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Is Your Reputation Damaged Online?


A person’s or a company’s online reputation has become of extreme importance. Employers, business associates, customer’s, college admissions, and many others "Google" someone’s name to find you more about them. If this shows up negative, regardless if the material is true or false, then that person is likely to come to the conclusion that the person or company in questions cannot be trusted.
 

What Should I Do I My Online Reputation Is Damaged? 

Case 1: No More New, Negative Material Is Being Posted Online

In this case, then you really have two options:
- Do something to improve your online reputation; or
- Ignore it. Obviously, this choice may not be wise.

If the information was posted more than about 2 months ago, even if libelous in nature, it is probably going to be very difficult to bring a lawsuit against the person. Therefore, we have left that out as an options.

To improve your online reputation, then there really is only 2 ways to go about.

1) You get the material removed (usually requires professional help); or
2) You try to get more positive material ranked more highly than the negative.
These are called "push downs" because you are literally trying to push down the bad information with more positive information. Again, this almost always requires professional help.
 

Case 2: Active Material Is Still Being Posted Online

In this case, NetSlander does not recommend a reputation management campaign as described in Case 1. Usually, the first order of business is to get the negative material stopped. If this negative material is legitimate customer reviews, then you must honestly tackle this within your business.

If the negative information is from a more sinister origin, such as an online defamation of character attack, then you should immediately seek help for the best approach to get this stopped.
 

What To Look Out For In Reputation Management? 

Reputation Management has become a buzz topic amongst many startup company’s which may, or may not, have the actual expertise to deal with your needs. At the end of the day, you simply want your information off the 1st, and preferably 2nd, page of Google and other search engines.

Since many reputation management companies rely on trying to get positive material ranked above the negative material, this can be difficult to achieve for some things like ripoffreport.com, blogspot.com, and other types of sites. If you are going to hand over your money to any reputation repair company, then we strongly suggest you understand what their guarantees and assurances really mean. Please be advised however there is typically few magic wands that can be waived. What you want to find is a quality group, with a good reputation and track record.



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