David Weinberger, at JOHO the blog! has been playing Google games again. He noted an article about a writer trying to get his name as number one on Google.

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The prestige. The pageviews. The revenue. All that, and more, awaits the number one website in Google search results.

It started as a joke, but it became an obsession. I wanted to be the top-ranked David Gallagher on Google, and I wasn't going to let some 16-year-old TV star stand in my way.
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Now the writer, David Gallagher, is working on getting his first name as number one, it is currently number 32. David Weinberger checked his first name and it came in at number 8. So he created the Top Ten First Names at Google award and awarded it to himself. He has made the award available to other Top Tens.

Because of the different spelling of my last name, Gordon Coale takes up all but two entries on the first four pages of Google and it isn't until the fifth page that other Gordons and Coales start showing up. But just the first name? I came up tenth! So I can award myself the dubious award of the Top Ten First Names at Google award. Cosmic, man! Where is the prestige? Where are the pageviews? Where is the revenue? I'm waiting... I'm sure they will be here any minute now.

While I'm waiting, I think I will listen to Barenaked Ladies' Gordon