Have you claimed your Google profile yet? It’s inevitable. Yet another profile to manage – but at least we know that Google isn’t going to disappear any time soon. Is Google trying to topple Facebook or Twitter? Only time will tell. Brandon Veski submitted this guest blog post:

At one point or another, everyone has typed his or her name into Google to see what comes up. Some results may be just what you want to have up for the online world to see and others not so much. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to have a presence on the front page of your Google name search where you can control the content? This has now become possible with Google Profiles.

If you use Gmail, Google Reader, Google Docs, Google Analytics, etc. this will be yet another useful tool at your disposal for free. All you have to do is log into your Google account to get started.

Once created, your profile page will have a clean look, with bio information, images, job history, and pretty much anything you want to share (or not), as you can also simply have just your name that will be linked you’re your email address or other contact information which is kept private.

Adding links to profiles you may also have is really simple, as Google has built this in. Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Blogspot are all supported with icons. I even just added my Pirillo Geeks Account and guess whose face is on my links page now! Your Google Profile can literally serve as the portal to all of your other online profiles and make them easy to find. You can even customize your URL.

There is talk about how this will become the next Facebook killer as there is speculation that Google might buy Twitter so as to have integration with their new Google Profile service.

I helped my girlfriend create one, as she is a professional photographer with a common name that was struggling having front-page presence on Google when she searched for her name. I also and going to have my not so computer savvy mom sign up and create Google Profile, as this will be a simple and easy way for her old friends to find her. They will just have to search for her name in Google and her profile will come up. Best of all, it’s free!

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When you build a profile for yourself on a social networking site, do you put much thought into it? Do you take the time to really make it stand out, and reflect who you really are? You should, you know. Your profile on sites such as my new Geeks site can make or break you if you don’t follow tips like these.

1. Be YOU. Be honest, be descriptive, be straightforward, be humorous. The more someone looks at your profile and learns about who you are, the more likely they will be to stick around and follow you.
2. Watch what you say. Remember your PUGS. Watch your grammar, usage, and punctuation. Use your SHIFT key to capitalize the first word of every sentence (and proper nouns). Remember that the sentence usually ends with a period… or some type of punctuation.
3. Make it look like you. Customize your theme to your liking. Drag elements around, include an RSS feed, embed photos, videos, widgets, and so on. On Geeks, you can customize many things in your profile, such as the colors, what’s included, etc.
4. Do something different. Why would someone want to add you as a friend? What are you doing to evoke a response, other than asking for it directly? What’s going to make people want to connect with you?
5. Avatar. Your avatar must be family-friendly. The picture needs to be square, and 183×183 pixels works best. If your image is larger than that, the site will automatically resize it for you, and your avatar could end up looking bad.

People are saying that Geeks is like a cross between MySpace and Facebook. We’re geared towards Geeks, though! We’re trying to do something different, although it’s still a social networking type of site.

What kind of Geek are you? You do realize you don’t have to be a computer Geek in order to join us, right? If you are passionate about something, then you are a Geek. You can be a music Geek, a motorcycle Geek, or even a toothbrush Geek! Come check us out. I guarantee you’ll find something to grab your interest, and keep you coming back.

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