Archive for May, 2010

Online Reputation and Social Media Privacy

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Pew Internet and American Life just released a report speaking to how different social media users protect their online reputation via their privacy settings.  This information is very timely especially after Facebook’s recent updates to their privacy policy. According to the report, more people are concerned about the online reputation now than ever before.  “57% [...]

How Local Search Can Be Your Reputation Manager

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

For small businesses, your reputation is your livelihood. Your store (or website) doesn’t see the foot (or website) traffic like the major corporations see, which means that every set of feet that enter your store or every unique visitor that enters your website is crucial to your success. If any of these folks have a [...]

Reputation Watch: Up Close and Personal

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

If you’ve recently viewed Reputation Watch, or visited any of the thousands of WordPress blogs that were part of a large-scale malware attack, it’s likely that your browser was hijacked. The virus was disguised to look like a spyware scanner, and told website visitors that their computers were infected. Unfortunately, clicking on the “solution” would [...]