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ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik discusses how important it is for parents to talk with their children about their online behavior.
Source: San Francisco Examiner
Date: 3/6/2010
By: Joanna Jullien
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Recently, consumer review site Yelp was hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging extortion in the company's sales practices. ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik discusses the lawsuit and the "moral hazard" for Yelp representatives who attempt to sell advertising to the businesses being reviewed.
Source: ABC News
Date: 2/26/2010
By: Ki Mae Heussner
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This article from VentureWire explores numerous Internet start-ups, including ReputationDefender, that have filled unique niches as social media has become mainstream.
Source: Dow Jones VentureWire
Date: 2/8/2010
By: Ty McMahan
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After two years, the Catsouras family has found some justice after pictures of their daughter's fatal car accident flooded the web. Newsweek details the Catsouras' story and, quoting ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik, explains why a recent court decision could help put an end to their saga.
Source: Newsweek
Date: 2/5/2010
By: Jessica Bennett
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ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik writes a guest post on online reputation management for Tom Foremski's influential technology and media blog, Silicon Valley Watcher.
Source: Silicon Valley Watcher
Date: 2/3/2010
By: Michael Fertik
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Official press release announcing ReputationDefender's partnership with the Direct Marketing Association.
Source: Press Release
Date: 2/2/2010
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After speaking at a Washington D.C. International Data Privacy Day event, ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik stopped by the offices of the Washington Post to discuss the importance of online reputation management.
Source: Washington Post
Date: 1/29/2010
By: Cecilia Kang
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New York Magazine talks about how individuals unsatisfied with their plastic surgery results turn to the web to trash their doctors. ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik talks about how these online reviews can permanently tarnish a doctor's reputation.
Source: New York Magazine
Date: 1/17/2010
By: Beth Landman
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Liz Gannes explores how the Internet has turned all of us into mini web celebrities and how reputation management companies, like ReputationDefender, can help keep our images clean online.
Source: GigaOm
Date: 1/13/2010
By: Liz Gannes
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TechCrunch reports on ReputationDefender's $8.65 million round of Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins.
Source: TechCrunch
Date: 1/12/2010
By: Erick Schonfeld
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ReputationDefender Secures $8.65 Million in Series B Funding Led By Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Source: Press Release
Date: 1/12/2010
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Ronny Kerr discusses ReputationDefender's Series B funding and how the online reputation management and Internet privacy industries are poised for major growth.
Source: VatorNews
Date: 1/12/2010
By: Ronny Kerr
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ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik is quoted on the dangers of oversharing online in a recent article for the Financial Times.
Source: Financial Times
Date: 12/30/2009
By: David Gelles
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ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik shares his Top Ten Social Media Predictions for the New Year and explains why 2010 will be the year of "Atomic Branding."
Source: ZDNet
Date: 12/29/2009
By: Michael Fertik
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Michael Fertik talks with Josiah Mackenzie on how ReputationDefender can help hotels keep their reputation looking good online.
Source: Hotel Marketing Strategies
Date: 12/4/2009
By: Josiah Mackenzie
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ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik shares some insights into online reputation management, Internet privacy, and the Communications Decency Act of 1996 in an interview with John Wagley of Security Management Magazine.
Source: Security Management Magazine
Date: 12/1/2009
By: John Wagley
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ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik shared some advice on how to keep your Internet identity secure and prevent people from maliciously hijacking your Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace accounts.
Source: Austin American-Statesman
Date: 11/23/2009
By: Sarah Beckham
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Michael Fertik and ReputationDefender are featured in an article about reputation management and privacy in the French newspaper, Le Monde.
Source: Le Monde
Date: 11/23/2009
By: Yves Eudes
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Darren Heitner of the Sports Agent Blog discusses ReputationDefender's newest product, NameGrab, and how it could be of great use for professional athletes.
Source: Sports Agent Blog
Date: 11/18/2009
By: Darren Heitner
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ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik shares six tips to help individuals protect their private information from phishing attacks.
Source: The Age
Date: 10/9/2009
By: David Wilson
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ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik shares the essentials of protecting your online reputation with MainStreet.com.
Source: MainStreet.com
Date: 10/9/2009
By: Seth Fiegerman
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Ki Mae Huessner's coverage of a recent Facebook cyber harassment case features feedback from several online privacy and reputation experts, including ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik.
Source: ABC News
Date: 9/29/2009
By: Ki Mae Huessner
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Journalist Ulrich Klein talks about ReputationDefender's innovative MyEdge product.
