REFERRING TO GOOGLE (ABOUT ANY CANDIDATE) DURING IIT

1. Handwritten Header Notes

• Top Center: "If Google does not know about you, you cannot be important! You must be a 'NON-ENTITY'!"
• Top Right: "Notes"

2. Newspaper Article (Transcription)

Publication: DNA Mumbai, Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Section: Comment

Author: Donna Steinbraker

Headline: An enormous price to pay for Googleability

Sub-headline: Today, you are who you are only if the search engine throws up details about you.

Body Text Highlights:

The article discusses the loss of anonymity in the digital age. The author recounts an experience room-hunting in Berlin where a potential landlord "Googled" her before they even met.

• Key Quote: "My anonymity is gone and I'm not even a well-known writer... anyone who knows my name can now know that about me."
• Key Concept: The author explores the "Google scale of reality," questioning if someone truly "exists" if they have no search results. She reflects on how "Googleability" might influence how parents name their children in the future to ensure they are unique and searchable.

3. Handwritten Side Margin Notes

List of Names (Flowchart):

Yogesh Saurabh Swati Sonal Rahul

Project Proposal/Development Notes:

"This is why I am very keen to add in IIT a button [Google Find] next to [Candidate Name]."

• Visual Sketch: Shows a UI mockup of a "Candidate Name" field with a button/icon next to it.
• Functional Description: "Clicking will reveal everything that Google knows about this [Name / Person] in Google Archive. We already have this component ready for plug-in/deployment!"
• Motivation/Philosophy: "Remember: We have only ONE chance to make a good FIRST impression. By the time a recruiter finishes using IIT, he must say 'WOW' ten times. Thereafter he will 'sell' IIT."

Signature/Date:

[Signature/Initials]

06-12-06