Blog - The Architect's Log » SMO http://www.netdrafter.com/blog Commentary from the Netdrafter Web Architects Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:05:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google Changes Search Results and Introduces “Google Me” http://www.netdrafter.com/blog/smo/google-me/ http://www.netdrafter.com/blog/smo/google-me/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:11:59 +0000 Lead Architect http://www.netdrafter.com/blog/?p=175 Yesterday, Google announced a change to their results pages for individual name searches. If your name is searched and you have a personal Google Profile, it will be displayed at the bottom of the search results page. Go ahead, do a Google search on my name, Rachel Pastirik. Look to the bottom of the page to see a mini photo of me and a link to my profile page.

Rachel Pastirik's Google Profile Search Result

Google Profiles will not replace other social networking web sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, but it’s another highly visible place to post your information. Since so many people use Google as their main search resource we think it’s worth taking a few minutes to create a profile. It’s a good way to enhance your existing SMO (Social Marketing Optimization) efforts and control the information publicly displayed about you.

Read all about Google Profiles or sign up for yours.

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