Hur man återvinner ditt kända on-line

vid Ross McKillop Juli 14, 2007

Har du Googled ditt känt sent? Inte helt lyckligt med resultaten? Detta granskar/överblicken/tutorialen ska hjälp som du ändrar hur du föreställs direktanslutet.

Det finns en radda resonerar dig kan önska att förändra vad kommer upp, när folket söker för ditt känt. Troligen, ska du just att skriva in workforcen, och du behöver inte rekryterarar och/eller en timme-tekniker. se dina fulla pajaser på MySpace. Tippar och fri-servar efter kan hjälpa att ändra de Google sökanderesultat till något som du är ett lite mer stolt av.

  1. Ziki
  2. LinkedIn
  3. Naymz
  4. Skador kontrollerar


  1. Ziki
  2. Ziki är ett tjänste- som gör ett nätt djärvt att fordra - ”garanteras Ziki medlemmar för att visas i första placerar av Google, tölp & MSN-sökanderesultat, när deras känt söks som ges att sponsrade Ziki buys anknyter. Ziki gemenskapmedlemmar kan därför skapa, att klara av, och att optimera deras on-line kontrollera för närvarotag som är deras, avbilda.”,

    Jag att närma sig först av Ziki anställd på Juli 9th, 2007 för att granska deras tjänste- och för att ge någon återkoppling. Jag undertecknade upp den samma dag och spenderade några noterar att skapa min ziki profilerar. Stunder som är prövas som upload en avbilda (en profilera föreställer) som jag höll att få ett fel. Jag figurerade där var en bugga i systemet, så jag gav mig upp för en stund. Vila av ställa in var mycket rättfram och tog inte mer än 10 eller 15 minuter. Den nästa dagen försökte jag att upload en profilera föreställer igen och mottog det samma felet. Så överförde jag ett meddelande till deras återkoppling tilltalar, och mer mindre än 4 timmar mer sistnämnd fick jag denna:

    I förmiddag Sandrine från Ziki, en verklig person, inte en robot ;-)

    Som du styrkan har märkt, finns det ett litet buggar på avbildauploaden till din Ziki profilerar. Vi är prövas hårt att fixa denna buggar så snart som möjligheten.

    Mer sistnämnd som dagen bekräftade de problemet på deras blog och av 11th fixades problemet.

    Föreställa, mig avgjorde till, efter jag uploaded lyckat en profilera Google jag själv och se, om resultaten hade ändrat. Två dagar, når de har undertecknat upp för Ziki och min Ziki profilerar hade hoppat upp till #3 i sökanderesultaten. I tillägg hade jag ”sponsrat lista” som pekade till mitt profilerar.

    ziki
    klicka för att förstora

    Så inte endast ht min Ziki profilera overtaken Simplehelp.net (som van vid var 3rd när dig Googled mitt känt), utan det gjorde så i 2 dagar.

    Uppdatering: as of today (July 14th) my Ziki profile seems to have disappeared from Google’s search results entirely. The sponsored listing remains, the the actual search results no longer include Ziki. I’m not sure if this is a bug w/ Ziki or if Google has decided that Ziki profiles shouldn’t receive the attention that they do. I have an email into the folks @ Ziki to see if they can shed some light on the situation.

  3. LinkedIn
  4. Due to its high pagerank, creating a LinkedIn profile is a great way to get your name higher in search results. After you create an account and fill out all of the profile information (which can take anywhere from a few minutes to an hour, depending on how detailed you want your profile to be), you’ll want to make sure your profile (or part of it) is public. To do so, click the Edit My Public Profile tab.

    linkedin

    First, make sure to set your profile as public. To do so, select Full View. Then select each section of your profile that you wish to make public.

    linkedin
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    When you’re done, click the Save Changes button.