Source: Magnus.de
Date: 9/22/2009
By: Ulrich Klein
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PCPraxis discusses MyEdge, the world's leading proactive Online Reputation Management solution from ReputationDefender.
Source: PCPraxis.de
Date: 9/22/2009
By: Fabian Schusdziara
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Michael Fertik's "Google Bomb" foreword is spotlighted in a preview of Sue Scheff's latest book.
Source: Brand X
Date: 8/27/2009
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ReputationDefender's work with Sue Scheff is noted in a Washington Post article concerning web anonymity and blogging attacks.
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 8/26/2009
By: Kathleen Parker
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ReputationDefender is noted as the "pioneer online-reputation company" in an AARP article exploring the dangers associated with posting personal content on the web.
Source: AARP
Date: 8/17/2009
By: Risha Gotlieb
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ReputationDefender CEO and Founder Michael Fertik provides useful password protection tips alongside CJ Romberger of Wildwood Interactive.
Source: Austin American-Statesman
Date: 8/17/2009
By: SARAH BECKHAM
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ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik weighs in on the legal issues surrounding leaked nude photos of Disney star Vanessa Hudgens.
Source: ABC News
Date: 8/7/2009
By: Sheila Marikar
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The Jerusalem Post picks up on an Associated Press Astro Turfing article and ReputationDefender CEO and Founder Michael Fertik's input on fake internet reviews.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Date: 8/5/2009
By: The Associated Press
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ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik weighs in on fake online user reviews and Astro Turf marketing.
Source: USA Today
Date: 7/29/2009
By: Jennifer Peltz
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Welt Online diskutiert verschiedene Verfahren um rufschädigende Einträge im Netz entfernen zu lassen. Reputation Defender wird als eines der weltweit erfolgreichsten Unternehmen erwähnt, um positive Einträge zu platzieren oder negative zu entfernen.
Source: Welt Online
Date: 6/10/2009
By: Welt Online
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Everyone gets Googled. So why not shape your own search results?
ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik shares insight on how individuals
can accurately represent themselves on the web.
Source: Forbes
Date: 6/2/2009
By: Anna Vander Broek
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Social networking often blurs the line between our private and public identities, presenting personal and legal ramifications that are difficult to ignore. The Toronto Sun solicits ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik for insight into these concerns.
Source: Toronto Sun
Date: 5/12/2009
By: Vivian Song
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Solutions for digital reputation cleansing are explored in the Toronto Sun. Reporter Vivian Song covers ReputationDefender's ability to help individuals assert control over their online identities.
Source: Toronto Sun
Date: 5/11/2009
By: Vivian Song
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ReputationDefender's role in the Catsouras family's battle to remove graphic pictures of their daughter's traffic accident from the web is highlighted in this Newsweek article discussing the privacy, cyber-harassment, and image control issues arising from this tragic event.
Source: Newsweek
Date: 4/25/2009
By: Jessica Bennett
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ReputationDefender's growing customer base and venture capital support is spotlighted in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Date: 4/8/2009
By: Andrew S. Ross
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ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik offers his views on the potential influence of a new people-rating website.
Source: ABC News
Date: 4/1/2009
By: KI MAE HEUSSNER
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The online "people search" industry uncovers sensitive personal information on private citizens and public figures, opening new privacy protection concerns on the web. ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik offers his take on current online privacy issues with Investor's Business Daily.
Source: Investor's Business Daily
Date: 3/26/2009
By: BRIAN DEAGON
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The Washington Post draws expert analysis from ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik in an effort to shed light on D.C. lawyer's concerns regarding the internet review site Avvo.com.
Source: Washington Post
Date: 3/9/2009
By: Kim Hart
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In The Boston Globe's exploration of online privacy and free speech ReputationDefender is cited as one the best known companies to help fight and protect against online reputation assaults.
Source: The Boston Globe
Date: 2/15/2009
By: Drake Bennett
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Lawyers USA seeks online privacy insight from ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik with regards to recent Yelp.com defamation cases.
Source: Lawyers USA
Date: 2/9/2009
By: Justin Rebello
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Donald Canning from Microsoft Corporation highlights ReputationDefender services in his discussion of Internet life insurance. ReputationDefender's ability to help individuals and corporations control their online identities and protect their good name is cited as a source for this new form of web insurance.
Source: Windows in Financial Services
Date: 2/5/2009
By: Donald Canning
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ReputationDefender cofounder Owen Tripp lends his expertise in a Stanford Business article on web security and identity. Tripp provides tips for safeguarding web identities alongside Identity Theft Resource Center's Jay Foley and the Federal Trade Commission. He also discusses resume theft and deep search techniques.
