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1st on Google – Week 12

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Welcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. If you missed the first few posts, you can find the first one here, 11th Week update here, and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 04-15-12 (click here to do your own search):

  • #5 – My LinkedIn profile (up 10 place from last week at #15)
  • #12 – My personal blog, BlueCapra.com, with picture (up 18 places from last week at #30)
  • #27 – My profile on Vimeo – check out my video series Can You Etch It (up 4 place from last week at #31)
  • #38 – The About Me page from my personal blog, BlueCapra.com, with picture (up 6 places from last week at #44)
  • #50 – The post, How Would You Use a MeTag™? from CoachRadio.tv about one of my laser engraving products, the MeTag™ (no change from last week at #50)

This week I am back up to #5.  The links occupying the top 4 spots include IMDb, Wikipedia (twice), and LinkedIn, all with way high page rank.  My first occurrence is at #5 and overall, my top 5 results increased 38 places.  I showed up 9 times in the top 100 search results which is down 1 from last week, but a welcome improvement from past weeks.  It does seem that the results can fluctuate a great deal week to week (sometimes referred to as the Google dance) but the same big sites are showing up time and time again. [Read more…]

The Versatile Bar Code – 9 Faces Of The QR

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9 faces of the QR - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts sign with QR bar codeTechnology is a great thing.  Smart phones are becoming more popular and the efficient transfer of information from the people who have it to the people who want it is always needed.  This information transfer is often in the form of websites or apps but can also a variety of other sources such as RSS feeds and QR bar codes.  Even though we are moving toward a more digital world, much of the communication and information we receive is in print form or other method of one-way communications.  To help bridge the gap between print and digital communication, we have the QR, or Quick Response, bar code.

QR bar codes have a variety of uses and they are becoming more popular.  It is common to see the strange looking square symbols on products, menus, and buildings.  A while ago I wrote a post entitled Practical Small Business Technology Marketing about the benefits of QR bar codes and a few ways to use them to help your business.  As with all technologies, there are improvements and updates.  In an effort to stay up-to-date with those advances, I have compiled some information concerning the creation of QR bar codes, their possible uses, and the results when scanned on a smart phone.

UPDATE: If you are using QR codes, check out my other website ScanThisGuide.com.  It has tons of QR code reviews from real products that you can learn what to do and not to do.  Plus, you can download my free ebook that has more in depth QR code goodness.  Now, back to the post…

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1st on Google – Week 11

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Welcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. If you missed the first few posts, you can find the first one here, 10th Week update here, and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 04-08-12 (click here to do your own search):

  • #15 – The About Me page from my personal blog, BlueCapra.com, with picture (down 10 places from last week at #5)
  • #30 – My profile on Vimeo – check out my video series Can You Etch It (down 18 place from last week at #13)
  • #31 – My LinkedIn profile (down 11 place from last week at #21)
  • #44 – BlueCapra.com tag page; posts tagged ‘Alan Reeves’ (down 10 places from last week at #34)
  • #50 – The post, How Would You Use a MeTag™? from CoachRadio.tv about one of my laser engraving products, the MeTag™ (up 29 places from last week at #79)

This week was similar a few weeks ago (week 8) when my results tanked.  At first glance, it looks like another terrible week but there is a little bit of a silver lining.  My first occurrence is at #15 and overall, my top 5 results decreased 20 places.  I showed up 10 times in the top 100 search results (my silver lining).  This is two more times than I have ever showed up in the top 100 which is promising. I’m not sure I like the trade-off, the drop in my first showing vs. number of listings in the top 100, but that is the way things are.  It does seem that the results can fluctuate a great deal week to week (sometimes referred to as the Google dance) but the same big sites are showing up time and time again. [Read more…]

1st on Google – Week 10

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Welcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. If you missed the first few posts, you can find the first one here, 9th Week update here, and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 04-01-12 (click here to do your own search):

This week was similar to previous weeks.  My first occurrence is at #5 and overall, my top 5 results decreased 8 places.  I showed up 6 times in the top 100 search results.  My picture did show up 5th in the image results which is also intriguing.  Something else that is interesting is the sites that show up in spots #1 through #5: [Read more…]

1st on Google – Week 9

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Welcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. If you missed the first few posts, you can find the first one here, 8th Week update here, and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 03-18-12 (click here to do your own search):

  • #4 – My LinkedIn profile (up 12 places from last week at #16)
  • #12 – My profile on Vimeo – check out my video series Can You Etch It (up 5 places from last week at #17)
  • #32 – The About Me page from my personal blog, BlueCapra.com, with picture (no change from last week at #32)
  • #34 – The post, How Would You Use a MeTag™? from CoachRadio.tv about one of my laser engraving products, the MeTag™ (up 6 places from last week at #40)
  • #59 –  BlueCapra.com tag page; posts tagged ‘Alan Reeves’ (up 28 places from last week at #87)

This week showed a nice turnaround from last week.  My first occurrence is at #4 and overall, my top 5 results increased 51 places.  I showed up 6 times in the top 100 search results,  which is not as high as I had hoped, but not as bad as it could be.

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