http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net The ins and outs of Search Engine Deoptimization Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:25:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michael Arrington, of TechCrunch, argues in the article linked below that online reputation is dead. He says the issue has passed because we are not in control of our online reputations and everyone knows that online reputations are over-inflated. I not only disagree, I vehemently disagree. When a story breaks in ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/online-reputation-very-much-alive/ Yelp! is an online social networking website that allows consumers to review businesses and their products online, without ever having to make a mean face, give a bad tone, or say a mean thing in person. It is all of the damage of a complaint without any of the negative ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/yelp-a-business-review-site-and-the-sound-of-pain/ Geo-tagging is one of those terms that sounds like it should make sense but it’s difficult to really pinpoint its definition unless you’ve been using the phenomenon that is FourSquare on your mobile phone or other mobile device. That’s because FourSquare is basically the daddy of all geo-tagging and when ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/just-what-is-geo-tagging/ One of the largest concerns about social media for businesses and individuals is opening themselves up to criticism. If information about you or your business is available online, it might provide ample opportunity for others to say negative things about you or your business. Often this is the case. Businesses often ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/monitoring-social-media-for-brands-and-people/ This article at one of the Washington Post's blogs is a brilliant summation of why people should take care of their online reputations. The title of the blog post sums it up -- Manage your own online reputation, before someone else does. Purchasing your domain name is incredibly important to protecting ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/take-control-of-your-online-reputation-or-risks-others-doing-so/ Twitter is by far the most popular and most populous of all micro-blogging platforms, of which there are an increasingly large number. It enables registered users to post messages of up to 140 characters in length and it is used by everybody from angst ridden teens to musicians, politicians, and ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/multimedia-microblogging/ June is National Internet Safety month, apparently. The National PTA and Facebook, amongst many others, have partnered together to host this. Events are being held all across the country that teach parents how to shield their children from the occasional harmful effects of the Internet. One of the major themes ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/internet-safety-month/ Social networks come in many shapes and sizes. While sites like Facebook offer virtually every type of social networking tool from business fan pages to simple status updates, there are sites that are much more specific in their service offerings. Similarly, different social networks tend to attract a different crowd ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/social-networking-%e2%80%93-set-your-goals/ Facebook has faced serious backlash over their lack of privacy after the latest round of changes to the platform. The concern that facebook users have is that the default settings are now set to reveal quite a bit of information, to search engines and other sources. There have been concerns ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/facebook-suffers-backlash-from-privacy-concerns/ Polls are coming out on a near-monthly basis showing that human resources professionals are Googling their prospective employees. This is of course common sense by now, we’ve known it for over a year at least–but the number keeps rising. Right now the number of HR professionals who do this is ... http://www.searchenginedeoptimization.net/inability-to-compete-because-of-online-defamation/