Google my name and the first three links are an obituary, a moribund Flickr account of mine and a Facebook page of my namesake dressing up as Captain Kirk. Clearly, I need a consult with an SEO strategist to enhance my online presence. Item six of the search results on my name link to this archive page, listing articles that I’ve posted to The Cascadian in the past few weeks. Which brings me to the point of this article. What we say here on The Cascadian is now rattling around in the bowels of The Google, Bing, Duck Duck Go, and the legion of other search engines crawling the web.

There are good reasons why you may not wish your name and likeness to be exposed to search engines on the web. We want to honor your privacy, while making The Cascadian available to a wider audience than the handfuls of residents who might read it regularly. To this end, I’ve asked for time at our next HOA meeting for you to let us know of your concerns so that we can address our editorial policy accordingly.