Source: Stanford Business Magazine
Date: 2/1/2009
By: Connie Skipitares
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It may not be a tool for spying, but this article from Ireland explores web safety and the general theory behind ReputationDefender's MyChild product, which protects the online privacy of children and parents while providing a first line of defense against web bullying.
Source: Independent.ie
Date: 1/26/2009
By: Siobhan Cronin
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ReelSEO Senior Analyst Grant Cowell discusses video reputation management solutions and services during an interview with ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik.
Source: ReelSEO
Date: 1/23/2009
By: Grant Cowell
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Italian commentator blogs about ReputationDefender, Google Insurance, and cleaning up your virtual image.
Source: Corriere Della Serra
Date: 1/22/2009
By: Marco Pratellesi
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Italian media outlet spotlights ReputationDefender services. ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik provides additional information and tips on how to safeguard your online identity.
Source: tiscali.jack
Date: 1/15/2009
By: tiscali.jack
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Italian commentator Yuri Piccione discusses social networking and its ability to tarnish online reputations. Piccione cites ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik as a source of web reputation aid.
Source: Agenda della Communicazione
Date: 1/14/2009
By: Yuri Piccione
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ReputationDefender receives Italian recognition from Yuri Piccione, who discusses MyReputation and Michael Fertik's mission to help people clean up their internet image.
Source: Agenda della Communicazione
Date: 1/13/2009
By: Yuri Piccione
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India news outlet offers online reputation management advice from ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik.
Source: http://www.freshnews.in
Date: 1/12/2009
By: ANI
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From professional to romantic, each individual life transaction is a potential online broadcast that anyone with an internet connection can access. ReputationDefender CEO and Founder Michael Fertik shares information on controlling what personal information individuals broadcast online.
Source: CBS News
Date: 1/10/2009
By: CBS
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From campus gossip to neighborhood feuding, online rumor websites display personal and often defamatory information for the world to see. Reader's Digest discusses how ReputationDefender can help people arm themselves against these powerful web attacks.
Source: Reader's Digest
Date: 12/1/2008
By: Michael Crowley
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ReputationDefender CEO and Founder Michael Fertik navigates important online reputation issues in an investigative Computerworld article, covering topics like The Communications Decency Act and the removal of unwanted web content.
Source: Computerworld
Date: 11/17/2008
By: Tracy Mayor
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Pamela Silva discovers ReputationDefender while researching material for her Univision series, "Pursued by the Past." Silva uncovers the damage caused when information from the past surfaces online, the exact type of harmful data that ReputationDefender services are designed to help locate and remove.
Source: Univision.com
Date: 11/14/2008
By: Pamela Silva
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ReputationDefender services are spotlighted in an MSN article detailing the dangers of digital dirt and different ways that individuals can bury their internet skeletons.
Source: MSN Careers
Date: 11/5/2008
By: Eve Tahmincioglu
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CareerDiva explains how your child's online comments and blogs can ruin your online reputation. We talk to Michael Fertik, CEO of ReputationDefender on what is being said about you online by your children, and how you can keep that information from hitting the world wide Web.
Source: CareerDiva
Date: 10/10/2008
By: CareerDiva.net
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Controversial online picture causes judge to extend a young mans' punishment from probation to two years of jail time. CEO and Founder, Michael Fertik of ReputationDefender, discusses how heavy your online reputation can weigh on every aspect of your life.
Source: Providence Journal
Date: 10/5/2008
By: Edward Fitzpatrick
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Future employers are not only searching your facebook for information on you, but now contacting your online friends as resume checkers. Michael Fertik, CEO of ReputationDefender discusses how to take back some of your online control.
Source: collegerecruiter.com
Date: 10/5/2008
By: Natalie Beck
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Details Magazine gives insight how jilted lovers are posting sex tapes on the Web, and how their exes want justice. Michael Fertik, CEO of ReputationDefender, gives an inside look at how to avoid these situations.
Source: Details Magazine
Date: 9/30/2008
By: Richard Morgan
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NewsFactor looks into how companies can take an active role in their online reputation management processes with companies like ReputationDefender who can ensure that all online mentions of them going forward project the messaging and images that they prefer.
Source: Newsfactor.com
Date: 9/22/2008
By: Marji McClure
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Dow Jones covers ReputationDefender's Series A round of venture funding
Source: Dow Jones
Date: 9/3/2008
By: Tomio Geron
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The Toronto Star discusses unfavorable teen internet exposure, with insight from ReputationDefender CEO Michael Fertik and Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian.
