Is Your Protagonist Recognized by Google?

[Eldoria]

Is Your Protagonist Recognised by Google?​

I am currently writing 4 novels: 1 Female protagonist has 2 novels (2 novels: prequel and sequel), 1 Female protagonist with 2 female bodies 1 soul (1 novel) and 1 normal male protagonist (1 novel).

Spoiler: My Works

Blood Rose Princess Just Wants to Live in Peace with Her Little Daughter

Blood Rose: Her Last Mercy was Death
Marry El Rose, the Sixth Disaster Princess, Blood Rose Princess has 2 novels in the form of a sequel and a prequel. To make it easier to pronounce, we call it Blood Rose Princess (BRP).

The Legion Empress: Iron Lady and Moonlight Princess
Scarlett (Iron Lady) and Sophie (Moonlight Princess) have 1 novel. To make it easier to pronounce, we call it Legion Empress (LE).

Silver Prince Who Only Knows Being Loved
Lune Arclight (Silver Prince) has 1 novel. To make it easier to pronounce, we call it Silver Prince (SP)

Initially, I did not consider the protagonist's unique identity and name, but while writing the novels, I realised that making the protagonist's unique identity and name unique is important so that it can be recognised by the Google search engine and differentiated it from other mainstream fiction franchises. Finally, I researched this, and the result is:

Spoiler: The Results:

1. BRP:
If I type the keyword "Blood Rose Princess" in Google, the results are:

SEO? Yes, Blood Rose Princess has at least 3 works of fiction that are comparable, and my work has successfully entered Google's top index.

If I type the keyword "Disaster Princess" in Google, the results are:

SEO? No, the Disaster Princess lore failed to get indexed by Google. This keyword instead refers to another work of fiction.

If I type the keyword "Marry El Rose" in Google, the results is SEO? Yes, even though the name "Marry" was corrected by Google to "Mary," the keyword "Marry El Rose" still refers to my work of fiction.

In conclusion: Blood Rose Princess and Marry El Rose are quite unique as protagonist identities and names that represent specific works of fiction.

2. LE:
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3. SP:
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The question: Is your Protagonist Recognised by Google?
If you want your protagonist to be found by search engines, making the protagonist's identity and name unique should be the main consideration when writing a novel.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Looking up Lou Barret(my mc's name) gave me a new writer altogether.

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

Zave Thendred: a SH thread about Skinwalkers was the first result.

Fey Greenbriar: same thread, but it was down a few spots.

Justin Flinchley: IAFADJAGTIAFR?! is the first result...on Wattpad ?

Henry Rider: who the heck is this H. Rider Haggard guy? Whatever, I'm sure he's nobody important.

 

[Eldoria]

Zave Thendred: a SH thread about Skinwalkers was the first result.

Fey Greenbriar: same thread, but it was down a few spots.

Justin Flinchley: IAFADJAGTIAFR?! is the first result...on Wattpad ?

Henry Rider: who the heck is this H. Rider Haggard guy? Whatever, I'm sure he's nobody important.

Henry Rider, your character intersects with a historical figure. Awesome. lol?

Looking up Lou Barret(my mc's name) gave me a new writer altogether.

Maybe you should consider a new, unique nickname (the original name that is already running does not need to be changed) so that Google recognizes your protagonist.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

All my names so far are common enough that I'd have to go way deep to find them.
Interestingly, there is a Kelly Morgan Pierce who holds a similar position to Sparrow's alter ego (and shares her hair color but nothing else, from her photos) at J. P. Morgan...

Henry Rider: who the heck is this H. Rider Haggard guy? Whatever, I'm sure he's nobody important.

So Henrietta shares a name with one of J. R. R. Tolkien's main influences? Cool.

 

[Clo]

My main story's protagonist names are all so... plausible and normal (21st century american or canadians) that google finds all sorts of real folks.

My new LitRPG, though? K'nivi Karé links directly to her.

 

[Bald-san]

Is your Protagonist Recognised by Google?​

I am currently writing 4 novels: 1 Female protagonist has 2 novels (2 novels: prequel and sequel), 1 Female protagonist with 2 female bodies 1 soul (1 novel) and 1 normal male protagonist (1 novel).

Spoiler: My Works

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Blood Rose Princess Just Wants to Live in Peace with Her Little Daughter
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Blood Rose: Her Last Mercy was Death
Marry El Rose, the Sixth Disaster Princess, Blood Rose Princess has 2 novels in the form of a sequel and a prequel. To make it easier to pronounce, we call it Blood Rose Princess (BRP).

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The Legion Empress: Iron Lady and Moonlight Princess
Scarlett (Iron Lady) and Sophie (Moonlight Princess) have 1 novel. To make it easier to pronounce, we call it Legion Empress (LE).

