Comments on: What\’s in a Name? (Or a Nmae?) http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/12/whats-in-a-name-or-a-nmae/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:38:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Yopee http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/12/whats-in-a-name-or-a-nmae/comment-page-1/#comment-1226776 Yopee Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:41:42 +0000 #comment-1226776 Unbeliveble, i searched in Google for "Amy" : 142 000 000 results. and then i searched for "Oprah" : 19 700 000 results. Does it mean you're more popular than Oprah ? Or simply because there are millions of Amy, and only one Oprah in this world. Anyway, thanks for the article Unbeliveble, i searched in Google for “Amy” : 142 000 000 results.
and then i searched for “Oprah” : 19 700 000 results.

Does it mean you’re more popular than Oprah ? Or simply because there are millions of Amy, and only one Oprah in this world.
Anyway, thanks for the article

]]> By: kamichat@yahoo.com http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/12/whats-in-a-name-or-a-nmae/comment-page-1/#comment-62435 kamichat@yahoo.com Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:26:32 +0000 #comment-62435 I honestly didn't see this until today, but I am a notoriously dyslexic typist. I linked to you today with the correct spelling :-) I honestly didn’t see this until today, but I am a notoriously dyslexic typist. I linked to you today with the correct spelling :-)

]]> By: Easton Ellsworth http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/12/whats-in-a-name-or-a-nmae/comment-page-1/#comment-59867 Easton Ellsworth Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:00:44 +0000 #comment-59867 Amy, this tip of yours (nmaely, to cehck fro mispellings of a nmae in ego sfruing) comes at a great time for me, since I've just been telling our bloggers how to ego surf in style. I forgot to tell them about the misspelling thing! Also, I rushed to Google and tried a search for "easton," but alas - no ego glory for me. Not yet, anyway. Sometimes people don't misspell, but rather they give you a correctly spelled, but wrong last name - such as Graham for Gahran, as you mentioned. Stowe Boyd referred to me as "Easton Ellis" the other day - and of course, I don't really care because at least he linked to my site properly! Now if only there was a way to return to old comments I've left and fix typos ... Amy, this tip of yours (nmaely, to cehck fro mispellings of a nmae in ego sfruing) comes at a great time for me, since I’ve just been telling our bloggers how to ego surf in style. I forgot to tell them about the misspelling thing! Also, I rushed to Google and tried a search for “easton,” but alas – no ego glory for me. Not yet, anyway.

Sometimes people don’t misspell, but rather they give you a correctly spelled, but wrong last name – such as Graham for Gahran, as you mentioned. Stowe Boyd referred to me as “Easton Ellis” the other day – and of course, I don’t really care because at least he linked to my site properly!

Now if only there was a way to return to old comments I’ve left and fix typos …

]]> By: Cathy http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/12/whats-in-a-name-or-a-nmae/comment-page-1/#comment-58883 Cathy Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:39:02 +0000 #comment-58883 Does this high Google ranking mean that you will now be known only "Amy," a la "Oprah?" Does this high Google ranking mean that you will
now be known only “Amy,” a la “Oprah?”

]]> By: David Leonhardt http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/12/whats-in-a-name-or-a-nmae/comment-page-1/#comment-58880 David Leonhardt Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:46:26 +0000 #comment-58880 Amazing that you outranked Amy Grant. You would think that an equally "online maniac" with a name like David Leonhardt would have no problem holding down the number one spot (or the entire top ten?)However, I share an uncommon name with a New York Times reporter (even my brother confused us once!) and a band leader (who has Google's top spot for David Leonhardt" right now). For just "David", I get handily beat out by David Bowie, David Copperfield, David Wilcox, David Suzuki and many others. This was a fun post. Amazing that you outranked Amy Grant.

You would think that an equally “online maniac” with a name like David Leonhardt would have no problem holding down the number one spot (or the entire top ten?)However, I share an uncommon name with a New York Times reporter (even my brother confused us once!) and a band leader (who has Google’s top spot for David Leonhardt” right now).

For just “David”, I get handily beat out by David Bowie, David Copperfield, David Wilcox, David Suzuki and many others.

This was a fun post.

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