Comments on: How to Not Protect Your Online Identity http://medialoper.com/how-to-not-protect-your-online-identity/ Chasing the long tail of digital media Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:07:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tyson http://medialoper.com/how-to-not-protect-your-online-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-28490 Tyson Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:44:39 +0000 http://medialoper.com/?p=4037#comment-28490 I like Kirk's idea of using brute force on Google. If you can get any sensitive or undesirable information off the first 5 pages of Google, I would think you would be OK. When was the last time you even hit the third page on a Google search? I see most people give up if the information they want isn't the top search result. I like Kirk’s idea of using brute force on Google. If you can get any sensitive or undesirable information off the first 5 pages of Google, I would think you would be OK. When was the last time you even hit the third page on a Google search? I see most people give up if the information they want isn’t the top search result.

]]> By: Brian O'Leary http://medialoper.com/how-to-not-protect-your-online-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-28488 Brian O'Leary Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:20:20 +0000 http://medialoper.com/?p=4037#comment-28488 Phew. I was reading this post and had assumed, incorrectly, that Kirk had written it. Halfway through I was thinking, "I never knew that about Kirk" and "I thought he was MUCH more active on Twitter". Valuable lessons, and thanks for being someone other than Kirk. I was on the verge of rewriting my whole understanding. Phew. I was reading this post and had assumed, incorrectly, that Kirk had written it. Halfway through I was thinking, “I never knew that about Kirk” and “I thought he was MUCH more active on Twitter”. Valuable lessons, and thanks for being someone other than Kirk. I was on the verge of rewriting my whole understanding.

]]> By: Kirk Biglione http://medialoper.com/how-to-not-protect-your-online-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-28472 Kirk Biglione Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:16:54 +0000 http://medialoper.com/?p=4037#comment-28472 I have many thoughts on this topic. I tend to think there's no avoiding the aggregation of this sort of data, so I usually advise the following: 1. Take an active role shaping your Google results. If you work at it, you can control the first couple pages of results. 2. Alternately, since data removal is an iffy proposition at best, you can always flood the net with intentionally bad data. I briefly considered creating a service called de-Google that would remove undesirable Google search results. I quickly realized that wouldn't be possible in most cases. In the end, the best you can hope for is to outrank the results you don't like. I have many thoughts on this topic. I tend to think there’s no avoiding the aggregation of this sort of data, so I usually advise the following:

1. Take an active role shaping your Google results. If you work at it, you can control the first couple pages of results.

2. Alternately, since data removal is an iffy proposition at best, you can always flood the net with intentionally bad data.

I briefly considered creating a service called de-Google that would remove undesirable Google search results. I quickly realized that wouldn’t be possible in most cases. In the end, the best you can hope for is to outrank the results you don’t like.

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