Ed Stelmach - Google Nemesis (update- ed defeated)
Like two great mythological titans, battling for eternity through every chasm and depth of this world we live upon, I Richard Michael Stelmach have been persevering to defeat Ed Michael Stelmach on Google, testing my wit and ingenuity to the limit, taking me places I thought I would never have to face.
It’s a battle of pride, identity and supremacy.
Like a hunter and his prey, I respect Ed Stelmach as a politician and man. We have 66.6666666% the same name, we’re practically brothers but this can’t go on.
For many years I dominated Google as number one, top dog and most famous of all Stelmachs. In my hayday, every result on the first page was related to me, either a website I had made or my own portfolio. Times have changed and there’s a new kid on the block… Ed. He has pushed my site down to fourth in the rankings.
Arguably, Ed is an important man, Premier of Alberta, possibly more important than me. He’s a good looking guy and intelligent. I admit, the battle has taken it’s toll on me, I think I’ve lost a little bit of Richard Stelmach along the way, the hurt runs deep, can I compete with this collusus of a man?
YES RICH YOU CAN DO IT, SEARCH DEEP WITHIN, DON’T BE AFRAID, THIS IS YOUR DESTINY.
I won’t give up. I will keep you posted on my progress.
UPDATE (18/05/07): Dan Atkinson launched an offensive by editing Ed’s wikipedia article stating that Ed was “living under the shadow of Richard Stelmach” with a link to my site. Unfortunately it seems the wikipedia guys must have disagreed with this and have removed it after a day.
UPDATE (18/05/07): I have submitted this story to Digg to help SEO etc in my battle against Ed. Please Digg it using the link below:
Click here to visit the Digg article and click Digg it if you want!
UPDATE (20/05/07) I’VE DONE IT: Yep, in 2/3 days i’ve managed to defeat Ed Stelmach in my battle for google supremacy!
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Fight The Power Rich!!!! Fight the power. Who’s with me…? I am with you Richard Stelmach.
Comment by davymacca — Sunday May 20th, 2007 @ 12:36
As you can see above on the screenshot, I’ve managed to defeat Ed in my battle for Google top spot when searching for “stelmach”! Just 2 days it has taken to push my SEO to get me top! Tactics included wikipedia editing, submitting to Digg, creating this post with plenty of links and keywords on and emailing my friends and family to rally support, thus increasing SEO and hits to my site. Mission accomplished, just have to wait and see how long I can stay top.
I salute you Ed as a worthy opponent.
Comment by Rich — Sunday May 20th, 2007 @ 13:38
You’ve fallen off the map!
Comment by Joe Stelmach — Saturday June 16th, 2007 @ 21:13
No joe no! I’m guessing that you’re searching from America. I think Google is location sensitive. So, for example, you don’t get Japanese sites coming up when you search for say “Sheep”.
In the UK when i search for “Stelmach”, even when i search “web” opposed to “UK”, i still come top!
Perhaps international domination is the next step?
Comment by Rich — Sunday June 17th, 2007 @ 12:24