Ever came across offensive remarks about others, or even those that are directed to you?
Given the technology today (and even more so after the birth of social media), it is not hard to see such defamatory remarks circulating around the Internet.
The source of it? Well it may just be a childish and impulsive moment-of-anger thing, or it may be more that it meets to the eye – (psst!!! watch out for your business competitor!).
So, with the cyber-bullies so harsh and aggressive, what should we do to protect our online reputation then?
Fret not, managing your online reputation may actually be just as simple as these 3 steps:
1) Manage your profile/ privacy settings well. (Please DO NOT divulge too much personal information online, like your mobile no. or even bank account no. etc…) You wouldn’t want to attract those malicious prying eyes do you?
2) Regular Monitoring - so that you can “fish out” those nasty remarks and have them settled before the whole world reads it.
3) “Crowding it out” (or ‘pushing’ that embarrassing party photo down the search ranks). Essence of it is to “BURY” all the ugly stuff down the search engine.
- (***hint***) Use your name to register your own website (ie. domain or blog) so that it comes out first on the list of the search engine results.
-(***Hint Hint***) Or simply Piggy-back off websites whose pages rank high in Google such as social networking sites (eg. Facebook, Twitter etc) You’ll just have to post comments or your basic profile on it)
Right, so we know how to protect our reputation online. Now, MAKE SURE that we aren’t the CYBER-BULLIES ourselves!!! =D
Remember, always practice good online etiquette by:
■Being responsible to what we write.
■Respect others and their privacy
■Do not post offensive, defamatory and untrue remarks about others
■ Don’t divulge too much personal information.
■THINK BEFORE YOU WRITE/TYPE!!!
Hope this helps!!! Protect yourself from the malicious meanies.
Cam
