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Claim Yourself
How Google, Wikidata and Wikipedia decide who gets an entry, and how to give them what they need. Ten short modules, written for people whose own site is already live.
Search your own name and two things decide what comes back: a record Google keeps about you, and whatever the AI assistants have read. Neither is written by you directly. Both are built from what the web says about you, weighted by how much of it agrees and how much of it comes from people other than you.
This course explains how that record is assembled and what you can do about it, in order. It starts with how Google recognizes a person at all, moves through the evidence that counts, then takes Wikidata, the knowledge panel and Wikipedia one at a time, with their actual rules rather than the folklore. It ends with a scorecard that tells you, in plain words, how close you are to each.
Your own site is the foundation for every step. It is the one place on the web where you state your facts plainly, the page every profile points at, and the source Wikidata and Google can cite. If your site is a MeMyself build, that foundation is in place: your record, the hidden layer (schema) Google reads, your media kit and the consistency pass across your profiles are already done, so you start from a stronger position than almost anyone reading this.
The modules
- 10 min
Start here
What the course covers, what it will not promise, and why your MeMyself site is the foundation everything else stands on.
- 10 min
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.
- 10 min
Your record
One name, one photo, one set of facts, and every profile brought into agreement with your site.
- 11 min
Independent evidence
What counts as a source about you, what does not, and how to find and fix the stale bios already out there.
- 9 min
Your Google account and Search Console
The account on your own domain, the Domain property, and asking Google to read your pages.
- 10 min
Wikidata
The bar for an item about a person, building a minimal one, and adding references that hold.
- 10 min
The knowledge panel
Checking whether Google has built you, claiming the panel, suggesting edits, and dealing with duplicates.
- 9 min
Wikipedia
Notability for people, what a reliable independent source is, and the proper routes when you have a conflict of interest.
- 9 min
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.
- 7 min
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.
Questions
Do I need a MeMyself site to take this course?
No. Anyone can read it, and every module says what you need in place first. It is written for people whose site already exists, because every step after the site depends on it. If yours is a MeMyself build, that part is done.
Will this get me a knowledge panel or a Wikipedia article?
Nobody can promise either. Google decides the panel and Wikipedia's volunteer editors decide articles. The course teaches how those decisions are made and how to put the evidence in front of them properly, and the scorecard tells you honestly how close you are.
How long does it take?
About two hours to read. The work it describes runs over months, because Google and Wikidata move on their own schedule. Most people do modules 0 to 4 in the first week and come back to the rest as their record grows.
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no sign up and nothing is gated. MeMyself clients also get the readiness check that goes with module 9, done by us at day 90 and then quarterly on the Evolve and Authority plans.
Who wrote it?
The MeMyself team, from building and maintaining real personal records, including the panel claim, duplicate entity and Wikidata work described in the modules.