Welcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. This is the 85th update for my attempt to rank first for my name, Alan Reeves. If you missed any of the posts, you can find the first one here, 84th Week update here (last week), and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 9-8-13 (click here to do your own search for Alan Reeves on Google):
- #1 – My Pinterest profile (no change from last week at #1)
- #2 – My Vizify profile – (up 2 places from last week at #4)
- #5 – My profile on GoodReads (no change from last week at #5)
- #13 – My About page on BlueCapra (up 1 place from last week at #14)
- #17 – My Twitter handle, @AlanReeves (no change from last week at #17)
This week I’m still at #1. Overall, my top 5 results increased 3 places with 5 of the top 5 results occurring in the first 25 places. As a whole, I showed up 17 times in the top 100 search results which, I think, could be a new record.
A check at Google Images showed my picture at #8 and a total of 13 occurrences in the top 100 images.
Cornering the market – from Google to Bing
In addition to searching Google, I have been checking Bing results for my name, Alan Reeves (click here to do your own Bing search for Alan Reeves). Here are the top 5 Bing results:
- #5 – My LinkedIn profile with picture (no change from last week at #5)
- #12 – My YouTube profile (up 3 places from last week at #15)
- #14 – My profile on 48Days.NET (up 4 places from last week at #18)
- #17 – Alan Reeves on About.Me (up 3 places from last week at #20)
- #21 – My BrandYourself profile (up 19 place from last week at #40)
This week I’m at #5 on Bing. Overall, my top 5 results increased 29 places with 5 of the top 5 results occurring in the first 25 places. As a whole, I showed up 12 times in the top 100 search results.
A check at Bing Images showed my picture at #6 and a total of 6 occurrences in the top 100 images.
Strategies for 1st
This week was a little more interesting with 5 or so blog comments including ones on Forbes and Search Engine Land relating to my latest obsession, QR codes. A few weeks ago I launched a site devoted to QR code reviews and an ebook, Scan This Guide: Getting More Likes, More Website Traffic, and Get Found Easier With QR Codes. If you are interested in QR codes and how to use them better, here is the link to download the guide for free.
Looking at the results, this is the first time in several months that both top 5 sets of results have been in the top 25. This week also has 4 results on the first page (3 for Google and 1 for Bing) and the first time my Pinterest profile hit #1 (with Vizify on it’s heals at #2). Besides that, nothing much else happened this week.
Summary – The search for Alan Reeves
I’ve been able to make good progress since the start, going from #91 on 1-25-12 to #1 on 7-14-13 and to #1 today. I have learned a lot about improving search ranking and I have made a lot of mistakes, but it’s a learning process. Stay tuned to see if I can hold on to the 1st spot on Google and and reach 1st on Bing.
If you only had time to do 1 thing to help your site or name rank better in Google, what would it be? Leave me a comment and let me know.
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