Note: If this post seems like it was mish-mashed into the current series, it was. It’s really my rabbit trail about how sometimes, you do have to be careful what you say. Or everyone could think you’re a big fat liar. Also, the SEO tip that I learned from my own harrowing experience.
Remember the post in which I (sort of) called myself a big, fat liar? Currently, when you search for “Sarah Bray” (one of my top searched-for keywords), here’s what comes up:
Google, you are a cruel, cruel mistress.
Why you should talk about yourself in the third person sometimes
Because it’s very likely that people are going to eventually know who you are and Google your name (a fantastic thing). And if you talk about yourself in the third person, that’s likely what they’re going to see on their search result. It’s kind of a nifty way of crafting your own search engine entry.
“Sarah Bray is the awesomest.”
“Sarah Bray is the coolest person ever.”
“Sarah Bray knows her stuff, and is more honest than Abe himself.”
Take that, Google.
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Great lesson to learn, I’ll have to watch what I say a little more closely!
Ha! This post is the awesomest.
Glad you fought back.
Well, I can assure you that Sarah Bray is definitely not big and definitely not fat.
This reminds me of the game that we’ve played. We just type in our name and a verb into Google, like “Kelvin needs” or “Kelvin wants” and see what pop up (and laugh at the person). That was fun. I think we should all talk in third person every now and then.
Heck, Elmo does it all the time.
Heh, You know I just embaressed myself in front of an entire office of people with an outburst of laughter from reading that post when I dropped into my inbox…
Good explanation and advice
I guess Google doesn’t get what irony is…
Ran a search on your name just now. You’ve already gone from a big fat liar to the awesomest. Great progress!
YES!!!!