Comments on: Google Social Search Goes Live – What Does That Mean to You and to Social Media? http://heathero.com/2009/10/google-social-search-goes-live-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-to-social-media/ Create Your Vision, Fulfill Your Purpose, Live Your Passion, and Share it With The World Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4186 By: HeatherO s Good Soup – Blog, Info, News and Events on How to Increase the value of YOU, Your Business, and Your Social Network » How To Get Your Business To Show up “Beside the Map” on Google http://heathero.com/2009/10/google-social-search-goes-live-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-to-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-425 HeatherO s Good Soup – Blog, Info, News and Events on How to Increase the value of YOU, Your Business, and Your Social Network » How To Get Your Business To Show up “Beside the Map” on Google Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:10:35 +0000 http://heathero.com/?p=605#comment-425 [...] There you go! If you are an independent business owner, you might want to make sure that you have a profile too. Click here to do view your profile.Make sure you include links to your blogs, your inside919 page here, and other social networks (if you would like to be found using social search). [...] [...] There you go! If you are an independent business owner, you might want to make sure that you have a profile too. Click here to do view your profile.Make sure you include links to your blogs, your inside919 page here, and other social networks (if you would like to be found using social search). [...]

]]> By: HeatherO http://heathero.com/2009/10/google-social-search-goes-live-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-to-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-527 HeatherO Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:34:33 +0000 http://heathero.com/?p=605#comment-527 If anyone can speak to this, you can Sue! For those of you who have not read about Sue's own experience in having someone else "takeover" her online reputation, read her book "Google Bomb"! If anyone can speak to this, you can Sue! For those of you who have not read about Sue's own experience in having someone else “takeover” her online reputation, read her book “Google Bomb”!

]]> By: HeatherO http://heathero.com/2009/10/google-social-search-goes-live-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-to-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-405 HeatherO Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:34:33 +0000 http://heathero.com/?p=605#comment-405 If anyone can speak to this, you can Sue! For those of you who have not read about Sue's own experience in having someone else "takeover" her online reputation, read her book "Google Bomb"! If anyone can speak to this, you can Sue! For those of you who have not read about Sue's own experience in having someone else “takeover” her online reputation, read her book “Google Bomb”!

]]> By: HeatherO s Good Soup – Blog, Info, News and Events on How to Increase the value of YOU, Your Business, and Your Social Network » Got a Google Profile? http://heathero.com/2009/10/google-social-search-goes-live-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-to-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-404 HeatherO s Good Soup – Blog, Info, News and Events on How to Increase the value of YOU, Your Business, and Your Social Network » Got a Google Profile? Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:56:06 +0000 http://heathero.com/?p=605#comment-404 [...] If you don’t want people to find you, you probably don’t want one! If you are a business owner, or work with a cause, or blog about one, or have some other reason to want to share your content with the world, this is a great way to ‘be found’. Click here for more info on Google’s Social Search. [...] [...] If you don’t want people to find you, you probably don’t want one! If you are a business owner, or work with a cause, or blog about one, or have some other reason to want to share your content with the world, this is a great way to ‘be found’. Click here for more info on Google’s Social Search. [...]

]]> By: Sue Scheff http://heathero.com/2009/10/google-social-search-goes-live-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-to-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Sue Scheff Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:19:36 +0000 http://heathero.com/?p=605#comment-403 You have valid points and thougths. I always tell people that attempt to tell me they don't have to worry since they don't Twitter, they don't FB etc... so they don't have to worry - that is quite the contrary - everyone needs to be concerned, especially those that are not social networking. If you don't own your own name - who will? Your competitor? A former employee that has a beef with you? A disgruntled client? Remember, a 20 year reputation can be virtually and literally destroyed in 20 minutes of vicious keystrokes. <br><br>If you are not computer savvy to Blog, create sites etc... and you are in business, it may benefit you to hire a service to help you. I used ReputationDefender - cost effective and dedicated to their clients. I am not referring you to them/nor am I selling them - I don't receive any referral fees from them - I am simply one of their first clients and feel they literally saved my online profile from one disgruntled client.<br><br>Like Heather's friend she was going to go into business with, if she didn't personally know him, she would have missed an opportunity. How many hotels lose potential customers from unflattering posts in comments from an angry customer or how about a competitor hotel across the street! What about a restaurant review that states the eatery has flithy flatware and cockroaches in the kitchen? How do we know it isn't a neighboring eatery that needs business? I know this may sound ridiculous, but again - if you aren't proactive with your own online image, someone else will be. You have valid points and thougths. I always tell people that attempt to tell me they don't have to worry since they don't Twitter, they don't FB etc… so they don't have to worry – that is quite the contrary – everyone needs to be concerned, especially those that are not social networking. If you don't own your own name – who will? Your competitor? A former employee that has a beef with you? A disgruntled client? Remember, a 20 year reputation can be virtually and literally destroyed in 20 minutes of vicious keystrokes.

If you are not computer savvy to Blog, create sites etc… and you are in business, it may benefit you to hire a service to help you. I used ReputationDefender – cost effective and dedicated to their clients. I am not referring you to them/nor am I selling them – I don't receive any referral fees from them – I am simply one of their first clients and feel they literally saved my online profile from one disgruntled client.

Like Heather's friend she was going to go into business with, if she didn't personally know him, she would have missed an opportunity. How many hotels lose potential customers from unflattering posts in comments from an angry customer or how about a competitor hotel across the street! What about a restaurant review that states the eatery has flithy flatware and cockroaches in the kitchen? How do we know it isn't a neighboring eatery that needs business? I know this may sound ridiculous, but again – if you aren't proactive with your own online image, someone else will be.

]]> By: HeatherO http://heathero.com/2009/10/google-social-search-goes-live-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-to-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-402 HeatherO Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:09:38 +0000 http://heathero.com/?p=605#comment-402 I have read that the social search results will be integrated eventually. I'm not so sure that keeping them in their own category isn't better. Then you can choose to select them. I guess however they do it, we will get used to it though! Of course there are always other search engines if we don't:)<br><br>Thanks for commenting:) I have read that the social search results will be integrated eventually. I'm not so sure that keeping them in their own category isn't better. Then you can choose to select them. I guess however they do it, we will get used to it though! Of course there are always other search engines if we don't:)

Thanks for commenting:)

]]> By: twitterfools http://heathero.com/2009/10/google-social-search-goes-live-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-to-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-401 twitterfools Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:47:35 +0000 http://heathero.com/?p=605#comment-401 Interesting to see all the social information coming into the search engines. As this trend has moved forward I have wondered how search engines will sift out the noise and narrow down to the valuable information. Some have suggested the retweets, diggs, stumbles, or likes/dislike votes will help boost social content in search but even those can be biased. From my standpoint it is too early to tell if this will really be a useful addition to search results for anything other than investigating a potential employee or business partner. You other point is well taken - what we all post online will follow us. Make sure it is something you, and your Mother can be proud of. Interesting to see all the social information coming into the search engines. As this trend has moved forward I have wondered how search engines will sift out the noise and narrow down to the valuable information. Some have suggested the retweets, diggs, stumbles, or likes/dislike votes will help boost social content in search but even those can be biased. From my standpoint it is too early to tell if this will really be a useful addition to search results for anything other than investigating a potential employee or business partner. You other point is well taken – what we all post online will follow us. Make sure it is something you, and your Mother can be proud of.

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