Dave is trying to rank for the term “Dave” on Google and I thought it would be interesting to see where all the other blogs I read ranked for their owners names on Google. Surprisingly most of them were nowhere to be seen but some had first page rankings and a couple even stole the top spot.
Losers
Patrick – 5th of 167,000,000 results (keywords not in title tag)
Dave – 2nd or 287,000,000 results (keyword in title tag)
Rand – 5th of 67,900,000 results (keyword in title tag)
Matt – 3rd out of 164,000,000 results (keywords in title tag)
Joost – 22nd out of just 6,260,000 results thanks to a TV station
Loren – 9th out of 13,800,000 results.
Jennifer – 7th out of 147,000,000 results.
Darren – 4th out of 28,200,000
Jeremy – 8th out of 64,400,000 results
Maki – 6th out of 1,590,000 results
Aaron – 3rd out of 72,600,000 results
Andy – 16th out of 137,000,000 results
Winners
Vanessa – 1st out of 49,400,000 results
Danny – 1st out of 76,600,000 results.
In a beautiful piece of irony both Larry & Sergey are pushed from the top spot by Wikipedia entries.
Where do you rank for your first name? Drop a link in the comments and I will add you to the list.
Patrick Altoft is Director of Search at Leeds based digital & SEO agency Branded3. Patrick also runs Blogstorm.You can get our blog posts delivered for free by email every day - simply add your email address to the box below or alternatively grab the RSS feed.
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I thought this was hilarious until I tried searching for my name.
I gave up in digust on page 17 after I realized I’m behind Jon Secada.
wow good thing i dont sell seo services… I fail =(
Wow, that’s harsh.
I’m 13th for “Sucker”
Pretty bad with only 19,800,000 results…
I place #8 on the first page:
http://www.google.com/search?q=laveda
nice post – I used to rank #1 for Darren (and #3 for one of my other blogs) til Darren Hayes the singer made a comeback and Darren Shan released his book. Not the hardest name to rank well for though
I should also point out that you’re using .co.uk rankings – they’re different on .com too and in more localized searches.
Third! Should be better as it’s not exactly a popular name.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=keemo
Ok so I suck, 16th Andy, but ahead of Beal and Hagans (on google.com)
137,000,000
Is in title tag, isn’t in H1
.uk doesn’t seem to be as relevant
as none of the Andys of search seem to appear in the top100
If I change the way I do my header I will probably get a boost as would a sitewide link give a boost.
I seem to rank on everything better in the US than UK, maybe Google thinks the UK isn’t part of Europe
I used to rank #1 for my full name David Bradley, and then a load of imposters, such as the guy who plays Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films stole a march on my (courtesy of IMDB). I thought I’d try and redress the balance by writing a personal branding post and mentioning some of the other people called David Bradley, including the actor, murderer, chocolatier, and porn star.
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I’m not an SEO blogger so it doesn’t really count but I rank #2 for Fraser although I really don’t think I have much chance at taking the number 1 spot from House of Fraser!
Great post though as I think we all probably keep an eye on these kind of vanity search positions.
all i wanted was to say go to google type in dave and hit I feel lucky.. you’ll find me that way
DaveN
I rank #6 out of 18,500,000 for Debra. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Debra (name in title)
I hate that TV station, more even because they pronounce Joost wrongly
(it’s yoast for you english people 
)
I rank #3, yo! Now I need to beat out Wikipedia
Help? 
The only search were I rank #1 is site:cha0sblog.de
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It’s not so bad, isn’t it ?
I’m 13th for “Sucker”- hehe ;P
2nd out of 37,400. Although, do I get bonus points for getting every hit on the first page but #1 and #8? Granted, I don’t rank currently for widgett.com or widgettwalls.com, which I own both of, but that’s because I’ve been focusing on my main site at Need Coffee and not my name. So.
And you wouldn’t think Widgett was much in use, but I’ve been pinged twice by people who have it for their last name asking if I’m a relative. Go figure.
I have a ranking of 181 internationally , but rank no 1 and 10 for a South African search. I guess I have some work to do huh. Guy Kawasaki is number 1.
Yaay ! I’ll include myself in the winners list.
I rank #5 for my first name: http://www.google.com.pk/search?q=mohsin
my name is iznan from malaysia. my site rank # 1 with keyword iznan
I am up to 63 for Guy. Now lets face it if my name was iznan, or Mohsin, It would be a lot bloody easier
476 000 000, just in case you are wondering.
I’m 2nd for Bullfrog Music
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=bullfrog+music&btnG=Search&meta=
And well in the depths for Regan. And seeing that 1st place went to this guy I’m very depressed now.
“Regan was criticized for his Prime Ministerial style of working, for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair, and for his frequent disagreements with Ronald Reagan’s wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan”
Searching for my name “Chetan” would give my blog drchetan.com in the top
Am i a good blogger then?
11 of 599 000 000. I thought I would update you. Not bad for a farm boy from Africa?
This post needs an update
yoast.com ranks #5 for [joost] 
I dont think my name never reach 1st page.
10th at the moment, but I have been jumping around the 1st page
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ciaran&pws=0&hl=en&num=10
I rank #7.
Please include me in the winners list!
#1 for a search on the name ’sriraj’
Not a big deal though, not many ppl have my name
Yaay ! I’ll include myself in the winners list.
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