It is unnerving to go online, Google yourself, and find even one negative comment on the Internet. It is so unnerving because if you can find it--so can everyone else. This drastically increases the odds that prospective employers, co-workers, dates, and new friends will go searching for information on you and come away with a very negative opinion.

Web libel is an ever-expanding crime that has virtually no recourse for the victim. While if a columnist libels you in a newspaper you have every opportunity to respond by suing them for damages and a correction--no such avenue exists on the Internet the majority of the time. Why is this? It is not because the law exempts the Internet from libel offenses, it is because it is so hard to track down anyone on the Internet. Although in some cases the offender can be found and brought to court, most of the time they are posting anonymously or from a server in another country, which means there is no need to call your lawyer, he cannot help. The Internet carries with it a certain level of guaranteed anonymity, which is why it is so anarchic to begin with--because no one is accountable for their actions.

So you have been libeled on the Internet, do you just have to accept it and move on? No, there is a solution, but it is not going to be a question of courts and lawyers. Internet Reputation Management is the single most effective solution that you are going to find. With that said, it is going to take time.

The good news is--given enough time, a good reputation management firm that bury virtually any libelous statement made on the Internet. While it cannot be removed from the website it is hosted on, an Internet Reputation Management firm can bury the article, blog, post, or offending comment in all the search results and make it virtually impossible to find--rather than it being featured prominently on the first page of your search results. This allows you to go through life knowing that every person you introduce yourself to isn't going to Google you and see those slanderous comments.

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