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Honored Contributor
Posts: 16,244
Registered: ‎03-11-2010

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!

I searched Nightowlz online & saw a few posts on like page 7 or later. Did not see any Profile info or Avatar. There are a lot of Nightowlz when I searched but they are not me. I did not see my real name or any personal info. any place.

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Registered: ‎07-24-2013

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!


@Bird mama wrote:

I know our chat activity has always been available with google search.  Didn't know about my profile.  Not good.


 

 

i'm seeing our profile  pages like we see them online if you click on a user's nic, you see their most recent posts,

 

last visited, number of posts.

 

mine showed my email but I was logged iin.? hoping it is due to it being in cache

 

yes, we could search our nics in google but theyonly brought up a lot of text.

 

non forum users can see all the profile content we can see. its just wierd, just seems there are no parameters, yes it is a public board but we are also customers too.

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Registered: ‎03-23-2010

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!

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Not happy about this. At all.
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Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!

Is Ashleigh Dupray your real name? Does not look like a nic like mine or the other posters nics??? 

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Registered: ‎07-24-2013

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!

maybe if you have a unique nic name and the spelling of it is unusual  it shows up easily in a search.

 

my nic is not a real name it is sort of a mashup maybe thats why it show up easily

 

just thought it was curious when i searched my nic it even showed my email addy

 

 

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Registered: ‎05-09-2010

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!


@ashleigh dupray wrote:

Hi, go to MY SETTINGS -- > PREFENCES -->  Select PRIVACY -->

 

There are three fileds on the right for setting your privacy . I selected "NONE"  for aother to view

 

SHOW Private information in Profile to NO ONE

 

SHOW email address  to No ONE

 

SHOW Online Status to NO ONE (unless you want to )  

 

 

 


Well I can't even find the My Settings place.  I think I found it once before, but I don't remember where.  I don't see it under "My Account."  This is frustrating.

 

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead
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Registered: ‎08-29-2010

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!

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Every option for "NONE" under my privacy settings is, and has been since Day 1 of this new format, selected.  I just Googled my nickname:  When I am signed in to the Forum, like right now, my Email shows up as well as every photo I have labeled  as "private."

 

 

 

 

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Registered: ‎08-05-2011

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!

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When you type your QVC nic and ask for this forum here you will see nothing is private while on any computer.  

 

Anyone sitting out there using any search engine can type in your nic and follow everthing you post everyday, week or month or year.  

Scary right?  yeah

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Posts: 465
Registered: ‎04-19-2010

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!

Changing your privacy setting will not prevent your activity from posting in Google. This is a public forum, and what you post is available for everyone to see, just like any other public group you are a part of. It has always been that way, this is not new.

 

As long as you use an anonymous name, it should not be a problem.

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Registered: ‎05-22-2012

Re: OUR PROFILES ARE VISIBLE IN GOOGLE SEARCH!!


@ashleigh dupray wrote:

maybe if you have a unique nic name and the spelling of it is unusual  it shows up easily in a search.

 

my nic is not a real name it is sort of a mashup maybe thats why it show up easily

 

just thought it was curious when i searched my nic it even showed my email addy

 

 


 

Were you still logged in when you searched your name and saw your email? Make sure you log out and try again. I can't see your email on your profile, but you should always be able to see your own email if you are logged in.