One negative article, or one negative listing in any of the main search engines  can prevent customers from buying your products and services, prevent you and/or your company from being hired for a job, and have many more negative effects on you and your business. Your online reputation is just as important as your real-world reputation.

While complete online reputation management should be left up to the professionals, there are some simple practices that you can use to help eliminate negative results from being shown to searchers.