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Microsoft’s Live Search Engine at live.com is now out of beta apparently, and ready to take Google Search. So, I thought I would see how well my name is in the search engines. I should note .. (aargh) that my name is HARTLEY SINGER and there is another HARTLEY SINGER out there, who is a musician. He goes by his initial HARTLEY E. SINGER while, I try to always use my middle initial now too .. HARTLEY B. SINGER. My business is HBS Management Consultants, based on my initials.

I’ve been posting all my blog posts and commenting around the internet as … HART (1-800-HART) .. in my attempt to become Unique. You may not get a link back to this site .. but chances are the website link is one of my sites .. and I hope when you see the two names together .. HART (1-800-HART) .. you instantly recognize it to be me.

Anyway .. I thought it would be fun to test Google versus MSN search engines for my name … so here goes!

http://Google.ca versus Live.com

* HART
Google Search: 120,000,000
Live Search: 22,252,479

* HART (1-800-HART)
Google Search: 19,200
Live Search: 7,935

* (1-800-HART)
Google Search: 20,000
Live Search: 7,903

* HARTLEY SINGER
Google Search: 823,000
Live Search: 105,739

* “HARTLEY SINGER”
Google Search: 1,200
Live Search: 38

* HARTLEY B. SINGER
Google Search: 605,000
Live Search: 79,366

* “HARTLEY B. SINGER”
Google Search: 1,290
Live Search: 593

http://Google.ca versus Google.com Search: 19,200

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