As a business owner, you know how one bad online review from a customer can put a damper on your...

As a business owner, you already know how important it is to maintain an online presence through a professional website,...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues across the globe with new updates coming in seemingly every minute. Many schools across the world...

If you’ve Googled your business lately, you may be surprised to find out what customers are posting about you online. ...

As individuals continue to place greater trust in Google search results, the importance of maintaining a positive online reputation grows,...

Another strike in the win column for anti-online defamation law and reputation management.  A supreme court ruling in British Columbia...

If you’ve ever worked in the corporate world, then you know that a crisis can debilitate an organization’s reputation.  Whether...

Major news this week out of London regarding the removal of defamatory content on social media. A ruling by The...

In an era where social media has become a staple, it’s almost impossible to avoid seeing a negative comment about...

Globally, Google is the most widely used search engine. It has also become somewhat of an everyday vocabulary word, now...

From social media to reviews and websites, there are a range of outlets that businesses must be aware of when...

There’s no doubt that images boost visibility and click-on rates.  A study by Google concluded that posts with images are...

Reputation management and public relations in general are important for any business. In the age of the internet, companies don’t...

In early June, Google introduced a video carousel feature. Where previously, Google displayed video thumbnails, the new feature instead has...

You’ve probably heard the term before: corporate social responsibility. It might sound like strange doublespeak, but it actually has a...

Everyone does it. Whether you order food, go to the doctor’s office, or buy something on eBay or Amazon, the...

Yesterday, Matt Earle, President and Founder of Reputation.ca spoke on CJAD Radio Montreal on the importance of second chances when...

Yesterday, CBC's The National aired an in-depth segment on the issue of the right to be forgotten and whether Canadians'...

Following privacy and data sharing revelations from Facebook and Google, Reputation.ca has introduced two privacy solutions designed to use our...

You may think that only business owners can manage a business’ presence on Google — but you’d be wrong. Recently,...

Good Day, As I am sure you are well aware, the news cycle has been dominated over the past two...

Asking customers to be an online advocate for your business is never easy. But there are plenty of reasons why...

Many of us, particularly those of us who are parents, understand just how impactful the internet and social media has...

Many of us understand the golden rule of online reputation management and how to impact Google search results in a...

Yesterday, Matt Earle, President of Reputation.ca, spoke on CBC radio on several key topics related to proper online reputation management,...

Love it or hate it – and people seem to be in one camp or another – you can’t ignore...

Hello, Google (or Alexa or Siri or whoever): What will your voice search results do to my digital profile?  It’s...

There are plenty of misconceptions out there about how online reputations are created, damaged -- and repaired. What you don’t...

Most business owners, particularly those who are technically savvy, understand the importance of how a business appears online.  They understand...

You may never think it’s a big deal until you are in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or...

Leadership pages: they set a tone and direction on how visitors to a company website are educated and, more broadly,...

Certainly, what appears in Google’s main search results page, and particularly Google’s first page, plays a highly significant role in...

We are all familiar with the phrase, knowledge is power. Although the phrase is on the verge of being overly-used,...

As Warren Buffett famously said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If...

Being on the wrong end of bad reputation issues comes with a price. How big a price? Just ask United...

In the latest round of data breaches, this week Adult Friend Finder confirmed that their database had been breached, exposing...

In October this year, Reputation.ca came out with new online reputation management software that allows for anyone to log in...

Last month, Reputation.ca introduced to the public new, free online reputation management software that allows anyone to get a non-personalized view...

Earlier this month, Reputation.ca introduced its free online reputation management software designed to help individuals and businesses more accurately see...

In today’s digital-centred world, how you are perceived online, also known as your online reputation, plays a crucial role both...

In the current digital world, there are more business/service review websites than ever before.  Unfortunately, negative reviews do make an...

Next month, Reputation.ca President Matt Earle, along with a panel of experts, will be participating in a panel discussion hosted...

It’s clear that the Internet has permeated every aspect of our lives, from how we communicate to how we find...

Online reputation has become an increasingly important tool as we continue to shift toward a digital-based economy. A virtual reputation...

Late last fall, there was widespread backlash regarding a new app that let people rate and review each other. While...

Many brands concerned with their online reputation conduct discovery sessions to identify third-party brand mentions. Frequently, when researching brand related...

Today Matt Earle, President of Reputation.ca, was invited to speak on Investment Executive (IE) with Fiona Collie on the importance...

Have you received an email like this? Unfortunately your data, including complete credit card details, was leaked in the recent...

TheDirty.com has become infamous in the United States and Canada for posting libelous, many times downright false information about individuals....

Yesterday, on August 19th, a hacker group called The Impact Team publicly released an enormous 9.7 GB download of data...

Online dating has evolved a lot in the past fifteen years.  First there were the industry pioneers like LavaLife, PlentyOfFish,...

