- Twitter to lose its reputation as a free speech platform?
- IIPM worried about Google Suggest, why is it so?
- Reputation Management Tip for 2012: Brands need to tap into social media search!
- Facebook Timeline and Reputation Management
- Apple Siri gender bias or glitch?
- Google+ vs Facebook – its not over yet!
- The Ethics of Self Promotion Through Charitable Causes (A Case Study)
- Google scraps sidewiki – will you miss it?
- Facebook, the trust factor
- BlackBerry Blackout- RIM’s Reputation Takes another Hit
Posts Tagged ‘Google’
IIPM worried about Google Suggest, why is it so?
January 17, 2012 | 
Author Google’s most popular feature with searches is ‘suggestions’. The suggestions sometimes appear much before you have finished typing. Many wonder how Google knows what you are exactly looking for.
After a court in Italy held search engines responsible for suggesting offensive terms, Google had elucidated that “search suggestion service suggests words potentially connected to the words that users type on the Google search field”. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Reputation Management, Reputation News, Reputation Online, Social Network Sites | 
Tags: Arindam Chaudhuri, Google, Google Inc., India, Reputation Management, Technology/Internet, The Indian Institute of Planning and Management, The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) advertising controversy, twitter | 
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Google+ vs Facebook – its not over yet!
Have you given up on Google Plus, already? The Google+ rollercoaster has been nothing short of mercurial – The fanfare, the golden invite, the Google+ launch was on hype overdrive; then came the ‘is it dead’ questions and Facebook launching new features to stay in the game. Google is now talking about brand pages in Google+, yet another feature in Facebook; and hence the question – ‘Does Google stand a chance against the social media behemoth that Facebook is?’
Google+ syncing seamlessly with Android devices: Google+ of late seems to be more about bringing all your web presence onto a single platform with easy icons and circles. So from easy instant upload of photos from your Android phones to video chat hangouts, its about getting you organised the Google way. The best part about this is that, the photos that get instantly uploaded are not available to your Google+ circles by default; you have to make it available or shared on Facebook etc manually. Google scores on privacy which has always been a sticky point for Facebook always. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Company Reputation, Google, PR / Public Relations, Reputation News, SEO, Social Network Sites | Tags: facebook, Google, Google Plus | 9 Comments »
Google scraps sidewiki – will you miss it?
Here you have another product of Google to hit the trash. Well, I wouldn’t say Google Sidewiki is a complete failure, but relatively a Google product that failed to keep up with the expectations”. Google has finally decided to close it down, and is offering its users to export all of their data. December 5, 2011 is the day Google will discontinue Sidewiki and erase all the content. Users’ can visit http://www.google.com/sidewiki/ and follow the manual to retrieve the data. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Company Reputation, Google | Tags: Google, Google Inc., google reputation, Reputation Management, sidewiki, Technology/Internet | No Comments »
To have a Wikipedia page or not? Small Business Reputation Management
Wikipedia began with the noble intention of providing all with free information on anything under the sun. So yes, the content should be impersonal or neutral and in an openly editable model. So unlike an encyclopedia, which is written by experts, the Wikipedia content is largely written by volunteers who do so without pay.
The big advantage: By virtue of being a favoured site by Google, the SEO or ORM implications of having a Wiki page for your small business are huge. Wikipedia pages usually rank on the first pages of Google and other search engines.
Should you have a Wikipedia page for your small business? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Google, Reputation Management, RM Commentary, SEO | Tags: Google, Reputation Management, Small businesses, Wiki, Wikipedia | 2 Comments »
11th Hour Recruitment Horrors Avoidable With Reputation Management
Professional Recruitment Consultants worth their salt go through rigorous Candidate preparation throughout any placement process. This includes advising the Candidate on interview techniques, coaching on environment specifics, and how to handle ‘the counter-offer’. The counter-offer can see deals worth thousands of pounds fall through in an instant and ultimately there’s little that can be done after a Candidate’s mind is made up. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in HR Reputation | Tags: Business, Business/Finance, Candidate submittal, Employment, Google, Google Inc., Human resource management, Human resources, management, Online Reputation Management, Recruiter, recruitment, recruitment consultant, Reputation Management, Review site, Sourcing, Technology/Internet, World Wide Web | No Comments »
Top Ten Don’ts of Reputation Management
Yesterday we did a piece on the Top Ten Reputation Management Tips, detailing 10 things you really should be doing to preserve your own/brand name on t’internet. And, while we freely admit that the list wasn’t exhaustive, there are also some things which – equally as importantly – you should NOT be doing. Whilst amicable that you should wish to fix any issues that may arise, within you is the potential to make things a whole lot worse, too.
