Not the only Patrick Lee on the planet

While some people experience relative ease in their quest to reach #1 on Google for their own names, I’m locked in competition with a multitude of Patrick Lees.  Yes, I’m sure it’s hard to believe there are several of us out there.  It’s such an unusual name.

I just checked and I’m sitting quite comfortably in the #5 position when I search for Patrick Lee on Google.  Although I am locked in a bitter struggle with them for Google supremacy, I thought I would take a moment this evening to pay homage to my worthy competitors (one of whom is female and named Lee Patrick).  So here goes in order of Google rank:

  1. Patrick Lee, MIT physicist
  2. Patrick Lee, bioethicist in Germany
  3. Lee Patrick, actress
  4. Patrick Lee, author of a book about abortion

If I search for Patrick Lee in quotes, I’m currently #4.  Not too shabby.

Well I hope you’ve enjoyed your time ahead of me, you pretenders to the Patrick Lee throne.  Resistance is useless and not even your .EDU domains can save you.  Buwahahaha!!!

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June 12, 2007 | Filed Under Internet 

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6 Responses to “Not the only Patrick Lee on the planet”

  1. Simonne on June 13th, 2007 6:35 am

    I guess you are lucky. Your name is not so common, so you can hope to take the first spot with some motr optimization.

  2. Maurice Fonk on June 13th, 2007 7:57 am

    I think I'm the only Maurice Fonk on this planet. I can't find any others by that name. Probably due to the unique spelling of my last name, which around here (Netherlands/Germany/Belgium) is usually written with a V.It does give you a warm and fuzzy feeling ;)

  3. Patrick on June 13th, 2007 8:46 am

    @Simonne: I was actually being facetious about my name not being common.  There are a lot of Patrick Lees out there, especially because Lee is a common Korean surname.  That being said, a little more optimization and time should earn me the #1 spot.

    @Maurice: On the one hand, you're lucky.  On the other hand, everything out there on the Web with your name attached to it is forever tied to you.  Could be good or bad I suppose.

  4. Maurice Fonk on June 14th, 2007 4:44 am

    One thing I have noticed is that being active on mailing lists and having a blog adds to your presence on google a lot. I particularly enjoy seeing my name encapsulated in a language other than English or Dutch. If someone wants to find everything with my name attached to it, they are going to have to go through a lot of trouble.

  5. John Lampard on June 21st, 2007 2:20 am

    For the “disadvantages” of having a reasonably rare surname (some of the mispronunciations and misspellings amaze me) at least my name Googles in at #1! :)

  6. Patrick on June 21st, 2007 7:59 am

    John,
    Not only that, but Google offers to auto-complete your name once I’ve typed ‘John Lampa’. You must be famous. ;)

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