Earlier this year, an announcement was made that will make a significant impact on company brand image and the online...

Armageddon is upon us.  Well, perhaps not Armageddon, but Mobilegeddon for sure.  Many of us do not regularly keep up...

The internet, as we have all come to know it, is about to go through some fairly significant changes. Most...

Yesterday was April Fools Day, the one day out of the year that not only accepts good-natured pranks, but encourages...

Shark Tank is a show on ABC that invites budding entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to business titans that...

There is little doubt we live in the digital age. Computers, the internet, social media - whether we’re at work...

There’s a reason why we tune in to the advice offered up by business leaders and those who have in...

Every year it seems like there’s a new “it” social media app.  Last year, Snapchat was all the craze.  Although...

The issue is very real – the publishing of private Canadian court documents on a public site that’s indexed and...

There is no question that Facebook is one of the more powerful social media tools on the internet.  Because of...

A student’s online reputation matters more than ever when it comes to increasing the chances of being accepted to the...

Many professionals in fields like marketing, PR, tech and sales, to name a few, understand just how important online information...

Reputation.ca’s President Matt Earle discusses online reputation management and how Reputation.ca helps its clients in this interview featured on The...

When I was a talk radio host years ago my producer Robin thought it would be fun to do a...

I was reading an article today that got me thinking about online reputation management, specifically for the situation where a...

Here’s the thing, in this day and age, almost every business, regardless of the market there in, is a client-interfacing...

Most students and parents alike have a fair number of questions as they begin the process of applying to university. ...

There’s a dilemma happening in the world of advertising and PR, and most people working in these fields will quickly...

Here’s a basic definition of what it means to have a strong positive online reputation, one that I think most...

There are a number of pages that should be mandatory when it comes to building a customer-interfacing website.  An About...

It’s a point that’s been hit upon a number of times in this column, but is always worth repeating –...

Contributing your efforts to a charitable cause is a good thing, plain and simple.  Regardless if you’re doing it as...

Late last month, in a goal to improve the accuracy and relevance of local search results, Google introduced an algorithm...

As an employer, creating an effective employee social media policy, one that encourages employees to act as brand ambassadors and...

Most businesses and business owners understand the importance of monitoring their business’ online reputations.  But, how to do this in...

Everyone has heard of the term SEO or Search Engine Optimization.  But, despite the term’s wide use, not everyone knows...

Reputation management is critical to every industry, and the restaurant and services industry is certainly no exception. Read advice provided...

If you’re familiar with the practice of medicine or have read recent articles about the field, you may be aware...

Microsoft’s Bing announced today that, following the EU’s ruling in May of this year that citizens have the right to...

For most parents who have teenagers, keeping track of their online activity and making sure that they are safe when...

For businesses that may have a couple bad reviews from customers online or bad reviews of a product, they may...

Several days ago, the National Post published an in-depth op-ed by Reputation.ca President Matt Earle on the debate around a...

The EU court’s decision to allow individuals to request that irrelevant or no longer relevant information be removed from search...

In May this year, an EU court ruled that an individual had the right to request that online informtion about...

In working to gain a better understanding of how companies can improve their online reputations, business owners and managers will...

Reputation.ca would like to announce the creation of a new IRC channel to promote the discussion of online reputation management...

Many individuals and businesses know how powerful an online reputation is and what an effect it has on success and...

If you’re an average Internet user, then Google is your go-to search engine.  That means If you’re actively monitoring your...

Small businesses that want to grow and attract more customers should always be on the hunt for ways that will...

Let’s face it – being penalized, regardless of what part of life or business we’re talking about, is not a...

In holding up to the recent EU ruling that search engines are to be accountable for content that is “inadequate,...

Understanding how to maintain a strong online reputation involves gaining familiarity as to what Google values in its search ranking...

Reputation.ca President, Matt Earle, was a guest today on The Bill Good Show on CKNW.  Matt Earle had the opportunity...

In a ruling last week, an EU court supported a person’s “right to be forgotten”, which in turn put direct...

A new ruling in a Spanish court has favored people’s “right to be forgotten” and has put pressure on Google...

Most of us know what a hot topic online privacy has become in the past several years.   And undoubtedly many...

There once was a time, not too long ago, when publishing press releases was a standard SEO practice that countless...

The reason for a business’ success is usually varied and multi-faceted.  However, in this day and age, one thing is...

A website based in Romania called Globe24h.com has been posting Canadian court documents online, documents which then become indexed on...

Reputation.ca was mentioned today in a canada.com article on a new California law that will compel web companies to take...

It’s common knowledge for those in the hospitality industry that most people will read about a number of hotels online...

As we’ve mentioned before in this article series, a useful way to maintain one’s online reputation is through the creation...

