Comments on: When your name is misspelled

By: Michael Lynn Adams

Michael Lynn Adams — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:29:54 +0000

Linda, my name is nearly as common as they come. A Google search for Michael Adams results in more than 11,000,000 entries. My Web site is buried in there somewhere. When I discovered that situation I started to use my middle name “Lynn” to differentiate myself from all the other Michael Adams. Now a search for Michael Lynn Adams results in 450,000 entries with my web site and blog being 7 of the top 10. If you have a middle name, even if you have tried to hide it all your life, it could be beneficial to dust it off and use it. Good Luck, Linda Tate

By: Linda Tate

Linda Tate — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:19:26 +0000

I’m a writer (with a new book coming out in the spring), but there’s also a jazz singer with the same name. She claimed http://www.lindatate.com a long time ago. For that reason, I can’t really use my name as my brand. I wonder how other people with common names handle this issue.

By: Marilyn Sholin

Marilyn Sholin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:10 +0000

My first name is constantly spelled wrong. It’s a fairly common name but they always try to turn it into Marylin. As a matter of fact even my book publisher spelled it wrong and thankfully we caught it in editing! http://tinyurl.com/5hpzru I have bought numerous versions of my websites but not the different spellings, so that is a great tip and thanks!

By: liza

liza — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:59:10 +0000

My website is in my name: http://www.lizamyers.com, but my last name is often spelled with an extra e… I tried to purchase the url for lizameyers.com but it already belonged to a very nice lawyer in the Denver area. We’ve gotten to know each other a bit since people occasionally send important email to the wrong address… which we both forward to the correct person. She sent me good info on the Orphan Works Bill. We’ve talked on the phone, and will get together the next time I’m in Colorado. I do receive google alerts on both spellings of my name to keep up with what’s happening. Google goes for both spellings of my name, which is interesting.

By: Amélie Gagné

Amélie Gagné — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:36:10 +0000

Alyson had a good suggestion there about purchasing other domains with the mispelling… My URL is ameliegallery.com but I also have ameliegagne.com (my full name) which leads also to my website. Leaving in an english speaking world now people often mistake me for “emily” so I recently purchased emilygallery.com and have yet to link it to my website… I keep that for my “anti-procrastinating day”