A few months ago Google rolled out new, consolidated Google profiles for its members. This profile replaced all the different user profiles you previously needed to create for different Google services (Blogger, Picassa, Google Groups, etc.). This not only made it easier to manage your contact information, but enabled you to show a coherent identity across all Google services (better branding).
However, the icing on the cake may be this: a few days ago, reliable Google watchers detected that Google is now letting search engines index members’ profiles. What this means is that your Google profile may soon appear in the search engines results pages, giving your personal brand yet another touchpoint.
Take a few minutes to create your profile by going here and logging in using your Google username and password. You can fill in as little or as much information as you want (you can also include links to your website, your blog, and your social media profiles).
This can be a relatively easy way to achieve search engine visibility and you should take advantage of it. As an example, you can see my Google profile here.
I may be slow this morning Mario, but I don’t have an “edit profile” button anywhere (in gmail, igoogle, etc…) do I have to sign up for something first?
Hi Adam: What I did is go to this page: http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/me then log in. Then, at the upper right part of the page was a link called “My Profile”. Click on that and you should be ready to edit your profile. Let me know if this doesn’t work.
Yes, that works…not so obvious in any of the services, that link was useful.