Obviously, this online resume is only useful if people find it, so I have been working on optimizing this site for search engines.
Now, when someone searches for “Nate Desmond” the top result is my online resume! Gaining this position was pretty simple because “Nate Desmond” is not a very common name and there are fewer than 511,000 results competing for this term.
Main Reasons
- This website is located at NateDesmond.com. The URL of a website plays a major role in SEO.
- The website’s name is also “Nate Desmond” with the subtitle “Online Portfolio & Resume”. Once more, the title is a major help in SEO.
- Finally, the Wordpress theme I chose is highly SEO optimized. The entire Wordpress platform, in fact, is built to make Google happy.
Obviously, those are only a few of the reasons. Other inportant points, such a backlinks, did play a part also.
Next… “Nathanael Desmond”
Now that I have ranked well for “Nate Desmond”, it is time to start working on “Nathanael Desmond” – my full name. This one will be slightly harder because it is not mentioned in the URL or site title, but I think it will be possible. Currently, my Twitter account is listed on the first page (result #6), but my resume is not even listed yet.
Time to get back to work…
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