Comments on: Just Google Me http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/12/30/just-google-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-google-me Understanding tourism, travel and the social Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sheila Scarborough http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/12/30/just-google-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 Sheila Scarborough Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:10:09 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=851#comment-1285 Hi Mary Jo, You're right; even solo entrepreneurs with a bunch of different projects and interests should have one go-to URL where they can send people. My overall point, though, was that an active, involved presence over time, on sites other than only their one Web site, can help tourism organizations do a better job of dominating search results (depending upon the search query terms used, of course.) This discussion has me thinking that I really must overhaul my creaky www.sheilascarborough.com Web site at some point to be a more elegant "portal" to my activities, for all the reasons you mention. Hi Mary Jo,

You’re right; even solo entrepreneurs with a bunch of different projects and interests should have one go-to URL where they can send people.

My overall point, though, was that an active, involved presence over time, on sites other than only their one Web site, can help tourism organizations do a better job of dominating search results (depending upon the search query terms used, of course.)

This discussion has me thinking that I really must overhaul my creaky http://www.sheilascarborough.com Web site at some point to be a more elegant “portal” to my activities, for all the reasons you mention.

]]> By: Mary Jo http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/12/30/just-google-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 Mary Jo Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:38:08 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=851#comment-1284 I'd never tell someone to just Google me. Maybe that's because I have a name often misspelled. Or, maybe it's because I look at the question as an opportunity to not only promote myself, but my website, company, etc. When someone asks about you and/or your services/company/etc., give them the info -- don't make them go hunt for it. It's a personal branding moment that I wouldn't let slip by. .-= Mary Jo´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.travelingwithmj.com/2009/12/2009-my-year-of-travel/" rel="nofollow">2009: My Year of Travel</a> =-. I’d never tell someone to just Google me. Maybe that’s because I have a name often misspelled. Or, maybe it’s because I look at the question as an opportunity to not only promote myself, but my website, company, etc. When someone asks about you and/or your services/company/etc., give them the info — don’t make them go hunt for it. It’s a personal branding moment that I wouldn’t let slip by.
.-= Mary Jo´s last blog ..2009: My Year of Travel =-.

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