Source: The Toronto Star
Date: 8/30/2008
By: Andrea Gordon
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VentureBeat broke the story of ReputatationDefender's $2.6M Series A round of venture funding.
Source: VentureBeat
Date: 8/29/2008
By: Anthony Ha
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Palo Alto Daily News Discusses the benefits of using ReputationDefender
Source: Palo Alto Daily News
Date: 8/22/2008
By: Banks Albach
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Tech Analyst Larry Magid looks at how communications laws apply to web defamation, interviewing Reputation Defender CEO and Co-Founder Michael Fertik about Section 230.
Source: CBS News
Date: 8/12/2008
By: Larry Magid
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It's become the most hyped workplace obsession since the BlackBerry. But something about the social-networking site makes executives squirm.
Source: Conde Nast Portfolio
Date: 7/21/2008
By: Simon Dumenco
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Know what your name reveals on search engines?
Source: The Charlotte Observer
Date: 7/13/2008
By: Melissa Caron
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Job Seekers are beginning to understand the importance of reputation management.
Source: New York Post
Date: 7/8/2008
By: BRIAN MOORE
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Recruiters and employers are using the Internet to search for "digital dirt" about potential job candidates.
Source: AOL
Date: 7/7/2008
By: Selena Dehne
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ReputationDefender CEO and Co Founder Michael Fertik explains how parents can proactively monitor their children online to prevent any malicious or harmful content from affecting your child.
Source: Parental Power
Date: 6/17/2008
By: Dr.Paul
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The Associated Press asks ReputationDefender CEO and Founder Michael Fertik how to manage unwanted content on a website out of your control.
Source: Associated Press
Date: 6/10/2008
By: Associated Press
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Monster.com looks at how ReputationDefender can help job seekers of all sorts look their best on the Internet. If you've wondered why online reputation management is so important, read this article!
Source: Monster.com
Date: 6/10/2008
By: Allan Hoffman
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Michael Fertik of ReputationDefender, wants to wipe your personal details off the Web. He's finding out just how difficult it is to protect privacy.
Source: Forbes
Date: 6/2/2008
By: Andy Greenberg
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ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik discusses the importance of your online privacy and the steps being taken to either remove your data or protect your data from companies such as Intelius.
Source: MSNBC
Date: 5/19/2008
By: Andy Greenberg
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ABC News tackles the timely topic of college gossip and speaks with both its victims and ReputationDefender CEO and Founder Michael Fertik.
Source: ABC News
Date: 5/14/2008
By: EAMON MCNIFF and ANN VARNEY
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Reputation Defender CEO and CoFounder Michael Fertik explains the retention rate of information on the Internet and how it effects an individual's reputation.
Source: Investor's Business Daily
Date: 5/9/2008
By: Sonja Carberry
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Malicious gossip posted by unidentified users is sparking a new debate about free speech online
Source: Businessweek
Date: 5/1/2008
By: Catherine Holahan
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Dan Costa tries MyPrivacy and finds an abundance of information about himself, some of which he finds disturbing.
Source: PC Magazine
Date: 4/24/2008
By: Dan Costa
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Alex Postinett writes about ReputationDefender for Handelsblatt, calls
ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik "the Robin Hood of the blogosphere, the Sherlock Holmes 2.0 of Databanks."
Source: Handelsblatt
Date: 4/23/2008
By: Alex Postinett
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Customers pay to keep names clean
Source: Silicon Valley/ San Jose Business Journal
Date: 4/18/2008
By: Emma Ritch
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Regina Lewis gives tips on how to manage your Internet reputation in the 21st century.
Source: ReginaLewis.com
Date: 4/17/2008
By: Regina Lewis
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Reuters takes a multi-media approach to the topic campus gossip in the 21st century and speaks with ReputationDefender. For the accompanying video, please visit www.reputationdefender.com
Source: Reuters
Date: 3/26/2008
By: Reuters Staff
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Mercury News interviews ReputationDefender CEO and Founder Michael Fertik in regards to JuicyCampus and its effects on an individual's online reputation.
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Date: 3/24/2008
By: Larry Magid
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ABC News Law & Justice correspondents Chris Francescan and Ashley Phillips talk to ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik about the long-term implications of gossip on the Internet for college students.
