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

By: Rob Abdul

Rob Abdul — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:04:00 +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!

By: Rob Abdul

Rob Abdul — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:04:00 +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!

By: Patrick Curl

Patrick Curl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:16:27 +0000

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

By: Patrick Curl

Patrick Curl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:11:30 +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.

By: Patrick Curl

Patrick Curl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:06:56 +0000

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

By: Patrick Curl

Patrick Curl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:04:01 +0000

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

By: Kaysha

Kaysha — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:10:13 +0000

I got 359000 damn…

By: Bhupesh

Bhupesh — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:24:03 +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

By: TC

TC — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:50:04 +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!

By: Muswardi

Muswardi — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:43:46 +0000

Yeap, I’m googling my self. Now I’m at 1330 (using “muswardi”, my last name that I’m usually used)

By: Brendan Erofeev

Brendan Erofeev — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:38:33 +0000

I came in at 144

By: Hannah Valentine

Hannah Valentine — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:26:57 +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.

By: TrishaLyn

TrishaLyn — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:00:09 +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.

By: Dr. Pete

Dr. Pete — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:36:34 +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.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:34:46 +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.)