Increasing my online presence...

[Mr Rayon]

hi ,

 

i have made a linkedin, twitter and facebook profile account to be easily searchable in google search engines for employment/career reasons.

 

i was just wondering what other ways i there are for me to increase my online presence on the net.

 

which sites if i join/make account will be most easily searchable found in google search engine searches (preferably found in the 1st page)?

 

any help would be much appreciated!

[imatfaal]

Do you seriously want potential future employers to read some of the stuff you post here?

 

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/68518-conversions/#entry698517

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/86904-is-hair-gel-good-for-your-hair/

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/88619-should-i-wear-hair-gel/

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/86903-is-toothpaste-safe-to-eat/

[CaptainPanic]

I think that for employment reasons, Linkedin is the default network. Focus on that, and make sure that is up to date.

 

Other than that, I think that some content might be important: projects, hobbies related to work, or results from a job. In my case, searching on my name will give you some projects I worked on as well as Linkedin. These appear through websites that belong to the projects, but if you don't have those, a blog may work fine.

 

I'd be far more worried about the wrong results popping up. So, rather than joining lots of websites to be more visible, it might be more important to keep your name off other websites that you do not want to be visible.

 

I would actually recommend not to use Facebook for work-purposes, and even to keep all colleagues off your facebook. It is far more difficult to keep it clean. Others can post things, and link you or tag you. Those links and tags are not always material you want your (future) employer to see. While it is true that you have some control over your content, I still think that people underestimate how damaging it can be to your online image.