Let's suppose scox does not like what is posted on groklaw. So scox signs up for "ReputationDefender." What can ReputationDefender really do? Ask somebody to remove the content? Accord to the website: "Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web."
Yeah, okay. And that would be what? Send an email to the website maintainer? For $15.95 a month, I doubt that ReputationDe
They would have to be lying in some way or the other. Sure you can get content pulled by cease and desist letters, or a polite request etc. depending on the situation, but that hardly qualifies as "proprietary techniques". What they could be referring to is some kind of search manipulation, or masking technique. Like if you have bad stuff referring to Joe Smith you make up 100 plausible variations on the name and then put out a ton of content under each, which makes it very hard to tell which relates to any
As a member of the company's advisory board and a long-time Slashdotter, I can assure you that ReputationDefender does not engage in any illegal activities, pretexting, cracking, etc. in the process of getting information removed from the web. I recognize that some of the marketing copy on the site is less than crystal clear, but in a busy startup, getting the website copy rewritten isn't always the top priority. In any case, services range from sending polite requests on customers behalf (automated and man
Hmm, interesting (from their FAQ) non-legal methods:
Does ReputationDefender simply send cease-and-desist letters or sue everybody when it seeks to "Destroy" content?
No. Most of our approaches to effecting correction or removal of content are non-legal. We will only pursue legal options with the express consent of our clients, and these techniques are strictly optional and usually the last resort. They may incur additional cost.
And they claim to be able to remove Usenet articles. Good luck on that.
I think that's meant to mean "non-lawyerly", not "unlawful". I've only seen one reputationdefender letter (referring to lawful-speech materials posted online), and it was essentially a long, polite persuasive letter asking the poster to cut the client some slack and un-publish the information. (The letter was ignored and there was nothing further heard on the matter.)
No problem is so large it can't be fit in somewhere.
What can "ReputationDefender" really do? (Score:5, Interesting)
Accord to the website: "Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web."
Yeah, okay. And that would be what? Send an email to the website maintainer? For $15.95 a month, I doubt that ReputationDe
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What they could be referring to is some kind of search manipulation, or masking technique. Like if you have bad stuff referring to Joe Smith you make up 100 plausible variations on the name and then put out a ton of content under each, which makes it very hard to tell which relates to any
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In any case, services range from sending polite requests on customers behalf (automated and man
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