Posted in Bad Press, Company Reputation, Damage Limitation, Google, National Reputation, Negative Forums, Personal Reputation, politicians, PR / Public Relations, Press & Journalism, Reputation Management, Reputation News, Reputation Online, Reviews & Quality, Social Network Sites | Tags: brand management, Google, negative blogs, Negative Forums, negative press, negative reviews, negative threads, Reputation Management online, Reputation Management Tips, Review sites, SEO, Wikipedia | 2 Comments »
Doctor, Doctor – I Found A Picture Of You Drunk And Now I Don’t Want Surgery.
There’s one of two reasons you’re not laughing at the moment. Most commonly it’ll be because the joke wasn’t funny. Then you have the group of doctors who’ve just realised that the pictures they posted of last year’s New Years party might well cost them clients.
Posted in Damage Limitation, Doctors Reputation, Google, National Reputation, Personal Reputation, Reputation Management, SEO, Social Network Sites | Tags: doctors reputation, doctors reputation management, Google, Internet search engines, negative media, Search Engine Optimization, Xobni | 1 Comment »
Google’s yet another attempt to make it big on social networking
Google is to search engine and Facebook with social networking. Just like other website you can search on Facebook, but that necessarily does not make it a search engine. On the other hand Google isn’t a social website.
But now reports have surfaced that Google wants it search to be more social. The reason behind this move is obviously they want to make a place for themselves in the social networking world.
After the Google Buzz social network fiasco, the search engine giant is stepping carefully with new social features. This time they have introduced “+1” button that will appear next to search results. This is intended to allow users’ to see what they liked and refer them or add them to their data. This is something similar to ‘Like’ button on Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Reputation Management, Reputation News, SEO, Social Network Sites | Tags: adwords, Computing, facebook, Facebook Inc, Google, google +1, Google Inc., google social networking, Google's hoaxes, Human-computer interaction, Hypertext, Online social networking, search results, Social Issues, Social network service, Social search, Technology/Internet, Web 2.0, World Wide Web | No Comments »
How Social networking sites influence search engine results
To rank first on major search engines is an objective most internet marketers and websites look for. Most of the companies optimize their websites to get on that first page of search engine results to invite visitors to their website. But is there anything other than SEO to get there?
Well, there are the Social Networking sites, and there’s enough evidence that SNS influences search engines. What happens, for example, when you have a facebook site with 10,000 fans and as many ‘likes’? Do they show up high on search engines?
There’s no doubt that Google closely monitors social media data with real-time Twitter updates integrated into searches. Now how they use it is a different story and it’s very hard to say because strong social media popularity usually converts high ranking on search engines. It’s a clear indication that Google uses it to determine what a trusted source is and this was something they had mentioned long time back.
Brand value of a domain was a ranking factor Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in google alerts, Product Reviews, Reputation Management, Reputation News, Reputation Online, SEO, Social Network Sites | Tags: Business/Finance, Computing, facebook, Google, google alerts, Google Inc., Google search, Hypertext, internet, Internet search engines, Reputation Management, search engine influence, Search Engine Optimization, search engines, SEO, Social Media Networks, Social Network Sites, Technology/Internet, twitter, Vertical search, World Wide Web | 1 Comment »
Facebook Timeline and Reputation Management
Facebook has finally rolled out the Timeline for all and all you have to do is go here and click ‘Get it now‘. The FB Timeline comes with a seven day grace period to delete stuff that you did (videos, photos, status updates) that you don’t want to be on your Timeline. Warning – When you first see the Facebook Timeline… you are in for a SHOCK!!
What you will see is every single thing you did since joining Facebook neatly arranged under a timeline of years and months. For users who have made the cheesiest status updates and other cringe-worthy quips( in hindsight) it will require a dedicated period of time to go back and decide what should be highlighted or removed from the timeline before its published for all to see. Yes, there is a ‘Publish’ tab to click after doing the necessary changes before the timeline goes live. So what are the advantages? Read the rest of this entry »