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[cherydactyl]

Google Vanity Score game, via presterjon and spiziks.

Here's the list of the names I checked using the Google Vanity Score gadget, from highest to lowest score:

86 Linux
80 Torchwood
76 Joseph Stalin
75 (tlatoani's name, no middle, short form first)
74 Apple Computer
74 Buddha
73 Josef Stalin
72 Weird Al Yankovic
71 Microsoft
69 Peter Gabriel
68 Doctor Who
68 Samantha Carter -Stargate**
67 Mussolini
65 (shekkara's food blog name)
64 Dr. Spock
63 GOD
63 Mr. Spock
62 They Might Be Giants
61 Alton Brown
61 (my dad's real full name, with middle initial)
60 J. K. Rowling
59 Howard Jones
59 Phineas Bogg
58 (my full name with middle initial)
57 Lucifer
56 G*D
55 (my real name, no middle initial)
55 John Barrowman
54 Jack Harkness
53 (illyaa's name, no middle initial, short form first name)
53 (my dad's real name, no middle initial)
52 (tlatoani's full name, with middle initial)
52 David Tennant
50 Samantha Carter**
49 (shekkara's real name, short first)
46 Samantha Stevens
45 (illyaa's real name, no middle initial)
45 (tlatoani's real name, no middle initial)
26 Train Gamers Association
24 cherydactyl

**Hey, what the!? The gadget's instructions say this is how you filter out more famous name-twins, giving the example of "Michael Jordan -basketball." How the heck is the filtered version of "Samantha Carter" *more* popular? Something's not right with that. That and the middle initial/nickname data above have convinced me something's amiss with that algorithm. Still fun, though.

ETA: How the heck to I come out with a higher score than John Barrowman & David Tennant?!?!? There are only 3 people in North America with my name from what I can tell, and if you google my name what you get is about 90% me, personally...I can't compete with these guys...?? Something's definitely not right.