If you are here, or living on this planet for that matter, you probably already know who Google is. They are the 900 pound gorilla dominating online search. If you are having a reputation problem, it’s probably also true that it lies within the Google search result pages.

Here are some current Google search statistics; in February 2010 an estimated 6.0 billion search queries were conducted at Google Search, representing 65.2 percent of all search queries conducted during the given time period.

In a month. One month. To boil that down it is over 7.5 million searches per hour. A whopping 128,000 searches per minute. An astounding 2134 searches per second. Yup, that’s power my friends. An awful lot of searches going through their system at any given second, and they are getting more and more of the search market each and every day. Projections suggest that by this time next year Google will be doing close to 10 billion searches per month.

So what does all this mean when it comes to your reputation online? › Continue reading…

It’s a fair question, and I’m sure that there are a ton of new clients, and a few of our competitors, that would love to know what search terms people use to find our website and ultimately our web reputation management services.

So I thought I’d put up a list of search terms users have used that have brought them to this site. The following keyword and key phrase list is not complete, and a few duplicate terms, as well as some that have our clients names in them, have been removed. This list includes searches done on all the most common search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, etc.

Here’s the list: › Continue reading…

Truly the 64 thousand dollar question, right? Because when it comes to your reputation online, it can be a little frightening when trying to figure out just where to begin.

Combat? Content? Lawyers?

Yup, there are a lot of options out there, but depending on your circumstances, not all are appropriate for everyone. One thing for sure, if your reputation is being attacked, you need to do SOMETHING about it. Because it’s likely effecting you, your family, your staff, and your bottom line. › Continue reading…