Google Me

2009 March 2
by Grace Boyle

Ji Lee, the creative director of Google Creative Lab in NY created this card. I’ve seen it done before. The idea is slick (maybe cocky?) but catches my attention and is different. I think this is a testament to your personal brand. How do you represent yourself online? If someone Google’s you, do the right site’s appear? Is there a WWF wrestler with the same name as you that trumps your own content?
I think it’s important to keep this in check. Periodically I Google myself, narcissistic you say? Think about how you want to be represented when prospective companies do a little Google check or the cred you’re building for yourself. It’s important.

What about you? How’s your personal brand stacking up?

Photo Credit: PicoCool

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  • Akhila

    Interesting post! I love the business card too – very cute. Definitely, I think more and more in the future people will be focusing on building their personal brand. When you know that someone is going to google you before hiring you for a job, why wouldn’t you want to make sure they see something you want to show them? After all you can control that!

    I definitely google myself from time to time to see what shows up, and I think my “personal brand” is pretty decent. I do wish my blog would show up earlier on though, but it’s not very popular yet. Hopefully that’s something I can keep working on!

  • http://akhila.wordpress.com Akhila

    Interesting post! I love the business card too – very cute. Definitely, I think more and more in the future people will be focusing on building their personal brand. When you know that someone is going to google you before hiring you for a job, why wouldn't you want to make sure they see something you want to show them? After all you can control that!

    I definitely google myself from time to time to see what shows up, and I think my “personal brand” is pretty decent. I do wish my blog would show up earlier on though, but it's not very popular yet. Hopefully that's something I can keep working on!

  • Grace Boyle

    @Akhila Very true! My blog recently began to show up, in terms of SEO and using my name in my blog title and headline. This helps for page indexing as well. A lot of people won’t Google “Small Hands, Big Ideas” but may find my blog through my name. Gaining in popularity definitely helps but through using your name frequently, it helps search engines to index your content and blog!

  • http://www.smallhandsbigideas.blogspot.com Grace Boyle

    Very true! My blog recently began to show up, in terms of SEO and using my name in my blog title and headline. This helps for page indexing as well. A lot of people won't Google “Small Hands, Big Ideas” but may find my blog through my name. Gaining in popularity definitely helps but through using your name frequently, it helps search engines to index your content and blog!

  • http://akhila.wordpress.com Akhila

    Interesting post! I love the business card too – very cute. Definitely, I think more and more in the future people will be focusing on building their personal brand. When you know that someone is going to google you before hiring you for a job, why wouldn't you want to make sure they see something you want to show them? After all you can control that!

    I definitely google myself from time to time to see what shows up, and I think my “personal brand” is pretty decent. I do wish my blog would show up earlier on though, but it's not very popular yet. Hopefully that's something I can keep working on!

  • http://www.smallhandsbigideas.blogspot.com Grace Boyle

    Very true! My blog recently began to show up, in terms of SEO and using my name in my blog title and headline. This helps for page indexing as well. A lot of people won't Google “Small Hands, Big Ideas” but may find my blog through my name. Gaining in popularity definitely helps but through using your name frequently, it helps search engines to index your content and blog!