Your Life History is Not Private Anymore!

October 12, 2009 by Mohammed Al-Taee
Filed under: All, Brand-Yourself.com, Careers, Gen Y, Personal Branding, reputation management 
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Your Life History

Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell said in a CNN interview “By about 2020, our entire life histories will be online and searchable.”

What does that mean?

Everything you do online is archived: on social networks, bulletin boards, websites and Google’s constantly growing collection pages. Sites like WayBackMachine.com actually keep records of old versions of websites, saving information that was supposedly removed.

People will get the first impression about you by what your Google results say. Strong results provide credibility when searched by potential employers or clients.

Think of your activity online as writing in pen, not pencil. Pens are impossible to erase. You are using pens daily for your tweets, for Facebook fan pages comments, for online forum questions, for emails with clients and co-workers, posting family photos on Flickr, etc.

YOU are the one who is leaving a trail behind that everyone will see and judge you on. It’s not late to be careful, deliberate and safe.

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MohammedMohammed Al-Taee, PMP, CCNP, MCITP is a graduate of Alnahrian University and has a Master degree in Computer Engineering. Mohammed is a Career and Personal Branding Strategist for Gen-Y Students and New College Graduates. He is the creator of BrandMyCareer.com and author of BrandingPower Blog. He said “Passion is the Fuel towards Prosperous Career.” Make sure to connect with him on @Twitter

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Comments

  • i think anyone friend or enemy can seen on the social networking website.
  • That is 100% true! Anything online is more or less permanent and can be viewed by anyone for any purposes. This is why you need to control how you are perceived online as it really is today's first impression of most people.
  • Google Never Forgets.
  • Hi Brain,

    Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc never forgets.

    Even if you delete your tweet after one hour, it has been saved somewhere else in the Internet.

    Thank You!
  • Sadly this is true. However after two or three pages, no one will ever find it which is why you need to SEO your name and control your results.
  • Trace,

    I think the more relevant the people with whom you’re linked, the stronger your “personal brand” and the easier to control your results and respond to community, unless you the one who hurt your own brand.

    Thank You!
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