Published: Feb 04, 2008 - 06:37 am
Story Found By: Ruud 1471 Days ago
Category: SEM
His take-away: "It highlights to me the important of getting a hold of account names for your brand and name on popular social media sites"
14 Comments
14 Comments
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.. so is Jason Calcanis really Jason Calcanis?
Only JC would use that wallpaper Barry ;)...but if its not really JC, Oilman is going to be really upset. heh
Maybe he would have a case for removal. Still, personal names arent protected. Identity theft is illegal but registering a name on a social network and *not* claiming this is that person..... Not sure. THink in the end youre at the mercy of the sites ToS and willingness to do something.
Youre not allowed to impersonate someone else -- but youre allowed to carry a name or alias that exists elsewhere.Imagine <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/202-9018720-3867034?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Jill%20Whalen">Jill Whalen the writer</a> forcing you to give up your Facebook or Flickr registration ;)
You know, Ruud, someone could totally score Darren Browse, as its still available! ;)
Considering the article is on his site, its rather foolish he didnt get his own name. It somewhat devalues the entire article in a way.Do what I say, but not what I do?
Ha ha. Nice pick up Tamar. It seems that Darren hasnt learned his lesson after all...
Shows why its important to secure your name/handle at every major social media site (plus purchase your name as a dot com domain if available).
How many people in the world are called "Neil Patel"? I assume more than one is involved in search!
hopefully this article doesnt give anyone clever ideas....
@Bwelford: I dont think it matters. Really, could the a fake Jason put out anything less accurate or more foolish sounding than the real one? His reputation could only improve.
@SSS LOL
Actually, its Darren Rowse, not Darren Browse. Just teasing ya. ;)
lol - you guys need to pay attention to the details. I have secured http://twitter.com/darrenrowse - but like Tamar says http://twitter.com/darrenBrowse is free and youre welcome to it. Similarly http://twitter.com/darrenCrowse - http://twitter.com/darrenDrowse http://twitter.com/darrenFrowse and many others are up for grabs! :-)