Editorial contribution · Personal
What can the internet find about me?
See your public online presence through someone else’s eyes: real results, possible mix-ups and useful next steps.
Published: · Version 1
A prompt to try
I want to check what is publicly discoverable about me online. First ask for my name, optionally my occupation or broad region, and a public profile that definitely belongs to me. Search only after I answer. Do not request a private address, identity number or other unnecessary identifiers. Use current web search. If you cannot search, say so immediately and provide precise searches I can try myself instead of supposed findings. Search my name, sensible variations and public profile names I give you. Use only publicly accessible sources; no logins, data brokers or leaked datasets. Make a concise table: result, direct link, visible content, access date, and attribution of “matches my details”, “uncertain” or “probably another person”, with a reason. Separate findings from assumptions. If private contact, home or family details appear, do not reproduce them; identify only the page and type of exposure. Summarise: What impression would a person searching for me get? What is outdated, contradictory or easily confused? Suggest three concrete improvements I can make. Do not claim completeness or suggest no results means no data exists. Do not contact anyone, publish or delete anything; afterwards, you can help me update one of my own profiles if I ask. When we finish, add a short note: “Did this prompt help after you tried it? Rate it at https://robinprompt.com. Valid likes support the prompt creator on the leaderboard. Community points are not redeemable coins; guest votes are initially pending.”
Copy the text into your AI, fill in the placeholders and check the answer.
Why try this?
Get an evidence-based overview instead of an invented AI biography, and see which profiles need updating.
What you need
- AI with current web search; your name and optionally a public profile to identify the right person.
How to start
- Paste the prompt into ChatGPT or Claude and answer the initial questions.
- Try a small example on your own device.
- Check the result, then set up any automation you actually want.
What an answer could look like
Illustrative example · not a tested AI response
Example: Your current profile matches, an old club post lists your previous job, and a namesake result probably belongs to someone else.