As has been discussed previously in blog articles here, the reputation physicians have online is becoming an increasingly important factor...

Most businesses now understand the power and effect that their online presence has on their success.  Clearly, a business that...

Yes, for the rising executive, or any executive for that matter, having bios about oneself online, as well as positive...

There are many reasons why regularly checking up on your online presence through doing a Google search of your name...

So, you’re a business and after completing your regular review of your online presence in all needed social media circles,...

One of the realities of online reputation management is that in the past five years or so, its importance has...

Good online reputation management is more than just ensuring that your business has positive online reviews and it’s more than...

If you’re a business owner, then you probably already have an idea as to how often customers now go online...

There is plenty of literature out there explaining how important it is for parents to communicate to their children how...

Money.ca named Reputation.ca today as the top reputation management firm in Canada. Read the full news story here. 

All business owners should know and understand how important the online reputation of their business is to its success.  And...

If you work in the medical field, then chances are pretty high that you know how important online reviews and...

Want to know more about the kind of services that Reputation.ca provides to its clients and why online reputation management...

We all should know how important an online reputation is to the success of a business.  With that said, it’s...

There are many online tools that can be used to help in your task of improving your online reputation –...

In the world of commerce, every business and every professional should be concerned with how their image appears online, particularly...

As we all know, the internet is an incredibly large and widespread entity.  Indeed, its size and global reach is...

Another story hit the news yesterday demonstrating the growing concern businesses have over their online reputation.  In Vancouver, a construction...

Today’s online world remains a place of positive entrepreneurship and one that supports a level of commerce and an exchange...

As we all should know, the presence we have online, as monitored by the results that appear when we search...

Despite class action suits and the complaints of many people, there has been a growing trend on the internet of...

Whether we’re established businesses, young start-ups, professionals or students fresh out of college, we all want to appear positively online. ...

To continue our blog series on how online social reputations can either positively or negatively affect today’s teenagers, we’ll move...

 We have discussed many times about the dangers that the online world can pose for teenagers and their online reputations.  ...

As many parents know, nothing in the world of social media has become more popular with teens in the past...

Knowing how to avoid an online reputation crisis is critical for any individual and any business that is hoping to...

Late last year, Justine Sacco, a P.R. executive, published a “needless and careless tweet” on her Twitter account that caused...

As you may already know, regularly Googling yourself and reviewing the search results that appear is a fundamental part of...

To assure that its search capabilities are always ahead of the curve, Google periodically applies updates to its search algorithm,...

The phenomenon of trending and virality in the online landscape is becoming the subject of more and more studies.  Understanding...

Happy New Year!  Tomorrow will be the first day of 2014 and with the start of a new year, you...

How important is the name for a company?  Very important.  As demonstrated this month when Hanesbrand Inc., the American underwear...

As more and more jump onto Twitter, the instances of regretful comments and tweets being posted on the social platform...

Are you a filmmaker?  Or are you an independent artist?  If so, then you may want to read this article...

Self-monitoring your posts before you publish them on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is a great way...

The backlash against SeaWorld in Orlando has yet to subside as a result of the documentary film Blackfish – strong...

 Author and TEDTalk host, Josh Klein, speaks in-depth about the new reputation economy, as he sees it. A globally integrated...

Did you know that, according to a CNN poll, 69% of employers have rejected applicants based on their social media...

Naturally, as parents we want to see that our children are safe online and that they don't make mistakes that...

If you have a bad experience with a retailer this holiday season, carefully consider whether you want to write a...

A good update to know - today, Google announced the addition of a 'Reviews' section to their Google Places for...

Hotels and resorts are realizing more and more how important their online reputations are to their current and future business interests....

Matt Earle was invited by Alberta Primetime to offer his expertise on online reputation management and why one's online reputation...

The show talked about online reputation and Matt was the in-house specialist on the show, hosted by Amanda Pfeffer. Link...

  When you hear about protecting kids online, what first comes to mind are porn, cyber-bullying, viruses and malware, and...

LISTEN HERE They also sit down with an online reputation consultant to Google themselves and see what kind of dirt...

Read the full article here. Search engines unwilling to 'arbitrate' Matt Earle, president of Reputation.ca, a Toronto-based firm that helps...

Matt Earle is the founder of Reputation.ca, an online reputation management firm that works with both small and large clients to clean...

Matt Earle, President, Reputation.ca, was quoted in Dianne Buckner's (Dragon's Den host) blog regarding small business online reputation management. Read...

Matt Earle, President, Reputation.ca, was quoted in a nice story by Katie Daubs in the Toronto Star regarding Chris Spence,...

Even though Google is amazing, your search results can often not show an accurate picture of who you are. A...

Some lawyers will have you believe that if someone has libeled you on the internet suing them is a good...

Some version of reputation management has existed ever since it became possible to Google yourself or your company or brand....