a search in Google for your surname and full name to see what the results are like? Granted you need to be bored or interested in search engine rankings!
 
It turns out, if you search for Fiske in Google, I lend my surname (!) to:

• A food ingredients company - http://www.fiskefood.com
• A firm of stockbrokers - http://www.fiskeplc.com
• A genealogy website - http://www.fiskes.co.uk

A bit closer to home, other David Fiske's:

• Practised Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - http://post.queensu.ca/~jameswc/rdk/CogecoWebPage.html
• Starred in a movie (Gettysburg as a courier; and also nominated for Emmy - congrats!) - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279950/
• Practise as a lawyer - http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1645169_1?noconfirm=0
• Sell cars - http://www.fiskebros.com.au

This only works if you aren't as popular as Kieron Donoghue who's first 10 results are either interviews or social websites such as A4U. Mind you, searching for Donoghue works as there's only 1 result for him I can see.

Right, off to do some proper work. If you do some searches to boost your ego, let me know how you get on by posting a comment below. If you post the results on your blog, link to it in the comments section below too. I grant thee permission.