The Google blog has come out and posted some very positive tips and hints on how to fix a damaged online reputation and counter online libel. This is not a surprised move, as Google has–for years–been dealing with constant emails and calls from users wanting some link or another to be deleted from their search results. Here’s hoping this mention by the Google blog gives the online reputation management industry a bit more credibility.
http://www.techshout.com/internet/2009/16/google-search-sustains-reputation-with-reputation-management/

I found a post recently that would be extremely helpful to anyone trying to fix their internet reputation. It offers all the tools you could hope to find to repair the damage to your reputation online–but it isn’t enough. There are some jobs that are simply too big for one person to tackle themselves, and that is why reputation management services exist.
http://jobmob.co.il/blog/online-reputation-management-resources-tips/

This article certainly gets one thing right–no matter how good a product, business, person, or service is, people will have something negative to say about it. We’ve all met these kinds of people, the misanthropes and complainers who can find negativity in anything. Well, those people have found an outlet on the Internet and this can negatively effect the online reputation of brands, companies, and people.
http://www.visibilitymagazine.com/location3-media/tarla-cummings/online-reputation-management

The United Kingdom has recently launched a review of their online libel laws, with critics calling the current laws “outdated”. The Internet has always been somewhat anarchic in this regard, and will likely continue to be because of the anonymity of the worldwide web. It ought to be interesting to see how this review of the libel laws turns out–especially in regard to online reputation management.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/17/internet-libel-review-launched