Comparing PublicIdentity.org with Google

Google is the 800 pound gorilla for anything involving search, including identities.

Advantages

• They have indexed the entire public internet: so chances are that they know about you.

Disadvantages

• They have indexed the entire public internet, so there is a lot of junk and noise. Your identity may not be in the top results.
• They can’t index identities if the GoogleBot isn’t allowed in, so many social network identities will not be indexed even if they are public.
• Their update algorithms are opaque and usually have a delay.

Notes

They have several different services that have profiles. Future posts will dive into each one.