Sunday, November 7, 2010

Claim Your Domain

Think back to Launch Week (I know it feels like 2years ago already). Do you remember the countless lectures on how we need to clean up our online profile? Yep, that's right about a million times we were told how facebook, twitter, myspace and other sites on the web could be the deciding factor on between whether we get that job we are dying for or the the guy next to us gets it.  Well I am here to say that I read an article this week that basically says there is no way to hide everything that could be negatively perceived from potential employers. The author of this article actually suggests that we create as much information about ourselves online as we can. Therefore, when our name is googled we can control the information about us on at least the first page or two of that google search.

The way of going about this is purchasing a domain name that includes our own name. Then link as many things to it that we know are positive and would approve of our grandma's seeing. This way it will be the first thing pulled up in a Google search and possible employers usually don't go digging to far if they see a lot of positive information first.

I think this could be an ingenious idea. I mean even if you Google your name on a regular basis you never know what could be put on the Internet within a matter of minutes that could ruin your future first career.
Just as a side note I Googled my name before this blog. Thank God there is a famous singer in the PussyCat Dolls with the name Kimberly Wyatt. I had to go through 7 pages before I saw anything that was related to me:)

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