Dec 24 2007
Defeated by Google, Pt. 2
I'm a former assistant editor with advice about how to write novels, comic books and graphic novels. Most of my content applies to fiction-writing in general, but I also provide articles specifically about superhero stories.
I’m still doing pretty well in the Google searches that I’m specifically optimizing for– queries like superhero story, superhero novel, superhero parody, superhero satire, etc. Here are a few of the searches where I’m doing surprisingly badly.
- #3 for “Superhero Nation.” DAMN YOU TIME.
- #3 for alligator superhero — I wish I were making this up. Fortunately, the search is pretty insignificant (only two so far). Relatedly, I’m at #4 for mammal superhero and– not surprisingly– #1 for mammals superhero*.
- Not in the top 50 for government superhero
- #14 for agent superhero
*If I ever get published, I’m virtually positive that Amazon will use “mammals” as one of Superhero Nation’s statistically improbable phrases. By my count, the first half uses it six times (it’s Agent Orange’s tagline).
