Online reputation management...when you "google" your own name?

by chadim
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Hi Guys,

So I'm in the process of getting my resume out to more jobs that look interesting and fit my work experience. I'm also in the middle of an interview process that looks promising. I interviewed with the CEO last week, and just need to meet with his partner next week. Fingers crossed.

It never really occurred to me, but I randomly googled my email address(the gmail that I have on my resume) and I saw a few negative results. A few years back, I was into promoting CPA offers and I had setup a niche site promoting one for teeth whitening that was converting well. It was a rebill and I didn't realize that they were not allowing people to cancel. So looks like a few people went on those complaints/scam forums and were reporting it. I didn't have the whois protection on that site(even though I had stopped promoting it) and they posted my name and email in the forum. So now that appears to come up when I google my name and/or email address.

Also about 4 years ago, a family member of mine was involved in a court case(that was dismissed) and for some reason, because of my last name and I think a lawyer or something having the same first name, that result also comes up at the bottom of the first page when I google my name and city. Needless to say, I'm sort of stressed about it. Is there a way I can bury some of those results just deal with the negative results for my name? I hadn't thought about it, but there's noway that's going to help me in my search for a job

Anyone have any advice or suggestions? Thanks.

Chad
  • Profile picture of the author agc
    Use a different email address for anything job related.

    Sounds like nothing else comes back to you "definitively". So don't sweat it too much.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    The process of burying all thsoe results would be ime consuming. Better as Agc suggested to just use a different email address
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