May 25, 2011 | Chris Campbell | Brand and Trademark Protection, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media
Comments Off on TIGER BLOOD: 7 Social Media Identity and Reputation Management Lessons from Charlie Sheen
I know. Reputation management lessons from Charlie Sheen? It’s almost akin to getting cultural acceptance tips from Mel Gibson. But we live in a world full of surprises. One minute, a disgruntled customer or ex-employee creates a fake Twitter profile to bring our brand down; the next minute, we’re getting advice from Charlie Sheen on social media identity and brand protection. Let’s hear him out anyway …
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Tags: branding, charlie sheen, online marketing, Social Media, winning
May 20, 2011 | Robert Siciliano | Brand and Trademark Protection, Identity Theft, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
Comments Off on Teachers Social Media Identity Stolen on Twitter
In Panama City Florida a local and respected teachers’ identity was used to create a fake Twitter profile which spouted off derogatory comments about autistic students. The teacher works with special needs students and had no idea this was going on until she was informed by officials questioning her and the profile.
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Tags: Florida, Identity Theft, Panama City, Social Media, social media identity theft, teacher, Twitter
December 21, 2010 | Barry Wise | Search Engine Optimization, Social Media
Comments Off on Google Announces Social Media to Influence Search Rankings
A few days ago Matt Cutts of the Google Web Search Quality Team announced that Google is going to start factoring signals from social networks such as Twitter and Facebook in their search engine rankings and results. This marks a shift from a video Cutts made in May 2010 in which he reported Google was not looking at social results.
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Tags: facebook, google, indexing factors, rankings, search engine, search results, SEO, serps, Social Media, Twitter
September 15, 2010 | Barry Wise | Identity Theft, Intellectual Property, KnowEm News, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
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It was recently reported that the state of Israel purchased the Twitter username @Israel from a private individual named Israel Meléndez for an undisclosed sum, which by some reports may be as much as six figures. You read that right – the Nation of Israel paid for a Twitter username from some guy that runs a porn site in Miami. He gave the prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu his password, and then they handed him a check.
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Tags: brand protection, brandjacking, cybersquatting, israel, Israel Melendez, selling usernames, trademark protection, Twitter
September 13, 2010 | Barry Wise | Brand and Trademark Protection, Domain Names, Identity Theft, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
Comments Off on The New Threat of Typosquatting (Misspelled Brands) in Social Media
A recent tweet by Andrew Nystrom of RedBull brought attention to a growing trend we’ve noticed in Social Media sites such as Twitter and Facebook — that of Typosquatting. Typosquatting is a form of brandjacking/cybersquatting in which someone registers the misspelling of a brand or trademark term in an attempt to capture traffic from a legitimate well-known entity. In cases of social networks, this is done by using the misspelling of a username, such as in Justin Beiber’s case. The real @justinbieber has 5.2 million followers, but a misspelled dupe account of @justinbeiber (the i and e transposed) with zero tweets already has over 16,000 followers.
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Tags: brand protection, brandjacking, cybersquatting, Intellectual Property, Social Media, trademark, Typosquatting
May 25, 2010 | Robert Siciliano | Identity Theft, Intellectual Property, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
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What BP has done isn’t funny. The Wall Street Journal reports a Twitter user with an account dubbed BPGlobalPR is posting satirical entries about the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — and already has more than twice as many followers as BP America’s actual account. I’m sure BP doesn’t think its “satirical” or funny.
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Tags: bp, Identity Theft, satirical account, Social Media, Twitter
April 23, 2010 | Barry Wise | Identity Theft, Social Media
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Identity Theft isn’t just something that impacts your bank account or credit card. Your brand or trademark can be hijacked in social media and on the web as well, and we’ve seen it thousands of times here at KnowEm. Most recently, according to PCWorld, a hacker named Kirllos has offered up for sale 1.5 million Facebook user accounts.
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Tags: brandjacking, facebook, Identity Theft, Intellectual Property, Social Media, stolen usernames
April 22, 2010 | Rob Holmes | Intellectual Property, Social Media
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In the Intellectual Property world, few things matter as much as a name. Since the advent of the business name and the trademarked word, nothing has been used to identify quality and individuality more than a unique name. A unique name, as obvious as it sounds, is how people know to buy your product instead of something else.
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Tags: brand, cybersquatters, facebook, foursquare, Intellectual Property, IP Attorney, Social Media, trademark, Twitter
April 2, 2010 | Robert Siciliano | Identity Theft, Social Media
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Whole Foods Market is the victim of social media identity theft. CNET reports the grocery chain said it’s continuing to clamp down on a series of Facebook-based scams that entice users with a purported $500 gift card from the Austin, Texas-based supermarket chain.
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Tags: brandjacking, Identity Theft, namesquatting, scams, Social Media, whole foods
March 10, 2010 | Robert Siciliano | Identity Theft, Social Media
Comments Off on An Imposter in Social Media is an Identity Thief
Someone posing as another in any shape or form is an imposter. However today there are financial repercussions when someone poses as you, or if you are in business, posing as your brand. Most of us live lives where we have standards, morals and integrity, and we work to maintain our position and status in society.
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Tags: Identity Theft, identity thief, imposter, Robert Siciliano, Social Media
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