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Tips to clean up your online reputation

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    How your social network could be costing you

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-- all around the world are sharing everything it seems like on social networking sites.

So what if somebody says something bad about you or posts an embarrassing picture -- -- could ruin your reputation.

It happens all the time here with some tips on what you can do to clean up your online profile privacy and security expert -- -- Leo he's the editor.

So Leo dot com he joins us today from Denver -- wanted to -- Morning Steve you know we're all in control of our own FaceBook pages.

But if somebody put something it and the reason we were doing the story was because last week beyoncé is people said hey -- 33 unflattering pictures of beyoncé on his site taken down is and you know right.

First -- you should say so the people can try to take down embarrassing stuff he's used Google alerts right.

Yeah I if you have Google alert set up for your name you catch it very quickly and it's easier to take down.

Once it's replicated throughout the the web it's very hard to get all that the different versions down.

OK also know if it's if it's my FaceBook page I can take step down but if it's somebody else's.

Where you should do is you should.

Ask them very politely.

And try to convince them to take it down or talk to the site itself right.

Yeah it is sometimes all it takes is asking a lot of people are very -- a lot of sites are very willing to do -- in.

If that doesn't work you get a little bit more aggressive you send a cease and desist letter if particularly if it's defamatory.

Or you go to the site itself like FaceBook OK and here's something and this is why we've called you in because it's a little technical and you can help us to figure out how it is.

Redirect attention and pushing down the page.

Okay how do you do that.

Yes so if there's a lot of good content above UC -- search result.

-- you know it's all positive about you you people don't see that the negative stuff so.

For example having good -- CEO good search engine optimization meaning you've got good stories at the top.

The bad stories filter to the bottom and that's a very effective strategy you can also higher reputation recovery service but it costs a lot of money.

You folks would like more information they can go to so Leo dot com.

Or FOX & Friends dot com for more information all right John we thank you very much thanks for us curious on a shortened basis today due to the breaking news thank you sir.

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