{"id":4872,"date":"2008-09-13T19:34:04","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T03:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?page_id=4872"},"modified":"2014-12-04T12:24:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:24:23","slug":"reclaim-your-reputation-online","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?page_id=4872","title":{"rendered":"Reclaim Your Reputation Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most people I know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/07\/fashion\/07love.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss&amp;pagewanted=all\">whine<\/a> when they don&#8217;t like what a Google search reveals about them.<\/p>\n<p>Then they either do nothing or they make stupid threats.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s for losers.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like what the internet says about you, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/smallbiz\/content\/apr2008\/sb20080430_356835.htm\">then flood it with positive messages<\/a>. Tell your story. Promote your company. Reveal your vision. Give something to the world.<\/p>\n<p>If a top Google search result for your name reveals something bad, then flood the net with good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need me to do this for you. You can blog. You can post videos and podcasts. You can make profiles on various social networking sites and tell the world about yourself instead of letting others define you. You can give the world original quality content with your name on it and you can promote yourself and your values.<\/p>\n<p>And you can hire me to help you. E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:lukeisback@gmail.com\">lukeisback@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people I know whine when they don&#8217;t like what a Google search reveals about them. Then they either do nothing or they make stupid threats. That&#8217;s for losers. 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