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Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Rob Abdul — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:04:00 -0000

My name “Rob Abdul” for the last 3 years has been my brand name.

Google has 3,360,000 results for Rob Abdul.

I was so proud when my name appeared in Google suggest.

It may not sound like much but at least 60 to 80 people Google me a month.

It is nice for the Ego, I must admit!

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Patrick Curl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:16:27 -0000

wow, kaysha - what term are you using for your brand?

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Patrick Curl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:11:30 -0000

Dr. Pete, I can definitely see your point, I'm sure though that before they became famous there were probably some john chow's, or darren rowse's, but I can see perhaps that's reason Shoemoney is branded as shoemoney, and not his real name. I'm lucky that there aren't very many Patrick Curl's, and now I pretty much ruined it for anyone else with my name - lol.

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Patrick Curl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:06:56 -0000

Hey trisha thanks for the tips, I'll have to check out trackur.

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Patrick Curl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:04:01 -0000

Wow, congrats, that's pretty impressive. Good luck further branding yourself, and your business.

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

kaysha — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:10:13 -0000

I got 359000 damn... :shock:

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Bhupesh — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:24:03 -0000

Just googled myself....20,000 but that includes EVERYONE with my first and last name. I'm #1, 2, 8, 9 and 10!

My business (ethnicomm) shows 2,600 results :)

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

TC — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:50:04 -0000

John Chow had his main site penalized by google, this is why John Cow actually comes up as the # 1 result. Always good to have multiple avenues of traffic! :)

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Muswardi — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:43:46 -0000

Yeap, I'm googling my self. Now I'm at 1330 (using "muswardi", my last name that I'm usually used) :D

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Brendan Erofeev — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:38:33 -0000

I came in at 144 :sad:

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Hannah Valentine — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:26:57 -0000

Yep, I google myself, mainly to see what's coming up in case someone else does the same ;)

I'm not the only "Hannah Valentine" though--there was a slave in the mid-1800's with the same name.

Between us, and a couple other Hannah Valentines, there are 5,110 results. My other online identity, opheliac9, has 4,250 results.

If nothing else, it's fun to look back at some of the stuff one has posted.

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

TrishaLyn — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:00:09 -0000

I read a post LONG ago about setting up vanity searches to come into your feed reader. Technorati has the same capability, along with TweetScan and Teraminds.

The greatest tool I've found to look yourself up is Trackur - I'm sure by now I sound like a paid monkey with how much I pimp this service but I just love it SO much! It's great and finds stuff you'd never find otherwise that's tagged with your brand name.

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Dr. Pete — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:36:34 -0000

One of the reasons I branded as "Dr. Pete" is that my given name (Peter Meyers) is way too common: 251,000 results. On the bright side, I rank #3, #5, and #8 (counting my LinkedIn profile), which isn't too shabby.

Re: Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn’t it?)

Roland Hesz — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:34:46 -0000

I do. About once a week :)
2230
(+ results for my nick Despil, but that can!t be measured being a novel character, and all.)