When is the last time you Googled yourself?
You know you have done it and estimates are at least one other person has done so. Maybe that person is a future or current employer, a long lost friend, or a stalking ex-girlfriend.
We’ve recently talk about this on ChurchMag before, what kind of content comes up and do you personally have control over what is being said?
Businesses, what are your employees’ Google results because that reflects on you. Churches and ministries, recognize that your church staff have an online profile and you really should look into what is being said, even if you are not currently doing a performance assessment.
Below is an amazing infographic of some thorough data on what is happening with people’s own Google’d results.
Here are three points from it that you need to be aware of.
- 94% of people only look at the first page of Google results and 25% of people’s content is negative on the first page.
- Only 50% of people’s personal “Google’d” searches are their own content on the first result. (i.e. their own blog or LinkedIn account)
- LinkedIn and WordPress rank higher than all other platforms in social media and blogging platforms.
What comes up when you good yourself? Good or bad? Do you own that content?
[via BrandYourself]
Matt Brady says
When I Google my name, the first results that come up are for a college basketball coach for James Madison University and a professional poker player. On the positive, my blog, Reverb Nation profile and LinkedIn profiles do show up on the first page.
Jeremy Smith says
That is awesome that you do get first-page results! I do not know if you’ll be able to beat out the others, but positive first page results are a win!
Paul Clifford says
I’ve actually been working on my rank for the last couple of years.
I’ve got number one when I use my middle name. Paul Alan Clifford is me. There are a couple that aren’t me, but most are and none are negative.
Without my middle name, you get a 19th century novel that starts with “It was a dark and stormy night” and gets worse from there.
Paul
Jeremy Smith says
Ha! It’s amazing what we find. Glad your rank has improved!