A Rep Management Trick
Somebody post something bad about you (or your company) on a forum or a blog? Hey, it can happen to the best of us. Chances are, if you are anyone or do anything worth talking about, someone will have something negative to say about you. And in the lovely cyberworld we live in, chances are it will also be showing up in a SERP near you.
Well here's a trick that can help remedy the situation (in most cases at least), and repair your online reputation in the process. The key to this trick is whether or not this negative post was done on a forum or a blog that offers the ability to leave 'comments'. Of course all forums allow people to participate in the discussion, and most blogs do too, so there's a good chance this will apply to your situation. Here's what you do:
1. Respond to the negative post by leaving a comment of your own on the same forum or blog, but on a different page. Include your full name (or company name) in the post.
2. Have a friend reply to your post.
3. Reply to your friend's post and include your full name (or company name) again.
4. Repeat this one more time on a different page within the forum or blog - not the negative post and not the one you just did, but a 3rd page.
5. Tag the 2 new pages that contain your name / company name and also point a few links to them (either place them on your own site or ask a friend).
Within a short time, the negative result that was previously showing up in the SERPs should be replaced by the new pages you have affected change on. Since Google (and those other guys that don't really matter) only will index 2 pages at most from a given domain in their top results, the new pages should replace the negative page.
Granted, there are instances where search engines index more than 2 pages (snippet links, https, etc.), but in general this should work. Especially on blogs and forums. It's worth a shot, and I've seen it work numerous times before. Happy manipulating.
Well here's a trick that can help remedy the situation (in most cases at least), and repair your online reputation in the process. The key to this trick is whether or not this negative post was done on a forum or a blog that offers the ability to leave 'comments'. Of course all forums allow people to participate in the discussion, and most blogs do too, so there's a good chance this will apply to your situation. Here's what you do:
1. Respond to the negative post by leaving a comment of your own on the same forum or blog, but on a different page. Include your full name (or company name) in the post.
2. Have a friend reply to your post.
3. Reply to your friend's post and include your full name (or company name) again.
4. Repeat this one more time on a different page within the forum or blog - not the negative post and not the one you just did, but a 3rd page.
5. Tag the 2 new pages that contain your name / company name and also point a few links to them (either place them on your own site or ask a friend).
Within a short time, the negative result that was previously showing up in the SERPs should be replaced by the new pages you have affected change on. Since Google (and those other guys that don't really matter) only will index 2 pages at most from a given domain in their top results, the new pages should replace the negative page.
Granted, there are instances where search engines index more than 2 pages (snippet links, https, etc.), but in general this should work. Especially on blogs and forums. It's worth a shot, and I've seen it work numerous times before. Happy manipulating.
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