Ten Ways To Clear Bad Press From Search Engine Results

[maryrussel]

Ten Ways To Clear Bad Press
From Search Engine Results
By Linda Bustos © 2006

What do you see when you search for your company or brand name? Is there anything on the first page of the search engine results that you wouldn't be proud to display on your home page? Consumer review sites, blogs and forums have made it easy for anyone to say whatever they want about your company, whether they be disgruntled customers or competitors who like to play dirty.

If you're in a situation where negative publicity is front and center in search results, there are ways you can reclaim search engine real estate for your corporate identity. Though you can't make negative results disappear from the search engine indexes entirely, the following strategies can help them slip off the first few pages of search engine results.

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[cranky_hippie]

Good article, Mary, with advice that anyone could use not just those who have bad press. I bookmarked the directories mentioned.

Thanks!


Hey, Ray Romeo! Read This Thread!

[maryrussel]

Thanks Cranky. Glad you found it helpful.

[amy]

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Hey, Ray Romeo! Read This Thread!
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According to KarenRay, WP has a strict policy against reading off-WP message boards and nobody associated with the company, including Ray, has read any posts on an off-WP forum since the Spring of 2005. Hope this helps. 

[BellisimaJ.]

Mary, great article--I too bookmarked the directories!

According to KarenRay, WP has a strict policy against reading off-WP message boards and nobody associated with the company, including Ray, has read any posts on an off-WP forum since the Spring of 2005. Hope this helps

And I'm sure that Ray follows his own rules. Clearly, Scotty doesn't.