We haven’t covered much red-coat, black-coat stuff recently (even though that Justin.TV did warrant a comment (we just didn’t have the time)) but here’s something from Publishing 2.0 by Scott Karp where analyzes a piece from the WSJ on Google and Identity and says:
The problem for most people is that they don’t have a platform for influencing their identity in Google or other search engines. Anyone can start a blog, sure, but that may not help if your name is John Smith, or even a less common name if you don’t get any inbound links.
It’s striking how complete Google’s dominance is in the realm of search-driven identity. I get traffic from Yahoo Search and Live Search, but never navigational or identity traffic, i.e. people searching for “Scott Karp” or “Publishing 2.0″ in order to find my blog or find out more about.
It will be interesting to see whether pieces like the one in the WSJ will intensify the interest in Google identity management and in services and platforms for such management. There are few professions or careers that couldn’t benefit from effective Google identity management.
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Just saw this on Lifehacker. How to control your Google identity: http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/geek-to-live-have-a-say-in-what-google-says-about-you-152444.php
May 9th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Remarkable search engine revolution is on the horizon. Go to Charles Knights’ list of 100 top alternative search engines. [via: ReadWrite]
http://charlesknightseo.com/list
He updates the list every couple of months. Play around with some of the sites, especially the meta-meta sites.
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May 10th, 2007 at 9:50 am
This is where smart services like http://www.ZIKI.com come in:
http://www.psfk.com/2006/11/ziki_sponsors_y.html
May 10th, 2007 at 12:17 pm