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Hi,
I'm kind of new to this place so please bear with me if this has already been asked or borders on paranoia...
recently it came to my knowledge that someone had visited my website
and the way they had arrived at it was by googling my home address...
(they had typed my home address on google and it turned up my resume)
now i have the person's ip address but am not sure wat to think of it....
do u guys have any suggestions or explanations for this????
thanks
vivek
If the resume is online, of course google will find your website ? WHat's so weird about this ?
the wierd search was that of my home adress ...
not my name or anything else...
the question is why is someone searching my adress (mailing address to b more specific)
vivek
someone is trying to KILL you. call the FBI in the morning!Quote:
Originally posted here by viv_slash
the wierd search was that of my home adress ...
not my name or anything else...
the question is why is someone searching my adress (mailing address to b more specific)
vivek
(it's a joke! loosen up! i google addresses, ip addresses, email addresses, parts of email addresses. i click on all kinds of search results. it's not illegal!)
Could be a friend. I've been known to check what info my friends have leaked about themselves on the internet on days that I'm bored.
- Xierox
maybe it was a friend or someone you know.....if they know your name, they could find an address, maybe they wanted directions to your house (if this is the case, i hope that's a friend of yours) ...
http://www.searchengineworld.com/rob...s_tutorial.htm
Learn to use a robots.txt file, most search engines will obey the rules 'imposed' by such a file and not index certain parts of your website.
Hmmm,
Have you applied for any jobs or signed on with any agencies recently...............?
Could just be they wanted to look at your website to see how professional it was?
Let's face it, if you put your resume about, then people find out about you with a prospect to employing you................that's why they do it in the first place?
In all probability a "head hunter" (recruitment agent) looking for potential placements..............that is how they make their money after all?
:)
Same here. I know someone who went through all the trouble of removing his name and address from the phone book and marked his number "private". When he calls you from his phone it shows "private" on caller ID. But, if you just know is name and state, you can find out all that info from google. Since I knew we was trying to remove himself from "public sources", I took the liberty of removing him from the google "phonebook".Quote:
Originally posted here by xierox
Could be a friend. I've been known to check what info my friends have leaked about themselves on the internet on days that I'm bored.
- Xierox
I also add people to the do not call registry...
BTW: How do you know that the person searched for your address? It was in your logs with the google search as the refer?
hello
thanks for all the replies :)
phishphreek80 : i have a counter on my website that gives me a few d-tails on who comes and how they did... ( www.statcounter.com )
thats how i found out that this person had typed my exact mailing address on google -
i have no problem with people coming to my website and checking it out- just thought this search was kind of out of the ordinary...
vivek
Viv~
It is probably job related................unless your name is really unique, your address is the better option.
Now, as to how they got it................I bet it is on your resume?
;)
hypronix,
Your suggestion to use robots.txt is a good one, but I would think that since google already indexed the page, it's too late to put up a robots.txt file (though it would still be a good idea to prevent other engines from seeing your site, if they haven't already).
Also, anyone know how long google cache keeps the pages accessible?
My suggestion to viv_slash (assuming you want privacy):
All private directories should have a password, rename your sensitive files to non-obvious names (instead of resume.pdf, use something like a.pdf), never put your name on the site, and one other thing which most people neglect - ALWAYS register the site anonymously or with a PO Box address. It may cost you a few more bucks, but it is well worth it (whois some sites to see what I mean).
Hmmm,
I am confused :confused: I can see the good advice about security, but what is the point of an anonymous resume :D
Maybe the answer is as simple as having two sites............a "promiscuous" one for employment seeking and a private one for other stuff?
Just a thought :)
hey nihil - ure right - my website is a personal website basically targetting prospective employers...
so i am guessing it should be one of them.....(cince they did not visit any other page in my website)
anyways - i'm not too concerned about the security of my site - as its on my university's server....
just felt that the serach was a bit to specific tats all :D
thanks for all the input guys
vivek
When the Google spider indexes the page again it will update it's cache as per the rules of robots.txt. How long that takes.. well... hard to tell how long it takes to do the Internet once over :)Quote:
Originally posted here by Iron-Kurton
hypronix,
Your suggestion to use robots.txt is a good one, but I would think that since google already indexed the page, it's too late to put up a robots.txt file (though it would still be a good idea to prevent other engines from seeing your site, if they haven't already).
Also, anyone know how long google cache keeps the pages accessible?