Hi, Not having attempted to do a Profile yet I didn't expect my ONSs to feature very highly by doing a Google search on just the surnames registered. When I eventually got to about the 15th page there was a Guild List which included them but someone finding that couldn't then go to my profile pages to view the surname of interest and the variants included or get to my email address, etc. to contact me. Perhaps this is due to the Guild's website being re-organized - I've not had any enquiries from any source this year. There were a few instances of my activity on various Lists where I had asked a question or replied to an enquiry on one of my ONS surnames which included my email address so they could possibly contact me that way, provided they didn't have to join a 'list' first? Still, it was not a complete waste of time checking on Google as I did discover a couple of new pieces of information, one being a Wikipedia entry and another on the first known Bawtree which stated that his father went by the surname of Bawdry and almost proves that he was the link of my two main branches mid-1500's. From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fíona Tipple via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: "Corinne Curtis" <corinneinorkney@gmail.com>; <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [G] Finding your study on google search I have found that if I search for Duignan, plain and unadorned, my Guild profile, my Y-DNA project and my TribalPages site are lost in the mist, but if I search for Duignan + surname all turn up on the first result page (admittedly with all the coats-of-arms and family crest [sic!] bucket shops) but I’m not complaining! Fiona — 5538 - Duignan etc. On 28 Nov 2014, at 13:18, Corinne Curtis via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I think its quite a good idea to try searching for your own study > every now and then using google. I must admit I didn't have a lot of > luck just putting in either of the names Sennett or Sinnott on their > own: > > For "Sennett" - a surname database site turns up on page 8, Sennett > ONS doesn't appear until page 10. First search pages dominated by > Richard Sennett (sociologist), and Mack Sennett (silent movie fame). > "Sinnott" - surname database site on page 4 - no other specific > genealogy site refs in 10 pages of search results. > > Searching "Sennett genealogy" gives better results:on the first page, > my DNA project is 3rd, and my wordpress blog is the 4th entry, with a > rootschat post from me at 5th (that mentions the ONS). My one name > study appears on page 4. > > I guess that confirmed my feeling that the wordpress blog was an > easier contact point for people right now. I wonder how much that > has to do with the ability to tag and add categories to each post? > Gives me more incentive to keep on posting to the blog. > > Corinne Curtis #5579