Claim Yourself · a MeMyself course
How Google and AI decide who you are, and how to get it right
When someone searches your name or asks ChatGPT about you, the answer is built from what the web says. This course shows you how Google and the AI assistants assemble that answer, what evidence they trust, and how to make it correct, from your own profiles to Wikidata, a knowledge panel when Google builds one, and Wikipedia when you qualify. Ten modules and a readiness scorecard, included with every MeMyself plan.
Why Google and AI get people wrong
Search a name today and two things decide what comes back: a record Google keeps about the person, and whatever the AI assistants have read. Neither is written by the person directly. Both are assembled from what the web says about them, weighted by how much of it agrees and how much of it comes from someone other than them.
Most people who try to fix this spend their effort in the wrong places. They rewrite their LinkedIn headline every month, pay for listings nobody reads, or file a Wikipedia draft that is deleted within a week and stays public in the deletion log. Some pay a vendor a few hundred dollars for a panel and end up with an entity Google treats as manipulated.
Claim Yourself is the order that actually works, with the real rules rather than the folklore. It is not a knowledge panel course, though the panel is in it. It is about being described correctly everywhere people look you up. It starts with how Google recognizes a person at all, moves through the evidence that counts, takes Wikidata, the panel and Wikipedia one at a time, and ends with a scorecard that tells you plainly where you stand on each.
What the course covers
Ten modules on Google, AI, Wikidata and Wikipedia, about 2 hours of reading
Each module is a focused read, a short list of things to do now, and the questions people actually ask. Module 0 is open to everyone.
- Free sample
Start here
What the course covers, what it will not promise, and why your MeMyself site is the foundation everything else stands on.
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How Google decides who you are
Entities, the Knowledge Graph and corroboration, and why the panel and the AI answer come from the same record.
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Your record
One name, one photo, one set of facts, and every profile brought into agreement with your site.
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Independent evidence
What counts as a source about you, what does not, and how to find and fix the stale bios already out there.
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Your Google account and Search Console
The account on your own domain, the Domain property, and asking Google to read your pages.
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Wikidata
The bar for an item about a person, building a minimal one, and adding references that hold.
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The knowledge panel
Checking whether Google has built you, claiming the panel, suggesting edits, and dealing with duplicates.
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Wikipedia
Notability for people, what a reliable independent source is, and the proper routes when you have a conflict of interest.
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The AI answer check and your monthly routine
Asking Google and the AI assistants about yourself, reading what comes back, and the half hour a month that keeps it right.
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Readiness scorecard
A short set of questions that tells you plainly whether you are ready for Wikidata, a panel and Wikipedia, and what to do next.
By the end
What you will be able to do about your own name
- Read your own record. Know what Google and the AI assistants rely on when they describe you, whether Google has built an entity for you, and why a panel does or does not show.
- Make the web agree about you. One name, one photo and one set of facts on every profile, all pointing at your own site.
- Tell real evidence from noise. Know which coverage counts, fix the stale bios already out there, and earn the kind of coverage that moves the record.
- File a Wikidata item that survives. When you qualify, with a reference on every statement and nothing private in it.
- Claim and look after your panel. Verify it properly, suggest the right edits, and deal with a duplicate or a mixed up entity.
- Know where you stand on Wikipedia. The actual test for people, and the proper routes when you have a conflict of interest.
Module 9
A scorecard that tells you the truth
Fifteen yes or no questions about your foundation, your independent evidence and where you stand with Google and Wikidata. It returns three separate verdicts, each with the next step and the module that covers it.
"Not yet" saves you from a public deletion. "Nearly" tells you exactly what is missing. "Yes" tells you to act. Clients get the same check from us at day 90, and every quarter on Evolve and Authority.
File a minimal item with a reference on every statement.
Your entity exists; Google is not yet confident enough to show it.
Build significant independent coverage first.
How to get access
New to MeMyself
The course is included with every MeMyself plan. We build your site on your own domain, bring your profiles into line and start your record with a recorded interview, and you get the course from day one.
Already a client
The course lives in your client area. Sign in with the email address you use with MeMyself and open Course from the menu.
Questions people ask
Why does Google or ChatGPT get me wrong, or say nothing about me?
Because they build their picture of you from what the web says, weighted by how much of it agrees and how much comes from someone other than you. Scattered profiles, stale bios and a namesake are the usual causes. Modules 1 to 3 cover how that picture is assembled and how to fix the sources it is built from.
How do I get a Google knowledge panel?
You do not apply for one. Google shows a panel when it has built an entity for you and is confident a search is about you. The course covers how that confidence is built, how to check whether Google already has an entity for you, and how to claim the panel when it appears. Nobody can honestly promise you a panel, and we do not.
Do I need a Wikipedia article to be known by Google?
No. Plenty of people have a strong record and a knowledge panel with no Wikipedia article, built from their own site, consistent profiles, independent coverage and a Wikidata item. Module 7 explains Wikipedia's actual test for people and when it is worth a look.
Can you pay for a knowledge panel or a Wikipedia page?
Not legitimately. Google has no paid route, and undisclosed paid editing breaks Wikipedia's terms. Vendors who guarantee either are selling an outcome they do not control, and some use methods that leave you worse off.
How do I get access to the course?
Become a MeMyself client. Every plan includes it from the day your account is set up. Sign in to the client area with the email address you use with MeMyself, and the course is in the menu. If you work with us in another way, as a partner or a guest, ask and we can give you course access by invitation.
I am a client and the sign in will not let me in.
Use the same email address your MeMyself account uses. If it still refuses, email [email protected] or raise a request in your client area and we will add you.
I am not a client. Can I take the course?
The course is part of every MeMyself plan. We also give access to partners and guests by invitation, so if that is you, ask us. Anyone on the course can upgrade to the full service at any time from inside the course.
Can I see what it is like first?
Yes. Module 0, Start here, is open to everyone. It explains what the course covers, what it will not promise, and why your own site is the foundation for everything after it.
Who wrote it?
Sarah Lockwood and the MeMyself team, from building and maintaining real personal records, including the panel claims, duplicate entities and Wikidata items described in the modules.