Some strong subject matter and language, but this piece is pretty funny and highlights the pitfalls of an improperly managed online reputation in the digital age.

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ReputationDefender Blog has written extensively about how online activities can affect your personal life. It seems that meme is spreading. This video from College Humor is a perfect example of how our real world experiences are colored by our online activities. Also, as this post points out, you should never let your friends mess with your accounts.

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Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the United States this week, and a large part of his platform was centered on the notion of change. Wasting no time, and aiming to be the first true Internet President, Barack Obama launched the official website for his transition to the White House. On Thursday www.change.gov, went online with an invitation for users to offer their ideas for the future of the country. The website further entreats readers to “Share Your Vision” via email.

There’s a countdown to the inauguration on the site, noting the number of days until January 20, 2009 when Obama will be sworn in. In terms of media, there is a blog posting that displays a YouTube video of Obama’s Tuesday victory speech in Chicago.

A quote from Obama is featured on the page, reading: “Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.” More to the point during this time of economic woe, users can apply for jobs via the website. The site is pretty straightforward, but the degree to which Obama has attempted, with success, to harness and embrace the Internet during his campaign, and now during his transition to the White House, is impressive.

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The Smart Show recently dropped by the ReputationDefender office for a piece on Online Reputation Management. Host Henry Dittman was a pleasure to work with and ReputationDefender would also like to thank the hard working Smart Show crew who came by to film our staff.

Working in the Online Reputation Management Industry is truly exciting. The fact that media and individuals are increasingly interested in our growing field makes my job at ReputationDefender incredibly rewarding. RD is the second segment in this video and in the intro, you can catch a glimpse of our office (complete with Foosball Table).

ReputationDefender is the market leader in Online Identity Solutions. The video below highlights MyEdge, which helps people control their Google results for as little as $99, but ReputationDefender also offers MyReputation, MyChild and MyPrivacy to help people and companies effectively manage their online presence.  ReputationDefender lets individuals and brands proactively protect their reputation on the internet. Businesses especially can benefit from the Business Insurance for the Internet ^TM that ReputationDefender provides.

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Following the historic election of Barack Obama, the postmortem for the McCain campaign can officially begin. As Washington insiders and Republican pundits look to see where they can improve in the coming years, people will point to different aspects of the McCain campaign and analyze it endlessly.

We’ve run some internal polling data through the series of tubes and think that this single moment was when McCain lost the election. It was not after the polls closed in California last night. It was when he decided to get extra dramatic during the debates.

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With less than a day before Americans go to the polls, the two Presidential candidates have done their share of getting media attention. Between interviews, stump speeches and press junkets you’d think there’d be nothing more they could do to win votes. You’d think wrong.

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It is nothing new to say that the Internet, over the last few years, has become increasingly interactive. Social networks and the rise of blogs and tweets have changed the way we connect to others through the internet. Heck, the change was so pronounced, they even coined a new term for it. Increasingly, people are not merely passively absorbing the media given to them, they are responding to and reinterpreting that media. While this is not new either, the speed at which these responses can be transmitted and then picked up by others is infinitely faster given the shared online thought process that typifies Web 2.0.

Take, for instance, the video below, titled simply “Palin Song”:

Media is no longer a one-way street. With a computer and access to the Internet anyone can participate in the discussion and effectively become a participant in the media itself. As long as access to the Internet continues unfettered this trend will absolutely continue and grow in depth and scope. It is human nature to interact with our environment, and the Internet has made thought accessible by anyone who is plugged in. We’ve already seen how the growth of blogs has come to affect the news cycle; facts are endlessly checked by untold numbers of would-be Woodwards and Bernsteins. This new, interactive chapter in the media is just getting started. It’s a brave new Internet world.

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