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New Google Tool Manages Your Online Identity, DOESN'T Erase Unwanted Search Results

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google launches new online identity tool

We were REALLY excited when we first heard about this…until we realized that it's missing one key feature: the ability to erase unwanted/embarrassing search results.

Here's what Google had to say about their new tool Me on the Web:

"Your online identity is determined not only by what you post, but also by what others post about you — whether a mention in a blog post, a photo tag or a reply to a public status update. When someone searches for your name on a search engine like Google, the results that appear are a combination of information you've posted and information published by others."

"With a Google profile, you can manage the information–such as your bio, contact details, and other information about you–that people see. You can also link to other sites about you or created by you. For example, you can link to your blog, online photos in Picasa, and other profiles such as Facebook and LinkedIn."

It's a kind of cool concept, and we think it's neat that you can set up search alerts about yourself, but we'd be WAY more impressed if it gave users the ability to actually edit the results that come up when someone searches their name.

Apparently, the tool includes how-to articles about controlling third-party information about you, but it can't actually erase any hits from search results.

It's a step in the right direction for online identity protection…but only a very small one.

What do U think of Google's new tool? Are U impressed?

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4 comments to “New Google Tool Manages Your Online Identity, DOESN'T Erase Unwanted Search Results”



  1. 1

    But changing this would enable Rick Santorum to fix his "Google problem" and we can't have that, now can we?



  2. 2

    There is to a way to delete things you dont want!



  3. 3

    not impressed at all. goggle was the only email provided that didn't participate in the privacy bill, they'll still read everything you say and keep your e-mails for at least 2 months after you delete them. READ THIS: i opened a gmail account for my business, did not associate it with any other e-mail or info, and never, ever used the e-mail to send of received anything…. one month later, i start receiving correspondence to the name of the business in the e-mail, at my home address. talk about big brother. CLOSE YOUR G-MAIL ACCOUNTS WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

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    Don't use google. I don't use it very much at all.