http://onlinereputation.info Free Online Reputation Management Tips Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:42:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Blake Cahill gets it exactly right when he says that social media is playing a larger role than every before in our lives. The article says that social networking takes up 11% of the time that people spend online these days, which is a powerful driver of traffic. In December ... http://onlinereputation.info/the-rise-of-social-media-and-web-libel/ One of the newest social networking websites to break onto the scene is Unvarnished. The site, which has yet to move out of beta testing, is attracting a lot of attention. However, for a site that is focused on online reputation, the site sure does have a bad reputation itself. ... http://onlinereputation.info/unvarnished-is-tarnished/ We have known for a long time that hiring managers use the Internet to look up information on their job applicants. Microsoft has done another survey called Online Reputation in a Connected World with over 1100 hiring managers and HR professionals in Germany, France, the UK, and the US. "Now," it ... http://onlinereputation.info/more-surveys/ Craig Newmark is the Internet-pioneer and creator of Craigslist. He was one of the first people to see the profitability of the Internet and put it to good use. Gigaom.com did an interview with Mr. Newmark and were able to get him on an incredible interesting and pertinent topic: The ... http://onlinereputation.info/craig-newmarks-network-of-trust/ Every month we get new numbers from ComScore and Hitwise concerning the direction and momentum of Google, Bing, Yahoo, and all of the other major search engines. Well the new numbers are in, and it seems that in February Bing made steady gains while Yahoo slipped. Depending on whether you ... http://onlinereputation.info/google-or-bing/ Ford Motor Company has been struggling to stay competitive in the automotive market for many years now. One can trace their decline back to a corresponding rise for General Motors. For the first time, though, since 1998, Ford Motor Company is beating General Motors in monthly sales. Ford deliveries jumped 43 ... http://onlinereputation.info/ford-on-top/ The advent of the Internet has given customers the power to control interactions between them and businesses. Part of this evolution of brand control from the business to the customer has been Yelp. For those who don't know, Yelp is a website which allows customers to review businesses and post ... http://onlinereputation.info/bad-for-business/ Practical ECommerce is a website which keeps up with the interests of online merchants. I was interested to find some commentary on their website concerning Online Reputation Management. The article is short, well-informed, and on the money, I couldn't have written it better myself. So, how are customers finding you in ... http://onlinereputation.info/the-reputation-jungle/ Toyota just keeps accumulating bad press--who is their PR guy anyway? Apparently 34 deaths since 2000 have resulted Toyota's accelerator problems, according to consumer data. This is not only a massive legal liability, it is the worst sort of publicity a company can get. Contrary to the old adage, "No ... http://onlinereputation.info/some-press-is-bad-press/ Toyota is this month's Reputation Management Example. Every month or so a large and recognizable company makes a major mistake that significantly effects their image. So every month we individuals who are interested in online reputation management trot out that company in order to prove a point. This is that ... http://onlinereputation.info/this-months-example/