Ever Own a Word in Google?
Posted on June 6, 2007
Kind of a quirky thought, but in Googling the word thoughtsparks 639 of the 640 results directly relate back to my site or postings in one form or fashion. The first page and a half of Google returns on my name Phil Stolle are mine as well. Then they are interspered with the other Phil Stolle from Germany and diverge from there for the remains of the 143,000 returns.
Bloggers are coining new terms all the time to have unique addresses and putting their own spin on their topics. I enjoy developing "ThoughtSparks" as a blog and hopefully encouraging people to think. I find it fascinating to look at market share for a term.
My good friend Kelly Wright who blogs kellementology.com has coined kellementology and owns that word. Kelly instructs us in "The science of grasping life by the short hairs" which if you read her blog, you’ll begin to see the method to her madness. I’m starting to believe there really is such a thing as Kellementology. Wikipedia entry anyone?
What words have you coined? What words have other bloggers coined and own in Google?
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Hey… I’m enjoying your blog!
So… how does one get to “owe” a word in google? Do you have to sign up or something? LOL!
Warmest wishes,
jennifer
Jennifer, if it were only that easy! Thanks for dropping by. You’ve got a great thing going w/ your blogs. I’ll be visiting often. Love the post on hope by the way.
I don’t have a word, but in google searches I come close to owning the phrase “Two Write Hands.”
Looks you found a great way to make your mark in the technoether. Is that a new word, too?
Interesting…so you think I own the word Saggy Ball Sack?
Two Write Hands, Well that’s cool. “Owning” a phrase is cool as well. On one level I’m not sure what that really gets us other than a quirky ego lift of sorts perhaps. On the other it is very instructive and quite possibly an insight into online SEO, marketing and how to make a name for yourself, your product, your company.
Cherann, what can I say but I wouldn’t be surprised. You have such a way with words. Keep it up sister
Phil,
I have to tell you, that is a pretty strange feeling I got when I Googled my blog. So many connections out there I was either not aware of or had somewhere along the line forgotten about. What an amazing tool for sharing the internet is!
Yay for flyin’ the “All Warholled Up” me, Phil! Woot! I guess I’m going to have to pay a bit more attention to the science of my madness, huh? With just a break here and there for hilarity. And food. But I will never, ever be as famous as Cherann and her “Saggy Ball Sacks.” Completely a hoot! Thanks, as always, for your kind being.
p.s. I’ve noticed you’re up to 171 on the spam blocks. I’m only to 60. Is that a Mac thing?
Dave, yes the internet is truly amazing. Far-out concept eh to have so much info out there on yourself. Makes one need to be thoughtful in what they do as it may live forever.
Kelly, It was an honor to fly your banner on my site. What a great image. You are one of a kind for sure. On the spam, actually it has nothing really to do w/ your being on a Mac as it’s spam to the site, which is on the server. No, just being a target by those blanky blank $*%&#^@ spammers. However Akismet is truly a gift from heaven.
I know, Phil — I was pullin’ your leg. You know how I heart my Mac! And yes, Akismet is truly a life-saver.
I invented “sacrotainment”. Currently there are 16 links to this phrase and all of them (except one) are quotes from my metatag. Strangely enough not one is directly pointing to my site. I didn’t notice that fact until I read your article - thank you!
Zep, glad the post was helpful. Yeah, once you start into exploring what comes up on a search, it’s very instructive. “Sacrotainment” huh, I’ll have to see how you define that one. Interesting indeed.
I came up with the term “social bluffing” for an article that I wrote. A few months after my article was published, another organization took off with it and also published an article. But I have the satisfaction of my article rising to the top of Google.
Karen, that’s really cool. Yeah coining new phrases is great experiment plus it is kind of cool to see what happens to a viral concept. That kind of originality is what makes the web so fascinating to me.