Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my online presence. I mean, if I ever start to market Photify.net to other companies, and if anyone there is anything like me, then they’ll instantly type my name into google. So, I put myself in their shoes and did a little ego-search:
It doesn’t look too promising. The first result is for the director of Pot Zombies. Great. The second? An ad for penis enhancement pills (which, according to google, is also hosting malware. Don’t go there). Skip down a couple and you get a facebook profile. That shouldn’t be too bad right? Click on it and you’re greeted with a picture of some dude drinking what appears to be Jack Daniels straight out of the bottle with his buddy flipping of the camera. Awesome.
None, however, are quite as disturbing as justinspowers.tripod.com. This is most disturbing since the URL clearly has my middle initial, which so far is the only thing distinguishing me from the lower classes of Justin Powers. It is a simple animated cartoon implying that I giggle, and openly announce that I am homosexual. Promptly followed by a solicitation to kill me. Please don’t.
Part of the point of this blog is to raise my google standing. I suppose it will be some time before it breaks through the ranks on google. I also created a google profile, which is nicely placed at the very bottom of the first page, forcing the would-be searcher to wade through mountains of the stoned undead, underage drinkers, and death threats. Not so long ago my linked-in profile was at the top of the ranks (see Justin Powers), but it has fallen almost completely from Google’s view.
hi. my name is justin S powers also.
you made a blog to raise your google standing? you really should get a life and stop worrying about people with your same name.
writing a blog isn’t going to make anyone care about you. maybe try getting off the computer and living some kind of real life.
-justin s. powers
“googles #1 justin powers”
justin powers
December 22nd, 2009
Hi Justin,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I think you may have misunderstood the point of the post. I’m not really wanting to get into a popularity contest, which would (as you implied) be pointless and inane. I’m just wanting to ensure that when someone is looking for me (this specific Justin Powers), that they get the information they are looking for. After all, isn’t that what google is all about? I would like to think of it as inserting myself into the results, rather than trying to bubble to the top.
I am sure that, as a published producer, your ranking in the google standings is justified, especially when one is searching for something related to Fringe Media. As one business owner to another, I wish you best of luck in your producing and marketing endeavors. However, I feel that you would not have found this post and left such a strongly worded response (with a link to your myspace) if you were not looking into raising your own google standing.
Your concern about me “living some kind of real life” is duly noted, however I feel that I would be the utmost authority on whether I was living a “real life”. I’m not even sure what you mean by “try getting off the computer”, since you clearly have no idea what my computer habits are.
Best wishes,
Justin S. Powers
“Google’s ‘other’ Justin Powers”
Justin
December 22nd, 2009