I have a Google alert set up for both “Dokic” and “Maggie Dokic.”  It’s a great way of knowing where my name is showing up in the web.  That’s just one of the things I learned on Active Rain. =)

For the two years that I’ve had these alerts set up, the one for “Dokic” only gave me results for the tennis player, Jelena Dokic.  Not once did Google consider Maggie Dokic worthy of picking up for a search for “Dokic” by itself.  I thought it was interesting, since the name is unusual enough that it should have been. 

Well, this morning my “Dokic” alert turned up Maggie Dokic.  It picked up a post on my Miami Real Estate blog. It’s kinda silly for me to be excited about that.  But I think it’s telling me something about Google.  I’m not sure what it is just yet, and may never know.  But something’s changed and I can’t help think it’s a benefit to me.  I’m hoping it’s higher search rankings based on continued blogging.  Yay.