What is Google saying about you? What are all the search engines saying about you? Being vain is sometimes frowned upon, but when it comes to your online image, vanity is fair game.
With today's growing statistics on more and more people using the Internet as their information highway, it is imperative you insure your virtual presence. Let's look at the numbers:
•53% of Americans Google each other. Pew Internet & American Life
•26% of college admissions officers use search engines to research candidates. University of Massachusetts Center for Market Research
•64% of teens say that most teens do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about. anti-drug.com
•77% of executive recruiters use search engines to research applicants. CareerBuilder
What does this mean for you? It means at sometime, somewhere, somone will be Googling you! Are you ready?
Don't wait until you get hit with a Google bomb, be proactive. Learn from my mistakes. I nearly lost my reputation, my organization and my mental health due to my ignorance of the power of the Internet. Back in 2006 I won a landmark case in Broward County, Florida with a jury verdict of over $11M for damages done to my organization and myself.
My story is in Google Bomb: The Untold Story of the $11.3M Verdict that Changed the Way We Use The Internet (Health Communications, Inc August 2009). I encourage you to pick this up, it may cost you about $10.00 but the gift you will receive is priceless! Order on Amazon today.
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