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By: Eric Melchor

Eric Melchor — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:26:56 +0000

You are completely right. Some kid on Facebook shares the same name as me and I'm always afraid people will think I am him. About to go purchase my own domain name now...

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By: Jim Edwards

Jim Edwards — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:11:52 +0000

This is very helpful information. Interviewers almost always look up potential candidates online before they interview them

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By: May

May — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:47:06 +0000

My personal experience was when my sister googled my name and voila, my blogs turned up on the first page. THat was my first experience with online reputation. It wasn’t a bad experience, just freaked out as I wanted to keep it a ’secret’ from my family..lol…didn;t turn out that way.

A great article here Lee. I agree with you about being care of what you want others to see (I think my example above is good enough to scare me).

I read up a bit about self branding as a form of marketing tool and I’ve got to say it is very important to keep a positive image online for so many reasons. I guess one of the main ones is future career prospects. Not a pretty sight if employers find out information about you that would jeopardize one’s prospects.

I actually posted an article on my blog about this issue and a couple of other ones too.

One thing i would always remember to recommend is that one should be very very careful about giving away your Social Security Numbers, Credit Card # (a bit hard with all the online deals out there though) and Birth dates. You might never know who’s hands it might land in!

-May-

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By: Nancy Williams

Nancy Williams — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:28:47 +0000

Fantastic article and it goes to show that managing your reputation can be a relatively easy thing to do. Especially for individuals who are in business, networking is one of the most powerful ways of getting work and contacts. To network online is even more important.

In my opinion, proactive management is the only way to go. It is sad that there are so many people out there who haven’t been proactive and have suddenly found how bad things can get when they aren’t putting out their story. It all becomes very one sided – and not in a good way. I am sure these same people are the first to ensure that they are wearing a clean shirt and watch their language around a prospect, managing your online reputation is an extension of this.

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By: Bill Gassett

Bill Gassett — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:48:20 +0000

Excellent article. I have been following most of what you advise for a while. I use many of the social network sites and have a Real Estate blog as well. I also have a few Google alerts set up.

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By: Mike Lanese

Mike Lanese — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:55:50 +0000

One more to consider on the personal side – Naymz. Your Naymz ad show up on the paid side when someone searches for you. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of clicks on my name. I haven’t thought about it much, but these clicks probably result from people researching the CEO.

By: Lee Odden

Lee Odden — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:40:18 +0000

Erica, I can’t believe I didn’t see your comment. Thank you for the excellent tips. I’m sure there’s more than a few people in need of those adjustments.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:19:48 +0000

I think whether you run a business online or whether you have a brick and mortar business and advertise online building a name for yourself and building trust is always key. I have been following the principles of the Freedom Business System and I have never found myself on the wrong path. Thanks for the article.

By: Judd Exley

Judd Exley — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:44:01 +0000

I unfortunately spent years on the web just having fun before I found anything to do with it as a business. In those days, one didn’t have to worry about getting Googled, and therefore no one would ever see my comments about the Denver Broncos on one site and my stupid questions about reef tanks on another.

I have actually had to spend quite a bit of “damage control” time cleaning up my own name and taking my “fun” things under a different “code” name (that can only be tied to me if you work for the CIA).

I didn’t lose a job or not get one because of this, but when I check my stats for the site with my name on it and click on that Google referrer just to see the results that other users get, I was quite surprised and a little ashamed. Before I cleaned it up, of course.

Well said though, and something that I’m actually finding more and more relevant in today’s world.

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SEO Design Solutions — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:41:00 +0000

Great post as usual Lee:

It really boils down to you take responsibility and manage your online reputation (or know how to ) or become a hapless victim in the event that one of your competitors learns about leveraging web 2.0 properties and employing negative SEO.

Better safe than sorry, having a tool in your repetior and not having to use it, is better than not having it at all. Thanks for the great information, I am certain many CEO’s who’s companies have been targeted with a smear or two can finally get some sleep at night knowing that the tainted top 10 results can be suppressed…