Google Profiles

Have You Created Your Google Profile?

Where does your website or profile appear when you do a Google search on your name?

“If you are not on the first page of Google, then you need to set up your Google Profile.”

Google profiles are easy to set up and once indexed by Google, your profile will appear on the first page whenever someone searches your name.

Here is what my Google Profile looks like…  http://www.google.com/profiles/christine.mcivor

6 Main Components

There are six main components of a Google Profile page. You are able to edit and modify your profile so that you can determine what your users will see when they search your name on Google.

Receive Messages – This is an awesome features that allows prospects to email you without divulging your email address.

Upload Photos – Engage your prospects with personal pictures of you and your family.
Photo’s enable your prospects to trust you without having to meet you in person first. You may easily add your photos through Picasa and Flickr.

Add Your Bio- This is your chance to tell the world who you are. Share your story, your experiences, and your goals.

Contact Info – Keep your friends, family, business associates, and prospects up to date with your current contact information.

Add Your Links – This is such an amazing feature, especially when you can add multiple links to your websites, blogs, splash pages, and other profiles at sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Show Your Location – Keep your friends, family, business associates, and prospects up to date with your current contact information. Your current location and where you have lived will be displayed on the map.

You must have a Gmail account in order to create a Google Profile.  Your Google Profile URL will be dependent on your Gmail user id. I highly recommend to get your full name as your Gmail user id.

ie. My Gmail user id is ”christine.mcivor” therefore my Google Profile URL is http://www.google.com/profiles/christine.mcivor

  Set Up Gmail account with your name.

 Set up your Google Profiles page here.

I have created a video tutorial below which will take you through the six main components and how to set up your Google profile page.

Video Tutorial

 Congratulations! You are one of the first to create your Google Profile. 

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Yours in Branding Success!

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