Do you ever go to Google to search for your name?
A search for David results in 719,000,000 web pages. Zoiks!
A search for Brenda presents 31,500,000 results.
And search for Fred will get you 120,000,000 results, including a stock chart for Fred\’s, Inc, whoever that is.
Last year, I Googled my name to see where I came up in the results.
It wasn\’t pretty. There are 72,500,000 results for Joel.
So I decided to get busy with a little legitimate link magic.
I use PRWeb to distribute press releases.
I don\’t use it expecting to get media coverage. Ocassionally my releases will get attention, but I have other motives.
If you purchase the $200 upgrade level, you can embed several keyword links in your news release. Since releases are often reprinted on web sites with all links in tact, this is a great way to get incoming links from related news sites.
Over the past year or so, I\’ve released several products and used PRWeb to announce these products.
But here\’s the trick.
By selecting the $200 option, I would always embed a link back to this blog using \”Joel\” as the anchor text.
So has it worked?
Click here to see where this blog ranks when you search for Joel.
As of this writing, I am #10 on the FIRST page of the results at Google! I\’ve seen my listing go as high as #6, and it fluctuates between #7 and #10 most of the time.
So out of seventy-one MILLION results for \”Joel\”, I am on the first page.
I think that\’s pretty spiffy and it proves that the $200 option on PRWeb is worth the investment.
Incidentally, if you do a search for Joel Comm there are over 200,000 results. I don\’t believe there are any other people with the same name as mine, so that means every page says something about me.
It\’s pretty interesting to read some of the page to see what people are saying. Most of the pages are favorable and complimentary, but there are some doozies as well!
I know. It\’s vanity. But it is fun to play with SEO and see the results before your own eyes.
So what page are you on when you Google your name?
Leave your comments below, please.