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1st on Google – Week 15

May 7, 2012 by Alan R Leave a Comment

1st on Google - Alan Reeves - Week 15 update - LinkedIn profileWelcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. This is the 15th update.  If you missed the any of the posts, you can find the first one here, 14th Week update here (last week), and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 05-06-12 (click here to do your own search):

  • #5 – My LinkedIn profile (no change from last week at #5)
  • #9 – My personal blog, BlueCapra.com, no picture??? (up 2 places from last week at #11)
  • #23 – @bookwormlaser on Twitter ( down 2 spots from last week at #21)
  • #24 – My Google+ profile (down 1 spot from last week at #23)
  • #25 – My profile on Vimeo – check out my video series Can You Etch It (up 3 place from last week at #28)
This week I am at #5, same as last week.  The top spots #1 – #4 are occupied again by Wikipedia, IMDb, and LinkedIn (all the people named Alan Reeves, there are 25 of us).  Overall, my top 5 results increased 2 places with the first 5 results all occurring in the first 25 places, a first for the journey (5 results in the top 25).  I showed up 13 times in the top 100 search results which is a new record.

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Filed Under: General, How-To Tagged With: 1st on Google, Alan Reeves, Bing, first, Google, SEO

1st on Google – Week 14

April 30, 2012 by Alan R Leave a Comment

1st on Google - 14th Week - Alan ReevesWelcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. This is the 14th update.  If you missed the any of the posts, you can find the first one here, 13th Week update here (last week), and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 04-29-12 (click here to do your own search):

  • #5 – My LinkedIn profile (no change from last week at #5)
  • #11 – The About Me page from my personal blog, BlueCapra.com, with picture (up 5 places from last week at #12)
  • #21 – My Google+ profile (no change from last week at #21)
  • #23 – My personal blog, BlueCapra.com, with picture (up 26 places from last week at #49)
  • #28 – My profile on Vimeo – check out my video series Can You Etch It (up 25 place from last week at #52)
This week I am at #5, same as last week.  The links occupying the top 4 spots include IMDb, Wikipedia (twice), and a Facebook link for the Immature Entrepreneur, Alan Reeves (not me).  This last one is a bit of a surprise as I have not seen it that high up ever, usually hovering around #8 or lower.  My first occurrence is at #5 and overall, my top 5 results Increased 56 places with the first 5 results all occurring in the first 28 places.  I showed up 12 times in the top 100 search results which is a new record.  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.

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Filed Under: General, How-To Tagged With: #2, #5, 1st on Google, Alan Reeves, Bing, first, Google, SEO

1st on Google – Week 13

April 23, 2012 by Alan R Leave a Comment

1st on Google - Week 13 Update - Images search for Alan Reeves result - 1stWelcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. This is the lucky (or unlucky) 13th update if you believe in that sort of thing.  If you missed the first few posts, you can find the first one here, 12th Week update here (last week), and the ones in between on my Project page. Below are the results as of Sunday, 04-22-12 (click here to do your own search):

  • #5 – My LinkedIn profile (no change from last week at #15)
  • #16 – The About Me page from my personal blog, BlueCapra.com, with picture (down 4 places from last week at #12)
  • #21 – My profile on Vimeo – check out my video series Can You Etch It (up 6 place from last week at #27)
  • #49 – BlueCapra.com tag page; posts tagged ‘Alan Reeves’ (down 11 places from last week at #38)
  • #52 – The post, How Would You Use a MeTag™? from CoachRadio.tv about one of my laser engraving products, the MeTag™ (down 2 places from last week at #50)
This week I am at #5, same as last week.  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 decreased 11 places.  I showed up 10 times in the top 100 search results which is up 1 from last week.  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.

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Filed Under: General, How-To Tagged With: #5, #6, 1st on Google, Alan Reeves, Bing, first, Google, SEO

1st on Google – Week 12

April 16, 2012 by Alan R Leave a Comment

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…]

Filed Under: General, How-To Tagged With: #6, 1st on Google, 5th, Alan Reeves, Bing, first, Google, SEO

1st on Google – Week 11

April 9, 2012 by Alan R Leave a Comment

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…]

Filed Under: General, How-To Tagged With: 15th, 1st on Google, Alan Reeves, first, SEO

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