Tips To Protect Your Name
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We have assembled a list of tips to protect your name and reputation while using the internet.
Be very careful when using your real name. This would include My Space and Face Book profiles. This type of content is stored on servers for years. Even if you change something in your profile the old profile has likely already been saved in a process called caching and is available for anyone to view.
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When posting your email or web address change the characters to mask your real address. There are programs that search web pages looking for email addresses. You could be the target of email spam and could be open to an identity breach.
If you have a blog you want to keep private make sure you make the necessary adjustments. In programs like Word Press there is a setting in the Admin section that will keep search engines out of your blog. Be careful when commenting on other blogs with your real name. Some hackers will retrieve these comments via the blogs RSS feed and apply then to a completely different blog. You have no idea what other content or comments are going to be on this web site.
If you find negative information about you in search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN act quickly. Every day you information is not removed makes the problem more difficult to repair. A great deal of web sites use information gathered from other web sites. One negative post about you or your company could quickly turn into the whole first page of search engine results Start now and put our experienced team of professionals to work for you.