Comments on: #8 on Google for My Name http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/8-on-google-for-my-name/ Author of the best-selling affiliate marketing training book shares free money-making affiliate tips. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Counsel http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/8-on-google-for-my-name/comment-page-1/#comment-102420 John Counsel Wed, 25 May 2011 21:36:56 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/8-on-google-for-my-name/#comment-102420 I think the amount of time you've been online and actively creating quality content helps to boost your rankings over time as well. I just Googled my own name and found that, on the first five pages, there are only 14 results that are NOT me (out of 33,000,000 total results). If I Google john+counsel+profit+clinic (business links), out of 12,700,000 results I dominate the first 20 pages (at least 50% of results — and I stopped checking at page 20). The first irrelevant result doesn't appear until page 10, and on the first 15 pages there are only 5 results that aren't me. (They're typically someone named John who is legal counsel for a non-profit clinic of some kind.) This hasn't been the result of any particular SEO strategies or tactics. Just 15 years of continuous content creation across more than 100 domains I own. I think the amount of time you’ve been online and actively creating quality content helps to boost your rankings over time as well. I just Googled my own name and found that, on the first five pages, there are only 14 results that are NOT me (out of 33,000,000 total results).

If I Google john+counsel+profit+clinic (business links), out of 12,700,000 results I dominate the first 20 pages (at least 50% of results — and I stopped checking at page 20). The first irrelevant result doesn’t appear until page 10, and on the first 15 pages there are only 5 results that aren’t me. (They’re typically someone named John who is legal counsel for a non-profit clinic of some kind.)

This hasn’t been the result of any particular SEO strategies or tactics. Just 15 years of continuous content creation across more than 100 domains I own.

]]> By: Pamela Heywood http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/8-on-google-for-my-name/comment-page-1/#comment-29116 Pamela Heywood Sun, 27 May 2007 03:59:42 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/8-on-google-for-my-name/#comment-29116 Rosalind, I followed your example right after I read your earlier post and registered pamelaheywood.com - As of now, it is still devoid of content owing to my general tardiness, however, already if you search for "Pamela Heywood", it comes up as the top result. Of course, that was relatively easy, as I have a LOT less competition than you do, but I was aware of people searching for me by name and had meant to do something along these lines, but never quite got around to it. So thanks for this tip / reminder, because it was worth doing. Rosalind, I followed your example right after I read your earlier post and registered pamelaheywood.com – As of now, it is still devoid of content owing to my general tardiness, however, already if you search for “Pamela Heywood”, it comes up as the top result. Of course, that was relatively easy, as I have a LOT less competition than you do, but I was aware of people searching for me by name and had meant to do something along these lines, but never quite got around to it. So thanks for this tip / reminder, because it was worth doing.

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