Thou Shalt Blog and Tweet and Google Thyself
And the Lord of Social Media said “Go forth and blog and tweet and link to others, and ye shall rise from certain obscurity.” And I did. And it was good.
I’ve been googling myself for eight years with very little satisfaction. I never ranked above the fourth or fifth page in Google. In fact, if any old friends tried to Google me, they probably thought that I ended up as a motivational speaker.
I don’t run marathons or do anything newsworthy. The other Karen Snyders have outshone me in every way: I get their email, I’m given their prescription glasses, my address is never the first one listed at the pharmacy and the local health club.
UNTIL NOW.
“What has changed?” you might ask. Well, I started this blog a couple of months ago. That bumped me up a bit (maybe page three?) But then, my Twitter friend Jeff Moriarty from Intel linked to my blog from his.
And lo, and behold, when you search on “Karen Snyder” it is I who appear on the first page of Google Results. If I wasn’t a believer before in the power of social media, I am now.
5 Comments
Laura · August 3, 2008 at 6:47 pm
And I’ve been waiting for this moment – God Bless.
Gia · August 3, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Thus sayeth the Loward! I’m still confused with a real estate agent in SoCal, myself. Wonderful that you’ve made it to the Google top!
Jeff Moriarty · August 3, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Wow, I KNEW I should have asked for your autograph when we talked! Now you’re all big and famous and everything and all I’ll have is the ability to say “I knew her when…” 🙂
jgraziani · August 4, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Cool beans! Looks like all is going well. Congrats!
Harmony Infotech · October 13, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Well. That’s what an optimized backlink can do to your blog/site. Guys/Gals. It is all about having good backlinks to your site.
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