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#171 for Brett.
- first names only.
But for my name here in WW, I am #1.
cool.
I may be the only WebmasterWorld member who has been able to convince Google that the two separate words that make up my nick are a misspelling. :)
And just checked my full name (unusual first name, very common surname) 5 out of first 10 listings.
But my last name is very uncommon, in fact close to unique (very few families), and none of my relatives has the same first name. So for my full name I totally dominate the SERPs.
First name obvious from my nic, last name equally obvious from my profile site URL. Note spelling of first name!
I'm famous! :)
I had some competition, but not a lot. #1 is a name on a gravestone, though. I hate getting bumped by geneology sites. Argh!
I'm #3 for one of my online tags. 1 and 2 are archived Usenet posts of mine. <whine>How can a lousy Usenet archive daughter page (with jillions of pages, probably) have better PageRank than me?</whine> (Okay, I know I have pretty lousy PR for that particular site, but still. Seems like I should have at least beat them on relevance.)
I can't find myself for "berli" . . . it's probably in there somewhere, but I kind of abandoned the site a long time ago, so I don't really care.
:-)
and for my first name "Harish" (very popular name in South Asia), I'm #36. It throws up a friend's page who has my photo in it with just my name "Harish".
I guess I'm pretty high, amn't I? :-)
who won the contest? ;-)
For my full name I'm #3,4,5,6, and 8, and if I add the underscore between my first and last names, my WebmasterWorld profile comes up #1. So yes, Google does index underscores.
>#171 for Brett
Thats after effect of dominic? Maybe you can sort that out with GG :)
<------- my 200th post :)
Robert_Charlton - Yes Google does index underscores - no issue - just that Robert_Charlton isn't Robert-Charlton.
But Robert-Charlton- as results - are closer to Robert Charlton results....
Try it....
:(
No fair. My first name has 11 million pages and my full name is the same as a very famous English footballer.
Bad luck Tony! No wonder you turned to alcohol and gambling!
TJ
Bad luck Tony! No wonder you turned to alcohol and gambling!
How'd you guess! :)
It's always funny to call over to England. People always pick up the phone with a "Yeah, right!" attitude like they think someone is playing a joke on them.
Actually it's a mystery to me why this page does so well on other poetry searches. It has only two links from outside the site (showing as backlinks in Google) and those pages are only a PR4 and PR5) The rest is about 54 interior links (some are PR6) which shows interior linking must make a big difference.
Naturally, a common name, the no1 will be the ones
with the most links pointing to it I presume.
I suggest putting a unique nickname or whatever
that makes sense to get no.1
Do people really get tonnes of traffic
from people just searching who have the same name as them?
On my full name I am #1 and #5 Ron Fontaine
Do people really get tonnes of traffic
from people just searching who have the same name as them?
No. That's why it's called "ego surfing," because you're just doing it for your own amusement. ;) It's supposed to be pointless... kinda like watching tv, only it's a bit more interactive.
There are OTHER people showing up for my full name, but not me.
I am apparently very well-hidden from Google.
I'm also well-hidden from waiters when I need another margarita, and from those automatic flush toilets.
Figures googleguy is #1....
... some call this nic name spamming! >:)
