Welcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. This is the 87th 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, 86th Week update here (last week), and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 9-22-13 (click here to do your own search for Alan Reeves on Google):
- #11 – My Vizify profile (no change from last week at #11)
- #15 – My About page on BlueCapra (no change from last week at #15)
- #16 – My Twitter handle, @AlanReeves (no change from last week at #16)
- #19 – My Vimeo profile (no change from last week at #19)
- #20 – My Blogger website (no change from last week at #20)
This week I’m down to #11. Overall, my top 5 results stayed the same with 5 of the top 5 results occurring in the first 25 places (all on the 2nd page). As a whole, I showed up 18 times in the top 100 search results which, I think, could be a new record.
A check at Google Images showed my picture at #6 and a total of 10 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)
- #11 – My YouTube profile (up 2 places from last week at #13)
- #15 – Alan Reeves on About.Me (no change from last week at #15)
- #16 – My profile on 48Days.NET (up 2 places from last week at #18)
- #20 – My BrandYourself profile (up 1 place from last week at #21)
This week I’m at #5 on Bing. Overall, my top 5 results increased 5 places with 5 of the top 5 results occurring in the first 25 places. As a whole, I showed up 15 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
Another unproductive week has ended. My top result is #5 on Bing (LinkedIn) and on Google, #11 with my Vizify profile. It’s that work stuff that keeps getting in the way. Hope this week will be busier in different ways
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 #11 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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