Who would have known, but wow - Google has picked it up already!

WITHIN ONE HOUR of beginning to build my new online life, Google already has two hits on “gnoshme”.

Digg

Digg comments, and as the google description of the link includes some Digg content, we can see that one was picked up 10 minutes after I posted it, and the other 17 minutes.

Digg profile picked up overnight

Blogspot & Wordpress.com blogs

Entries in my old blog talking about my new blog indexed in under 10 minutes.

Gnoshme.com Content

Content indexed overnight, no doubt following the links from Blogspot and WordPress.

A fresh start

I like many people have had various “identities” over time on the web. Since I registered Wump.com on my second day online, mine have invariably been centered on the word “wump” and derivatives thereof, but now, as I start a new blog which will act both as my personal and professional space, what to do?

I’ll tell you what - a new start!

It’s funny, but it feels liberating to pick up and recreate myself online, so I thought I’d blog about it.

While I will probably retain another persona, my new public facing Internet Identity is “gnoshme”. Why?

Unique

I just googled it - and got nothing. Nada. I own Moshme.com which was a candidate, but that brings up some arabic sites, so I’ll steer clear. Gnoshme it is.

Available

I’ve just registered:

• gnoshme.com
• digg user gnoshme
• del.icio.com account gnoshme
• that-very-same-thing@gmail.com
• Screen name that-very-same-thing on IM
• Twitter account
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• ..and more

Interesting and different

Well at least I think so, and in a world where word of mouth is becoming increasingly irrelevant, that “difference” isn’t a big deal. Most people will know me by sight - online.

Next Steps

I’ll keep you in the loop. It will be interesting to see how long it takes Google to start picking things up.. and when I start getting spam. Stuff like that.

I’ll have to put my friends through the inconvenience of changing some references to me, but if if they won’t I can simply stop sending them Christmas cards and forget that the ever existed!