Comments on: ReputationDefender helps you clean up your reputation http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Roman http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-8647 Roman Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:55:28 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/#comment-8647 As an attorney, there are several troubling issues with this start-up. Since the trigger for removal of negative information is that information being slanderous/libelous, determining what is slanderous/libelous is in the realm of legal practitioners not corporate entities. This may mean that the start-up could be practicing law without a license. Certainly, issuing any "cease and desist" letters on behalf of 3rd parties would have to prepared by attorneys, and these attorneys would not be able to be part of ReputationDefender's staff. Taking all of the above into consideration, the cost of services rendered by outside counsel would most likely fall out of the price of $15.95 per monthly subscription, making ReputationDefender destined to the great web 2.0 graveyard. (Assuming they don't get charged with practicing law without a license first) As an attorney, there are several troubling issues with this start-up. Since the trigger for removal of negative information is that information being slanderous/libelous, determining what is slanderous/libelous is in the realm of legal practitioners not corporate entities. This may mean that the start-up could be practicing law without a license. Certainly, issuing any “cease and desist” letters on behalf of 3rd parties would have to prepared by attorneys, and these attorneys would not be able to be part of ReputationDefender’s staff.

Taking all of the above into consideration, the cost of services rendered by outside counsel would most likely fall out of the price of $15.95 per monthly subscription, making ReputationDefender destined to the great web 2.0 graveyard. (Assuming they don’t get charged with practicing law without a license first)

]]> By: Search EnginesWeb http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-8616 Search EnginesWeb Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:18:28 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/#comment-8616 Unfortunately. some of the info will still be traceable via The Internet Archive - Wayback Machine Unfortunately. some of the info will still be traceable via The Internet Archive – Wayback Machine

]]> By: Alan Champlin http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-8614 Alan Champlin Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:38:59 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/#comment-8614 I find it amusing -- albeit strangely appropriate -- that a person like Michael Fertik is the prime mover behind a reputation management website. Mr. Fertik himself doesn't have the best web reputation (google him for yourself if you don't believe me), which makes me wonder if this is a case of a single, troubled person thinking that something for which he has a singular need is useful to the rest of us. Personally, I don't lose sleep worrying about what people are saying about me on the web. Does Mr. Fertik believe this to be a particularly pervasive problem? If so, does that say more about the web, or Mr. Fertik? I find it amusing — albeit strangely appropriate — that a person like Michael Fertik is the prime mover behind a reputation management website. Mr. Fertik himself doesn’t have the best web reputation (google him for yourself if you don’t believe me), which makes me wonder if this is a case of a single, troubled person thinking that something for which he has a singular need is useful to the rest of us. Personally, I don’t lose sleep worrying about what people are saying about me on the web. Does Mr. Fertik believe this to be a particularly pervasive problem? If so, does that say more about the web, or Mr. Fertik?

]]> By: Kevin L. http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-8606 Kevin L. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:32:05 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/15/reputationdefender-helps-you-clean-up-your-reputation/#comment-8606 We, (MerchantCircle), delved into the reputation management side for SMBs back in December, scraping and aggregating any mention of a business owner across the web. It's something that's troubling for business owners when more and more customer review sites are showing up on the web. I wonder how reputation manager will keep customers from leaving after a month. Unless you're Paris Hilton, do you really keep generating negative comments about you on the web? We, (MerchantCircle), delved into the reputation management side for SMBs back in December, scraping and aggregating any mention of a business owner across the web. It’s something that’s troubling for business owners when more and more customer review sites are showing up on the web.

I wonder how reputation manager will keep customers from leaving after a month. Unless you’re Paris Hilton, do you really keep generating negative comments about you on the web?

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