Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?

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Post by tedmiston » Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 7:32 PM UTC

megamindbrian2 wrote: post #78

tedmiston wrote: post #64

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I'll second the point about creating a hub. I've pushed my personal site + blog to the first page for my name using this technique. https://www.google.com/search?q=Taylor+Edmiston&ie=UTF-8&oe=... I link back to it from everywhere, especially my social profiles. The blog is more important in terms of content, so I'm planning to transition to that being my main hub with everything else as a profile page on that site ev…

Also looks like you went to prison for murder.

That guys is basically the reason I started using my (different than his) middle initial everywhere across the interwebs. :/

Re: Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 9:24 PM UTC

r3bl wrote: post #55

kostarelo wrote: post #41

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Fyi, it's "Republic of Macedonia".

If you wanna be correct and not upset the Greeks, it's "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".

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Re: Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?

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Post by bsvalley » Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 10:17 PM UTC

PART I: If you're looking to improve your Page Rank you need to understand the basics of SEO. Basically you need to increase your Domain/Page Authorities. How? By creating links to your web pages from domains that have high authorities... e.g. Reddit, Hacker News, etc. You get a huge bonus if your website is being mentioned by other big websites within the same categories. If you're selling cars and your website is mentioned on dog.com, it might boost your authority but not the quality of this reference (also known as the Spam Score).

PART II: Let's say we're back in the 90's and you just purchased the domain name pizza.com, assuming your website is about pizzas... then forget PART I, you'll rank #1.

Re: Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?

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Post by vojnovski » Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 10:49 PM UTC

Mz wrote: post #39

Your site is basically empty. Current content: Welcome. Hi, I'm Viktor. More to come, in the meantime you can contact me via twitter, linkedin, or via email at at . More links and a pgp key at Keybase. Made with ️ in Nice. Should say something more like: Welcome. Hi, I'm Viktor Vojnovski. I do (stuff you do, reasons why people would look for you online). You can also find me on twitter @vojnovski. Here is my linkedin…

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?

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Post by vojnovski » Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 10:54 PM UTC

Can't seem to edit the original post any more, so here goes an update.

Thanks HN! https://vv.mk/ is now on the first page of a my name search on google.com.

Re: Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?

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Post by slig » Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 1:42 AM UTC

twosville wrote: post #79

slig wrote: post #23

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If a user clicks on a link on a search page, stays a few seconds on the new page and then press 'back', and clicks on another link on the search, that's a pretty strong signal to Google that the first link wasn't that good.

Hmmm. If true, I wonder if cmd-clicking the top N links into other tabs can be distinguished or if it's harmful for their ranking. Also, does going back cause a reload?

I'd guess that various clicks in a small time frame can be trivially detected and discarded as noise. The vast majority of the users do not use that pattern.

I don't think it causes a reload, but it can also be trivially detected using JavaScript.

Re: Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?

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Post by tobltobs » Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 2:20 PM UTC

vojnovski wrote: post #27

tobltobs wrote: post #20

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> Get your full name as a .com (victorvojnovski.com) Do this NOW. Seriously.

Done. It seems it can't hurt, even if it only redirects to the .mk tld one.

> it can't hurt,

But it also wont help a bit.

There aren't too many facts in the SEO world, most is snake oil and stuff that worked ages ago. But to redirect a .com to a .mk is pretty sure a non optimal solution if you are interested in users from outside of Macedonia.

Re: Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?

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Post by tobltobs » Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 2:31 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #76

tobltobs wrote: post #20

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> Get your full name as a .com (victorvojnovski.com) Do this NOW. Seriously.

".com" is for businesses, so it seems strange to use it for a personal name. Also, next year the trend may be to register ".io", etc. You might end up on a slippery slope, paying $100 per year for something that you don't really need.

Nobody cares what the original use case for .com was 25 years ago. And the ".com trend" is going strong for the last 25 years and will for a few more years. If you target is international going with a country TLD is a big mistake.

> paying $100 per year for something that you don't really need.

That is what he is doing now. Paying 100$ per year for a useless .mk domain when the .com would cost 10$.