tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107440077007797208.post4313652097841690973..comments2023-05-10T08:53:51.332-05:00Comments on The Alternative Scientist: The career crisis and the CVMad Hatterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12848061207872125237noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107440077007797208.post-21873911161102903642008-07-15T12:23:00.000-05:002008-07-15T12:23:00.000-05:00With a little manipulation, the site I wanted at t...<I> With a little manipulation, the site I wanted at the top of a certain Google search was the top result in about a week after the crawlers picked it up. </I><BR/><BR/>My point was that that "little manipulation" will anyway bring the site to the google search engine. So the registration is kind of superfluous.<BR/><BR/><I><BR/>You have to be really careful with this approach. Such comments canPablo Achardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262399890959705442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107440077007797208.post-86011328108984602932008-07-15T11:59:00.000-05:002008-07-15T11:59:00.000-05:00Submiting a personal web page to Google is not ver...<I>Submiting a personal web page to Google is not very efficient.</I><BR/><BR/>It is "lower tech" but it can actually work quite well depending on your final objective.<BR/><BR/>With a little manipulation, the site I wanted at the top of a certain Google search was the top result in about a week after the crawlers picked it up.<BR/><BR/><I>Go on blogs you like and leave interesting comments.</I><Mad Chemist Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700061998130030601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107440077007797208.post-30639269526165140172008-07-15T11:40:00.000-05:002008-07-15T11:40:00.000-05:00Sure. You can have a look here for examplehttp://w...Sure. You can have a look here for example<BR/>http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/internet/google-ranking-factors.htm<BR/>http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization<BR/><BR/>To cut it short, let's distinguish different cases:<BR/><BR/>- you want to promote a website (A) but you don't have any website yourself: you have to have Pablo Achardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262399890959705442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107440077007797208.post-78876488377554830302008-07-15T11:10:00.000-05:002008-07-15T11:10:00.000-05:00It's probably wise to google oneself routinely to ...It's probably wise to google oneself routinely to keep track of what's public. By doing that i once learned that a previously private site had suddenly become googleable, and edited my personal information out of newly public posts.<BR/><BR/>Can you give us links as to how to affect the ranking of the google hits? None are things i'm particularly embarrassed by at the moment (BUDA, RPGs, Yttraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07694242769889512411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107440077007797208.post-11870876553037873002008-07-14T21:52:00.000-05:002008-07-14T21:52:00.000-05:00How interesting! I'd never thought about trying t...How interesting! I'd never thought about trying to alter the ranking of websites that show up when I Google my name.<BR/><BR/>And having your CV always updated and ready to go is very good advice. I think whether one has to reformat a CV into a resume depends on the job one is applying for. Perhaps a topic for a future post?Mad Hatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848061207872125237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107440077007797208.post-44866828213589867542008-07-14T16:09:00.000-05:002008-07-14T16:09:00.000-05:00Sure, cleaning a google page is a long-term proces...Sure, cleaning a google page is a long-term process. It is not very difficult but it must be done way in advance...<BR/><BR/>Submiting a personal web page to Google is not very efficient. The same is obtained (with a higher google rank) by linking the new personal web page from an existing one. Your current lab certainly has a web page and I've never seen any PI or webmaster refusing to add a Pablo Achardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262399890959705442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107440077007797208.post-46362398390311038302008-07-14T10:13:00.000-05:002008-07-14T10:13:00.000-05:00If not, learn the lesson: never put your name agai...<I>If not, learn the lesson: never put your name again on such a website. Then learn a bit how Google ranks the websites and arrange for other websites to take the lead. The first page must be clean.</I><BR/><BR/>Very good point.<BR/><BR/>If you have a website or online CV you would like to point perspective employers, you can submit a specific website to Google here:<BR/><BR/>http://Mad Chemist Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700061998130030601noreply@blogger.com