Spelling

Lately, because of GTAC and other things, I've noticed an increase in the traffic to this site coming from search engines. One of the problems people have in finding me is that my name is commonly misspelled. I've learned, since moving to London, that Allen is usually the spelling for a surname and that Alan is the common spelling for a given name. I've also learned that my last name has a regional spelling. In England most people spell it Hutchinson, while in Scotland it is spelled Hutchison. In my logs for today, I see that people are trying to find me with the following spellings and variations:

1. Alan Hutchinson
2. Allen Hutchison
3. Allen Hutchinson
4. Alan Hutchison
5. Allen Hutchinson Google
6. Allen Hutchison Google
7. Alan Hutchinson
8. Allen Hutchison'
9. Google Allen Hutchison
10. GTAC Google Allen Hutchison

Over the years I've grown used to people misspelling my name, and it doesn't really bother me much. I do wonder, especially when people link to this site, how you manage to misspell my name in your link text when the URL uses my name spelled correctly. Anyway, no matter how you spell it, I'm Allen Hutchison. I work for Google, and one of the things I do there is organize a conference on test automation called GTAC. Thanks for stopping by, and hopefully this entry will help you find me.