Source: ABC News
Date: 3/20/2008
By: By CHRIS FRANCESCANI and ASHLEY PHILLIPS
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Michael Fertik of ReputationDefender gives the AP tips on how individuals can practice "Personal PR" on the Internet.
Source: The Associated Press
Date: 3/17/2008
By: Melissa Rayworth
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The New York Times talks to ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik about the laws and circumstances surrounding online gossip.
Source: The New York Times
Date: 3/16/2008
By: Richard Morgan
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Forbes.com's Andy Greenberg discusses how to disappear online and ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik explains the concept of "Web dead."
Source: Forbes Online
Date: 3/7/2008
By: Andy Greenberg
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Yahoo! News names ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik one of its "People of the Web." Veteran Yahoo! News Reporter Kevin Sites takes an in-depth look at ReputationDefender, its services, and its customers.
Source: Yahoo! News
Date: 2/28/2008
By: Kevin Sites
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Sunday Times of London Correspondent Rosie Millard is having problems on the Internet. She turned to ReputationDefender Founder and CEO Michael Fertik to coach her on how to take back control of her online reputation.
Source: The Sunday Times of London
Date: 2/24/2008
By: Rosie Millard
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Abigail Goldman of the Las Vegas Sun take an in-depth look at online reputation management and features RepuationDefender and its Founder and CEO Michael Fertik. Goldman also examines some compelling stories from ReputationDefender's customers.
Source: The Las Vegas Sun
Date: 2/19/2008
By: Abigail Goldman
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ReputationDefender is featured by Newsweek magazine in a recent article on online reputation management.
Source: Newsweek
Date: 2/18/2008
By: Lorraine Ali
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The Sunday Times of London covers online reputation management and speaks with the American market leader, ReputationDefender.
Source: Sunday Times of London
Date: 2/17/2008
By: Sara Hashash and Roger Waite
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ReputationDefender CEO and Founder Michael Fertik profiled in Germany's edition of Vanity Fair magazine.
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: 2/1/2008
By: Birgit Herden
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The Global and Mail of Toronto takes an extensive look at online reputation management and speaks to the experts - ReputationDefender - and one of its customers.
Source: The Globe And Mail
Date: 1/31/2008
By: Siri Agrell
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The Telegraph of the UK profiles ReputationDefender and takes an in-depth look at our products and services.
Source: The Telegraph
Date: 1/10/2008
By: Nicole Martin
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BBC Magazine runs with The Guardian's "Shape of things to come" and names ReputationDefender as a top trend for 2008.
Source: BBC Magazine
Date: 1/2/2008
By: Martha Buckley
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The Guardian, author James Harkin, and expert "futorologists" name ReputationDefender and "digital housecleaning" as one of their top ten trends for 2008!
Source: The Guardian
Date: 12/18/2007
By: James Harkin
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In leading advertising magazine Adweek, Barbara Lippert delivers an interesting commentary on the "cult of celebrity" and how it impacts the way in which consumers experience content. Trends expert Ann Mack of J Walter Thompson lauds ReputationDefender as a company that can help individuals find and manage hurtful and inaccurate information on the Internet.
Source: AdWeek
Date: 12/17/2007
By: Barbara Lippert
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Online shopping can be dangerous to consumers, especially around the holidays. IHT takes a look at how consumers can protect themselves from fraud and delivers a valuable tip from the experts at ReputationDefender.
Source: The International Herald Tribune
Date: 12/5/2007
By: Victoria Shannon
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ABCNews.com tells the tragic story of Nikki Catsouras and her family - and how ReputationDefender has helped. ReputationDefender also delivers tips to protect one's reputation while on the Internet
Source: ABC News
Date: 11/16/2007
By: Jim Avila, Eamon McNiff and Scott Michels
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The Forbes cover story for October 2007 is about our clients the Catsouras family of Southern California, and how ReputationDefender saved the day for them.
Source: Forbes (October 2007)
Date: 9/27/2007
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This excellent article by John Roach discusses how to protect your privacy online and highlights MyPrivacy as a superb tool for that purpose.
Source: MSN Tech & Gadgets
Date: 9/26/2007
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Wired.com covers MyPrivacy for the first time after its soft launch!
Source: Wired.com
Date: 9/3/2007
By: Dan Tynan
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In-depth article on ReputationDefender's MyEdge service.
Source: Washington Post (Page A1)
Date: 7/2/2007
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This thoughtful Wall Street Journal article by M.P. McQueen discusses our service in the context of others and quotes one of our MyEdge clients, who calls our service a "lifesaver."
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 4/21/2007
By: M.P. MCQUEEN
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