Comments on: Have You Googled Yourself?

By: Ziggs.com - Find Out Who Is Looking for You Online

Ziggs.com - Find Out Who Is Looking for You Online — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:27:56 +0000

[...] you ever wondered who is Googling you? Could you use that information to better target your marketing and branding efforts? [...]

By: Susan Gunelius

Susan Gunelius — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:34:33 +0000

I absolutely agree, Des. I think it’s essential to make the effort and develop your online identity or else someone else might do it for you.

By: Des Walsh

Des Walsh — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:23:27 +0000

Prescott is on the right track. There is no choice any longer as to whether we have a digital identity or not. The choice is, do we want to allow the robots to construct our online identity or do we want to be in charge of the process? Zoominfo.com for example collects info on as many people as it can, by hoovering the web. It’s a first port of call for a lot of recruiters checking people out. Yet I find otherwise well-informed people who don’t know about Zoominfo.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:30:42 +0000

When I used to Google my name it said I was the mayor of New York’s spokesperson — so I always thought that would make me look good. Now, sadly if I search my name plain old stuff I write pops up — but nothing I’d be upset if someone saw. Wait:

Okay, I just did it in another browser for kicks and oddly enough you and I are on the second page together — based on the Fuji post you did; cool huh.

By: Susan Gunelius

Susan Gunelius — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:33:23 +0000

That is so true!

By: Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:26:34 +0000

“blogs are the new resume”, they say.

By: Susan Gunelius

Susan Gunelius — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:03:10 +0000

I completely agree with you. I think staying anonymous online is a missed opportunity to build your brand.

By: Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:03:01 +0000

There seems to be a lot of chatter about this lately. The way I see it, folks have two options: either they can make every effort possible to hide their online presence altogether and thus avoid social networks, blogs, and other communication means — or they can make the effort to cultivate your online persona and make sure that the top results for your name are in fact reflective of you, and in a positive light.

Personally I’m in the second camp, and I enjoy the fact that a search of my name will turn up my blog first, where I can control the content and the spin.