Author Topic: Will the real Sean Locke please stand up? :) (Read 6073 times)

Jo Ann Snover · « **on:** February 12, 2014, 13:09 »

I forget what started me on some Google searches this morning, but I wanted to compare searches for well known microstockers to others and typed in Sean Locke. What a feast that was

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I was amused to see that Sean is beaten to the top spot on a search for his own name by a comedian with a different last name!

Then I was wondering what the comedian would think about Sean's picture being in the collection of his likenesses

Perhaps I had something to do with the moustache and the devil horns - can't blame Google for everything...

I guess that I found it interesting that Google conflated the two without even a "did you mean" note at the top. It's also amusing that if you search for the comedian's name it drops Sean's image out of the lineup.

Perhaps Sean could try standup and put this other guy out of business

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2014, 14:48 »

I get Sean Locke in the right (deserved) position

ruxpriencdiam · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2014, 15:19 »

Mine is just the opposite of Beppe.

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YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2014, 15:21 »

Bing is no better and there's a line in the search that comes up as Sean Locke Comedian. Maybe the Lock has his name both ways some place to get more seo? Search for Sean Locke Photographer shows all the Sean Lock pictures. Real Sean from IS on row 3.

ACS · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2014, 15:32 »

Here is mine..

ACS · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2014, 15:37 »

By the way, 5 million results, 1,7 million results and 65 million results for the same search term from different locations..?

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2014, 16:14 »

Yeah, that Irish dude boots me out of the top. If I want to buy ads on Google it costs like $5 a click to get in front of that jerk.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2014, 16:29 »

And I did check a search using Safari, with private browsing turned on and ensuring I wasn't logged in to Google - same order as what I posted originally, so it is being in the US or something other than my search history that's determining the order.

It somehow seems wrong to have to pay to correct a misspelling - if you wanted to hijack Lock to feature you instead, I could see having to pay for that...

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2014, 17:09 »

I continue to get Sean Locke in first position using google.ru or google.com
But using DuckGoGo, Bing, Google.fr, as search engine I have Sean Lock in first position.
Mystery…

ShadySue · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2014, 17:24 »

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on February 12, 2014, 16:29

It somehow seems wrong to have to pay to correct a misspelling - if you wanted to hijack Lock to feature you instead, I could see having to pay for that...

It's not that unusual, and is why Google is often useful.
I misheard the dentist saying I had 'angular colitis', which I realised must be wrong, so googled, and the first result for 'angular colitis' at that time was the correct angular cheilitis. It still comes up first under the type-in box as the top suggestion for angular colitis.

I'm sure if I needed to be found and had a surname which is often spelled two ways (I do, in fact, but I don't need to be found) I'd make sure my SEO featured both spellings.

Mantis · « **Reply #10 on:** February 12, 2014, 19:34 »

If I type in Sean Locke into Google I get that other dude. If I type in "sean locke" using quotes, mr locke the microstock dude is #1.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #11 on:** February 12, 2014, 19:47 »

Quote from: ShadySue on February 12, 2014, 17:24

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on February 12, 2014, 16:29
It somehow seems wrong to have to pay to correct a misspelling - if you wanted to hijack Lock to feature you instead, I could see having to pay for that...

It's not that unusual, and is why Google is often useful.
I misheard the dentist saying I had 'angular colitis', which I realised must be wrong, so googled, and the first result for 'angular colitis' at that time was the correct angular cheilitis. It still comes up first under the type-in box as the top suggestion for angular colitis.

I'm sure if I needed to be found and had a surname which is often spelled two ways (I do, in fact, but I don't need to be found) I'd make sure my SEO featured both spellings.

I agree that the "did you mean" is very useful but that's not what happened with typing in Sean's name.

Look at what I see for your misheard diagnosis:

Up at the top it asks if you meant something else and lets you correct what you typed with the link

There's also the "showing results for" version. I deliberately mistyped the name of an actress and got this

There it tells you that it switched and lets you search for the original if you wanted to with just a click.

But in Sean's case it just mungs the two together - including a picture. No links or did you mean or anything. And it knows something is up because if you search for the comedian it removes Sean's ugly mug from the lineup.

I think we all need to be a able to "brand" ourselves in such a way as to show up in searches, largely so we aren't so dependent on the agencies to get our work front and center.

ShadySue · « **Reply #12 on:** February 12, 2014, 20:27 »

This is what I got, as I'd expect:

lisafx · « **Reply #13 on:** February 12, 2014, 22:18 »

Quote from: ShadySue on February 12, 2014, 17:24

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on February 12, 2014, 16:29
It somehow seems wrong to have to pay to correct a misspelling - if you wanted to hijack Lock to feature you instead, I could see having to pay for that...
It's not that unusual, and is why Google is often useful.
I misheard the dentist saying I had 'angular colitis', which I realised must be wrong, so googled, and the first result for 'angular colitis' at that time was the correct angular cheilitis. It still comes up first under the type-in box as the top suggestion for angular colitis.

I'm sure if I needed to be found and had a surname which is often spelled two ways (I do, in fact, but I don't need to be found) I'd make sure my SEO featured both spellings.

Yikes! Be glad it wasn't colitis! I would have had to wonder why my dentist was trying to treat me for an intestinal problem.

Oldhand · « **Reply #14 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:00 »

Ah- Google is just doing it's job. Depending where you are searching from and what your search query is, Google will look at interpretations.

There is no 1 common interpretation for the query - unlike say Sylvester Stallone. With the query "Sean Locke", Google will want to display both the common and minor interpretations.

Common would be the comedian
Less common would be the photographer
Minor would be someone with that name who''s not famous at all

Google trying to display the most common interpretation in the majority of results, along with less common interpretations of the query to give the results page diversity.

It's usually works quite well. Also the results you see will depend where you are searching from. If you're in the UK you'll get the slightly funny comedian at the top for example.

Same with the images - works the same way. Getting yourself in there simply shows that our Sean Locke is no longer a minor interpretation, but in fact is now in himself a standardized Google search term.

Oldhand

Kerioak~Christine · « **Reply #15 on:** February 13, 2014, 07:26 »

Try searching for Kerioak - you will almost always be asked if you meant karaoke

Silken Photography · « **Reply #16 on:** February 17, 2014, 07:11 »

I knew of the comedian long before I ever heard of the photographer. Cue some confusion wondering if the comedian had an unusual side-line in stock photography before I noticed the slight difference in spelling!

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