Page one!
Saturday, June 7th, 2008 - 4:31PM
Excuse me for a moment of self indulgence here, but I noticed my search referrers were going up for my first name — and as it turns out, I’ve gone from page two to page one (number ten, to be exact) for “ryan.” Okay, I know it’s nothing compared to Veronica, who claims the number one spot for her name, but watch your back, Ryan Adams, because number nine is only a matter of time now.
On my search, you have gone up in the world - 5th on the first page with Ryan Adams at 6th, and Ryanair at no.1.
And this was on google.com, as the searches do change depending whether you go via the country specific version or not.
Comment by Ian Nock — Saturday, June 7, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
Ya, when i search you come up as number 6 on Google.com
Comment by Jeff — Saturday, June 7, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
Fantastic prices on “ryan block” here in canada lol:
http://i28.tinypic.com/b6y6ft.png
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Lucky man. I am only on page 2 for “Louis”. :-)
Comment by Louis Gray — Saturday, June 7, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
“number nine”, brilliant. Great song too.
Looking forward to your WWDC coverage.
Comment by Richard Lai — Sunday, June 8, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
BTW you’re #4 on Google.co.uk
Slowly does it, like a casserole. :D
Comment by Richard Lai — Sunday, June 8, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
I first heard of this on Matt Mullenwig’s blog. Not only does he win at Google, he wins at most kickass domain ever too:
http://ma.tt
Comment by Jesse — Monday, June 9, 2008 @ 2:02 am
Jesse, please refer to my failed quest for ry.an or blo.ck.
Comment by Ryan Block — Monday, June 9, 2008 @ 7:21 am
Page 2 for “Sean”
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sean&start=10&sa=N
Bonner you are going down!!!
Comment by sean percival — Tuesday, June 10, 2008 @ 11:17 am
Sorry Ryan, your back on page 2 for me
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