Comments on: 5 Personal Branding Errors You Can Fix in 5 Minutes

By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:18:38 +0000

John,

Interesting point. While I am no SEO expert, I will point out that the
aesthetic benefits of the vanity URL (within email, on biz cards, on
resumes) likely far outweigh any slight optimization boost. The search
engine bots are important, but so are real people!

Thanks for reading, and thanks for the thoughtful comment.

By: John at Productfirst

John at Productfirst — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:08:31 +0000

Great advice... but one anomaly seems to be that Google likes first name hyphen last name more than: firstnamelastname. So if you go/http://linkedin.com/pub/ryan-rancatore/16/6/7abc/7d47
Rather than http://linkedin.com/in/ryanrancatore
You will get higher up the list??
Any suggestions as you can’t seem to go back from Vanity url to pub.

By: Raphael Coccia

Raphael Coccia — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:33:39 +0000

Ryan

You pointed out some great and easy tips for people to do.

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By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:45:40 +0000

Lindsey,

Thanks for stopping by. I had snuck in a quick mention of Facebook vanity URLs way at the bottom – it is a bit hidden. Thank you for keeping me on my toes though!

By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:45:40 +0000

Lindsey,

Thanks for stopping by. I had snuck in a quick mention of Facebook vanity URLs way at the bottom – it is a bit hidden. Thank you for keeping me on my toes though!

By: Lindsey Arndt

Lindsey Arndt — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:33:36 +0000

Ryan,

Great post! I just wanted to mention that Facebook recently changed it to where you can have your name after the facebook.com/. They might have changed it since this post; I'm not sure.

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valerybo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:23:22 +0000

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By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:56:47 +0000

Wow, Teri…thanks for the detailed comment! You know, it is funny you
mention how important an image can be. I have a guest blogger lined up who
wants to write about that very same topic. I will admit that it is an area
that I am no expert at…I have never owned a camera in my life! I
appreciate your insight, look forward to connecting with you further – I'm
following you on Twitter, will “see” you there.