How well does your name Google? As for me, there's only one Gary Mintchell in the whole world. So, am I "somebody?" On the other hand, there is a set of parents that worries way too much.
How To: Make yourself more findable on the web. The Wall Street Journal says how high your name ranks in a Google search is becoming more and more of a concern for professionals and parents-to-be:
U.S. Internet users conduct hundreds of millions of search queries daily. About 7% of all searches are for a person's name, estimates search engine Ask.com. More than 80% of executive recruiters said they routinely use search engines to learn more about candidates, according to a recent survey by executive networking firm ExecuNet. Nearly 40% of individuals have used search engines to look up friends or acquaintances with whom they'd lost touch, according to a Harris Interactive survey commissioned by Microsoft Corp.'s MSN unit.
The article details how parents are choosing more unique names for their kids, entertainers are Googling stage names to scout the competition, and others are using middle names and other adjustments to make themselves more unique. Here's more on how to have a say in what Google says about you. [~]Gina Trapani
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