All the Googler needs is a name, and she's off. It's worse if your name is unusual, as mine is. The difference in Googleability between a person with the name ''Mary Smith'' and a person with my name makes me wonder whether Googleability might one day affect how parents name their children. If Mary Smith had been named, instead, Upanishad Smith, she'd be more Googleable. Of course, that's not to guarantee she'd do anything Googleworthy. But what will future conscientious parents decide? Will Googleability or anonymity be the greater gift?
—Donna Steinbraker, "Paying a price for Googleability," The International Herald Tribune, December 5, 2006
So, how far does cultural literacy go? Where does Trivial Pursuit end and cultural literacy begin? Is there significant overlap?
The things that follow are probably "Googleable" (maybe not "Matamoros"). How much does "Googleability" correlate with cultural
literacy?
—Jerry Bauer, "Cultural Literacy," alt.fan.cecil-adams, June 25, 2001