Have You Googled You? How Popular are You? Check with Popuri
So, you are kinda bored, not much happening online, got a free moment?
Have you ever peeked at what the media and others are saying about…. YOU?
Ever google your name to see where you sites rank and how you fit into the whole game?
When I google my name on Google, I come up a couple times on page 1. That’s good, that’s where I want to be and where you want to be as well.
But, when I google me on Yahoo… (can you google someone on Yahoo?) I don’t show up until page 3… interesting… (they seem to love the other Jeff Mills)
And when I google me on MSN, I show up all over page 1, whew.. Wassup Yahoo? Looks like Yahoo has many links to my Hip Hop Namesake the Jeff Mills from Detriot. He gets lots of press, which I am sure I get some of his traffic and he gets some of mine. I also get an occassional email meant for him, which can be kinda interesting there too! 
(I always send them back to the originator to let them know wrong person)
Well, there is a free service out there called POPURI which means being a voyeur of yourself and an egomaniac just got easier. Now you can know how popular you are and get some interesting stats to boot!
Popuri will show you how you rank in these areas, which is awesome:
Google PageRank:
Alexa Rank:
Compete Rank:
Quantcast Rank:
Google BackLinks:
Yahoo BackLinks:
Live Search BackLinks:
Technorati Links:
del.icio.us Bookmarks:
Bloglines subscribers:
WHOIS:
DNS Report:
Another thing to realize too, it there is full disclosure, you’ll see the good bad and ugly of where your domain names rank on many networks and how many backlinks you have (or your competition has). You’ll see where you fit in on Technorati and Delicious. Plus, if you want to be a spy or stalker (don’t be) then you can do a who is look up and if the person who is owning the domain registered it in their name, you’ll know how to reach them, call them or email them right there. (You can get a privacy thing on your domains if you don’t want this public). So far I have never been one to hide my details off the internet because I do business with people and if they cannot call me or get in touch with me, how can I help them?
So, anyways, you can learn more and test out the Popuri service all for free, it’s fun and you’ll learn some things about your sites and the competition’s sites. It will help you figure out strategy and how to increase your reach higher and get your namesake even bigger on the net so you can one day become the king of the world.
And if you want to use it on your business domain names, go for it too, as that is what it was probably originally meant for. You can even add a widget to your blog or website which shows everyone how popular you really are. That can scare them away or really make them think you are someone they need to get to know and many…. BUY FROM…!
