egosurf
Definitions
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- verb (verb) To search the Internet for references to one's name or works in order to gratify one's ego.
Examples
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While I've been known to egosurf my own name online every once in a while, setting a Google Alert on my name means I don't have to do it so much.
Will Kelly, ‘Monitor Your Personal Brand Through Search Engine Alerts,’ Gigaom, July 17, 2009
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Last year, a team of Swiss and Australian social scientists published a study concluding that the practice of self-Googling (or ‘ego-surfing,’ as it's sometimes called) can partly be traced to a rise in narcissism in society, but that it is also an attempt by people to identify and shape their personal online ‘brand.’
Tom McNichol, ‘Why Google Wants You to Google Yourself,’ Time, April 25, 2009
Note
‘Egosurf’ originated in the mid-1990s. Also ‘ego-surf.’
