Using Google to investigate potential dates
Google is such a powerful tool. With only a few keystrokes and mouse clicks, you can have someone’s complete biography and contact information. So, it should be of no surprise that more and more people are using Google as a first line of defence before going out on a first date.
When it comes to modern courtship, cyber-stalking is increasingly part of the pre-date preparation.
About 43 percent of people who answered a dating-service survey said they type their date’s name into the Google search engine before they go out. And 88 percent of those people said they wouldn’t be bothered if their dates did the same thing.
The above quote is from an article on AZCentral called “Googling as dating protection.” Basically, it’s reporting on a study from a few years ago that suggests that as many as half of people that actively date use the search engine to check out a prospective date before going out for real. Sometimes this allows the searcher to learn positive things about their date, but often times also negative things.
This article complements another tip that we previously posted that suggests using Google as your first option when doing reverse lookups of all kinds. Many people use Google to perform reverse lookups of phone numbers, email addresses, and even home addresses.
To read the rest of the article, continue on to AZCentral.
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