Comments on: How Rel=”me” Should Work

By: Mistry

Mistry — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:30:24 +0000

Thanks for the article Nick.. I am curious to know if using the rel=me operator will help the ranking of the newer site of mine that I’m linking to? (I have one site that ranks very well and have created another site to target a different niche – that one doesn’t rank at all yet)

By: Kyle Alm

Kyle Alm — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:49:51 +0000

So has the rel=”me” microformat been shown to have any positive benefits since the posting of this?

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:12:00 +0000

Hi Roy,
Sorry, I did not see your original comment (we only remove spam comments)…anyway, thanks for reading!

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:09:48 +0000

Thank you for removing my comment…

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:04:25 +0000

Thanks for reading Jay. A suggestion on this could be to try (on a few social profiles) to add the rel=”me” attribute on the incoming link from your social profiles to your website…I would test this out on a few profiles first to see if it helps )

By: Jay Lohmann

Jay Lohmann — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:21:06 +0000

I’ve read a few places on how to implement this tag on blogs or profiles, but as an owner of a company, I would like to add it to my company site so that it comes up first for my name. Any suggestions on how to do this?

thanks,

Jay Lohmann
TagTeamCreative.com

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:57:07 +0000

Thanks Neal for reading!

I have always found that it is very important to have your branded “name” in all of the major and niche social networking websites. At the end of the day people, your clients, potential clients, etc should be able to find out very easily, it adds levels of credibility and also can help establish and improve an online reputation…If social profiles rank higher than your website, then I highly suggest a relevant long term link building/trust factor campaign…

By: Neal G

Neal G — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:56:34 +0000

I was under the impression that people’s Twitter profiles were landing as the #1 results because Twitter changed it’s TITLE tags on it’s site to incorporate the users first and last name. I’ve always disliked web 2.0 services ranking higher with my name, than my own website does, so I never use my full name when using other websites. Not sure if that’s a good idea but so far it has worked for me.