by jake

What is ego surfing?

Ego surfing is the act of searching for yourself in search engines. This is done often by bloggers who search for writing about themselves. The overall effect is an ego boost because someone is taking the time to write about said blogger, be it for good or bad. It also allows for positive cross blog conversations, also know as a distributed conversation. An example of an ego surf could be a search for people citing things on yak.net using technorati.

 

 
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428.   What is emo surfing (emosurfing)?   [jake/2006-01-21]
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378.   What is the meaning of MSD in relation to OpenPGP/GnuPG/PGP?   [jake/2003-09-22]
347.   How can I boot KNOPPIX off my hard drive?   [strick/2003-02-15] ( jake/2003-02-20 )
295.   How do I get a cheap EPOC R5 (Symbian) handheld?   [combee/2001-12-07]
247.   what must be done to make javax.comm work with devFS?   [jesse/2001-06-09]
221.   Where can I find information about odd places in San Francisco?   [rupe/2001-06-04]
162.   What Internet drafts are in the RFC queue currently?   [rupe/2001-01-09]
158.   Where's a good place to start to learn about the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)?   [rupe/2001-01-02]
125.   How does the % operator work in Python?   [rupe/2000-09-27]
95.   What do the * and ** and *** mean by a FQA number?   [strick/2000-05-14]
91.   Should the answer to an FQA consist entirely of an external link?   [macki/2000-05-06] ( strick/2002-01-23 )
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1.   From whom did The Yak borrow the idea of Frequently Questioned Answers?   [strick/2000-01-19]