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Silver Prince Who Only Knows Being Loved
Lune Arclight (Silver Prince) has 1 novel. To make it easier to pronounce, we call it Silver Prince (SP)

Initially, I did not consider the protagonist's unique identity and name, but while writing the novels, I realised that making the protagonist's unique identity and name unique is important so that it can be recognised by the Google search engine and differentiated it from other mainstream fiction franchises. Finally, I researched this, and the result is:

Spoiler: The Results:

1. BRP:
If I type the keyword "Blood Rose Princess" in Google, the results are:

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SEO? Yes, Blood Rose Princess has at least 3 works of fiction that are comparable, and my work has successfully entered Google's top index.

If I type the keyword "Disaster Princess" in Google, the results are:
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SEO? No, the Disaster Princess lore failed to get indexed by Google. This keyword instead refers to another work of fiction.

If I type the keyword "Marry El Rose" in Google, the results are:
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SEO? Yes, even though the name "Marry" was corrected by Google to "Mary," the keyword "Marry El Rose" still refers to my work of fiction.

In conclusion: Blood Rose Princess and Marry El Rose are quite unique as protagonist identities and names that represent specific works of fiction.

2. LE:
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3. SP:
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The question: Is your Protagonist Recognised by Google?
If you want your protagonist to be found by search engines, making the protagonist's identity and name unique should be the main consideration when writing a novel.

Nah, Sophia Demiurge after all is a combination of gods intending to be something like 'The Wise Error' and 'The Wise Creator' symbolism at the same time

 

[Bartun]

No, but I haven't created character profiles or anything yet. Might do it after finishing editing my story.

 

[Zagaroth]

I have 3 MCs, and simply skipped using any one of their names. Also, using Start Page rather than Google (otherwise account setting stuff would bring my book higher).

Using all three names (Mordecai, Moriko, and Kazue): All the front page results were relevant.
Using 2 names (repeated for all three variants): Had at least 2-3 entries on the front page, but not necessarily the top result.

Unfortunately, three years ago I did not know about the show with the blue bird character named Mordecai.

Just started searching using "Azeria" as if a last name (for reasons relevant later in the story), and found this actor (plus the wiki entry for the biblical character Mordecai):

Azriel Mordecai

But Moriko and Kazue returned relevant results

 

[Puji-Maki]

I found that my novels are getting pirated in many languages. Someone even posted the whole novel translated into Spanish on Patreon.

 

[Cipiteca396]

The AI just went on a rant about how certain locations in the Underworld franchise could be considered dungeons, from a certain point of view.

 

[CrimsonGenius]

my story on Royal road showed up, my cover, and a link to my ocs profile on deviantart

 

[Eldoria]

Nah, Sophia Demiurge after all is a combination of gods intending to be something like 'The Wise Error' and 'The Wise Creator' symbolism at the same time

The name Sophia Demiurge is easy to remember. But if we separate each word into two separate names, the names will intersect with two mainstream fictions: Sophia - Sophie's World?; Demiurge - Overload? However, if the names are combined with "Sophia Demiurge," the results immediately refer to your fiction.

 

[Supperset]

No.

 

[Eldoria]

My main story's protagonist names are all so... plausible and normal (21st century american or canadians) that google finds all sorts of real folks.

My new LitRPG, though? K'nivi Karé links directly to her.

The name K'nivi Karé sounds difficult to spell. How do you pronounce it? But Google immediately recognises it as the protagonist of your novel. Congratulations!

 

[Bobple]

Googled mc. Surprised I found the a link to my book. (Ceella Stella) Unique enough.

Also found you know, all the classic scraper and also a googlereads thing for an amazon link to pirated book take got taken down.

For the second book, didn't get any results for Anlesa, and I ain't going to even try with Anna. No last name means no chance.

 

[MasterY001]

No.

Same.

EDIT: I actually managed to dig up some of my first posted works from over 10 years ago. Reading my old writing is giving me nostalgia. Pardon me while I wipe these tears from my eyes.

 

[DJ_Rhaposdy]

Google's top results for Anno Wolfskruez were all my story. Go me, I guess.

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

Interesting. I looked up my MC's name (Janet Fleming) from my villainess novel and came up with a Renaissance noblewoman from Scotland, Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, the illegitimate daughter of James IV of Scotland.

 

[Clo]

The name K'nivi Karé sounds difficult to spell. How do you pronounce it? But Google immediately recognises it as the protagonist of your novel. Congratulations!

The K' is not pronounceed. It stands for her tribe name. (So she's either "K'Nivi", or "Nivi of the Karé tribe")

Imagine it like K in Knife or Knight.

So her given name is just Nivi. Which is pronounced pretty much as you'd expect from the spelling!

The tribe name, Karé, is pronounced “kah-ray,” like ‘car’ (without the R) + ‘ray' (of light)

Fun fact, Nivi in this case comes from the word Nix, Latin for snow, because I live up here in Canada.

But Nivi happens to also be a Greenlandic Inuit feminine given name meaning "girl".

And given who Nivi is in my story, her being called "Girl" is a million percent on brand for her.