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Manage Your Google Reputation
8:00AM Adam Pash | We’ve always emphasised the importance of monitoring your online presence, and now Google’s jumping in with their own tips for managing your reputation through search results. More »
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The Importance Of Monitoring Your Online Reputation
8:00AM Adam Pash | These days, if you want to know more about someone, the first thing most of us do is Google them. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, that monitoring your online reputation is extraordinarily important. More »
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Embarrassing Personal Information Proves Hard To Remove Online
8:45AM Lifehacker US Edition | With three real-world but anonymous examples of people who wanted identifiable and possibly perceived as negative information about themselves removed from web sites, ComputerWorld consulted experts but came up largely emptyhanded. In only one of the cases were the efforts successful, and the steps involved were complicated and time consuming. In the case of a journalist who shared a name with a reviewer on film review site Rotten Tomatoes who didn’t want their name associated with the word “Rotten,” more online activity and not less was recommended: Apparently, the journalist’s best course of action would be to do what reputation mavens recommended in the first place: Create enough positive, search-engine-friendly content to push the “rotten + journalist’s name” search result to Google’s second page of results. Check out our guide to using web tools to manage your online reputation. Have you ever tried to chase down a negative personal reference online, and how did it work out? Photo by Joe Goldberg Deleting your digital past — for good [Computerworld] More »
Reasons to Trash or Rewrite Your Resume
6:10PM Gina Trapani | Marketing expert Seth Godin says job hunters who are “remarkable, amazing, and spectacular” probably shouldn’t have a resume. Bold statement! Godin writes: Having a resume begs for you to go into that big machine that looks for relevant keywords, and begs for you to get a job as a cog in a giant machine. Just more fodder for the corporate behemoth. That might be fine for average folks looking for an average job, but is that what you deserve? More »
Build a Powerful Reputation Using the Internet
4:00AM Tamar Weinberg | Become known as an expert in any industry by utilising the tools available to you online. In a particular example illustrated by weblog Dosh Dosh, an art student want to market her skills and become known as an expert in her area of study. It’s not that difficult to develop some sort of presence online nowadays, but to become an expert, you need to do a little more. Dosh Dosh writes: To achieve this goal, you need to develop visibility and industry connections. For people to talk about you, they first need to know that you exist. And so it is important to develop visibility in all the right places through an online persona. Building credibility requires establishing a home base online, participating in communities, initiating media outreach, and creating ventures to develop your net worth. Also, to see additional tips on how to manage your online reputation once your presence online is known. How to Use the Web to Build a Powerful Reputation in Any Industry [Dosh Dosh] More »
