Using social media to protect your reputation online

“Have you ever had a client come to you in a state of desperation, begging for help to remove a blog post that ranks for their business name, and portrays them in less than a positive light? Or perhaps you had a very contentious break-up with an old flame, and they’ve since decided to air their beefs with you in a more public forum, and these complaints now appear every time you type your name into Google. Maybe you merely made a mistake one evening after a few too many beverages, but the proof now appears in video form online and as a result has become part of your public resume.”

Sometimes an individual or a company gets nasty comments about them online. The last thing that you want to happen to you, is for your clients or potential employer to find these comments. In order to protect yourself from having a bad reputation online, you will need to bump the negative listing in the search engines to a lower position, reducing the possibility that these comments will be found. Here are 50 sites to help you bury negative posts about you or your company.