Remove bad press online

tessa@helpmego.to (tessa) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:15:37 +0000

Bad News: Prominent negative results appearing when someone searches for your company name

Good news: You can work towards alleviating it (at least it will take them off the first page of search engine indexes).

Negative online publicity or bad press online about your company can be everywhere in the Internet, in places you know and in places you do not. Initially it must have just been a small negative comment which originated, but as the game "Chinese whisper" goes, what is finally over the forum comments, review sites and blogs might be an entirely different story (and mind you, it will definitely not be something you like to hear).

Statistics reveal that over 70 per cent of the so-called "news" is likely to be defamatory (created to taint your company's image to the public) and about 80% of your prospective business partners or clients dig up the Internet to check out your company's profile. And, what if it is the prominently displayed negative results about your company that greet them. Sad!

So how do you work towards removing bad press online, is the next question. Here are a few tips:

The easiest way to remove bad press is to "bump it out" of the first page, because research shows that 90% people do not move beyond the first page when they search for something specific.
Check out what has happened in the individual case if it is a complaint about your service.
Contact the site owner and see if you can get him to remove bad press online. You might not always be lucky here (unless of course the content is detracting). However, give it a try.
Surpass the bad press with lots of positive content (ones that you can control)

Whatever be your issue with reputation management (a) be it competitors distributing bad press about your business (b) negative consumer reports about your problems and services or (c) if your company is a victim of bad press in the Internet...We are here to help.

Removing Bad Press The Steps

mark@helpmego.to (Mark) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:49:10 +0000

Removing bad press from the Internet can be a challenge. The first rule is not to reply to the comments or forum directly as this is often like poring petrol on the fire.

Here are our steps to trying to remove bad press from the Internet.

Search on a whois software to find out who owns the domain, here are some suggested sites to use.
- whois.net Good for .com and .co.uk domains
- whois.domaintools.com Offers more services
- whois.de/ whois for .de domains
- whois.com.au whois for .au domains
See if they have a procedure for removing a comment or thread
Contact the site owner directly using the your own email, make sure to include this email is confidential, ask if they can remove the thread. If the thread is libelous then also mention that you are contacting them first before contact your lawyer.
Next step is you can contact their hosting company and also their DNS company, again this information can be found using whoson however if not available you can also ways try an IP lookup and a Reverse IP lookup, complain about abuse from the site. Sometimes the hosting company can put pressure on the website owner
- ip-lookup.net
- remote.12dt.com
If the above steps don't work, then you can get your lawyer to send a recorded letter to the website owner threatening that you will be taking legal action if they do not remove the comments or discussion thread.
If you have a case and the owners are in the same country then you may be able to force them to remove the comments.

However if you feel this is going to happen time and time again, or you don't really have a legal case then the only way to safeguard your name, brand or business is bury the bad press.

We can help protect your reputation online and reduce the likely hood of bad press hurting you. Get in touch with out dedicated team and discuss your issue in complete confidence.

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Remove bad press online

Removing Bad Press The Steps