    Now, change your Public Profile URL. By default, LinkedIn will give you a profile URL something along the lines of: www.linkedin.com/pub/1/323/33X - which isn’t exactly “friendly”. Click the Edit link in the Public Profile URL section at the top of your Edit My Public Profile screen.

    linkedin
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    Enter your full name in the space provided. This will result with a public profile url of www.linkedin.com/in/yourname. Click Set Address to save the change.

    linkedin
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    Within a few days of creating your LinkedIn profile, it should appear on the first page of search results with most search engines (depending on a few factors, not the least of which is how ‘common’ your name is). For more info on using LinkedIn, check out Web Worker Daily’s 20 Ways to use LinkedIn Productively guide.

  5. Naymz
  6. Naymz is a Ziki competitor. In fact, I think they’ve been around for longer than Ziki, and they (currently) have more features. With that said, to access the advanced features of Naymz, you’ll need to pay them. One of the interesting advanced features is the ability to have an email sent to you each time someone views your profile, and that email will include the visitors location, how they found you, their name (if available) and IP address.

    naymz
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    Similar to Ziki, Naymz will purchase sponsored links on Google. If you upgrade to the Premium service ($4.95/mo) they will also purchase sponsored links on Yahoo and MSN (among other features).

    naymz
    my public Naymz profile

  7. Damage Control
  8. This is the hardest part to reclaiming your name. The first thing you can do is delete your MySpace account (if you’ve included anything in it that someone might find by searching for your name). At the very least, delete the posts or comments that you’ve left on MySpace that include your actual name. Then start contacting your “friends” asking them to do the same.

    Those embarrassing pictures you posted on Flickr - time to delete them. If someone else posted a photo of you, ask them (very, very politely) to take it down. If they won’t oblige, go directly to the source. Email Flickr (or whatever company is hosting the photo) and explain to them that you wish to have a picture of yourself removed. Give them the exact URL to the picture, and politely explain why you’d like it taken down. There is absolutely no guarantee that they’ll accommodate you, but it’s worth the effort.

    If you’re trying to tidy up your ‘personal’ search results for professional reasons, try searching Google, Yahoo and MSN for your email address. You might be surprised at what you find. Never, ever, use an email address when applying for a job (or on your resume) that you’ve used to sign up for online forums, social news sites, etc. Recruiters will search for your email address right after they search for your name. You really don’t want them to know that you spend a lot of time on that <insert offensive site here> forum.

    And last but not least, you can try contacting Google directly and ask them to remove a page or image from their search results. This should only be attempted after you’ve tried to contact the web site owner directly with your request. You may want to brush up on the Google Webmaster Guidelines prior to submitting a request, as you may need to prove to Google that the web site in question isn’t adhering to one or more of their guidelines. Again, this should be used as a last resort.

    Do you have any tips or suggestions on how to “improve your name” online? If so, please feel free to share them in the comments section below. As always, if you come up with a good one I’ll update this article and credit you (and your site if you have one) as the source. Cheers!

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    1 Anonymous Cowardess 07.17.07 at 11:21 am

    I just saw this page linked from Lifehacker; congrats on the link!

    FYI, there are professional companies like reputation defender that will do this for you; they do the search and new site creation.

    2 Dan Ray 07.17.07 at 12:08 pm

    Hey, you’re back on Google’s third result for searching your name as of right now. When you saw that your Ziki profile had disappeared earlier today, it might have been because Google uses a lot of datacenters, and the one your search reached may not have been updated yet.

    3 Rupert Schiessl 07.17.07 at 11:06 pm

    Hi Ross,

    Thanks for this post. Your opinion is very helpful for the development of Ziki.
    We are trying hard to increase the number of features on Ziki keeping our user interface simple and user friendly.

    Like to see that you appreciate the free registration service that Ziki offers to its users.

    4 sameer 07.22.07 at 3:02 am

    nice article, thank you.

    5 Frank Fulchiero 07.22.07 at 7:33 am

    As soon as I started using twitter, which I only use a few times a week, a twitter post became number one.

    So, maybe try that if you are one of the many “Smiths” and want to crank it up.

    6 Frank Fulchiero 07.22.07 at 7:35 am

    Sorry, I meant to say, number one hit for my last name…linkedin is third for my last name.

    7 Nick Volkers 06.05.08 at 2:01 pm

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