Twitterjacking, the New Fear in Online Reputation Management

April 30, 2009 | Barry Wise | KnowEm News, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
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Do you know who it is you’re actually following on Twitter? Facebook? MySpace? Due to the recent explosion of interest in Twitter, thanks in no small part to Ashton (@aplusk) and Oprah (@oprah), celebrities and regular folk are flocking to Twitter. But how do you know if the person you’re following is actually a celebrity, and not just regular folk? You can’t, and Twitter is still very quiet about any plans to stop Twitterjacking: the act of impersonating someone else on Twitter.

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Tags: facebook, knowem, myspace, Online Reputation Management, orm, Social Media, social media identity theft, streko, Twitter, twitterjacking, username check

Why Would You Want Your Brand Name Registered On 120 Social Media Sites?

April 27, 2009 | Barry Wise | KnowEm News, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
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Lately I’ve noticed a lot of people are asking this question about the KnowEm Username Check service. KnowEm was recently reviewed by a columnist in the Washington Post (he did a good job; the article is worth reading), and several users’ responses to the article raise this very question.

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Tags: automated signup, check usernames, commercial service, knowem, review, Social Media, username check, washington post, websites

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