Activity - 'Ego-Surfing'
In this activity we Google our own names to get an understanding of our online web presence. There was no surprises on the first page of results as I tend to be quite active on the web already. There are other 'Luke Franklins' creating content also, but it is mostly good. Did you know I work for the ABC? I didn't either. I'm quite happy if a future employer thinks that St. Luke's Franklin Health Care Center is named after me; though I don't know how I'll explain being a saint if they don't realize that Franklin is a place! If there was anything that I felt was very reputation damaging I'd be quite prepared to bury it in a wealth of information, but if it was a case similar to the 'Star wars kid' and the content was immensely popular the damage would be irreversible. An interesting service I found is claimID, it lets you specify what references of your name belong to you. "One of the greatest things about having a claimID page is that you can easily provide people searching for you with a real picture of your identity. With claimID you can claim your blog, your website and news articles that mention your name into a central place." - claimID About Page.