Gossip about you online—be the first to know
I realized recently that most people have no clue about what’s being said about them or who’s linking to them online. This includes individuals, businesses, corporations, everybody.
Before you begin with a startled look—”oh such a thing is possible at all?”, do yourself a favor, take the ego trip by signing-up for Google Alerts and sign-up for keywords and your web address (if you have one) on Technorati. These pigeons bring home the wheat and the chaff.
Google alerts is a very interesting and useful tool. I keep track of certain categories which I work with and also about my client and the company I work for. On the personal front I use technorati to track my blog popularity and presence.
Jun 17, 07 at 15:28