A Case of Mistaken Identity - CareerEnlightenment.com

Make a list of each piece of online content out there, including profiles, files, images, videos etc. Then slowly work your way down the list updating your name.Step Three: You Must Own Your DomainI waited too long to buy my own domain name. Now, the person at joshuawaldman.com glibly squats on my online property unwilling to sell it to me at a decent price. Don’t let this happen to you. Buy a domain name for your name as quickly as you can.Because of the way Google works, domain names that match search queries have a better chance or ranking. So if your name is Yogesh Kumar and your domain name is yogeshkumar.com, you’ll have a chance of ranking #1.Domains are cheap. Services like NameCheap offer domains for less than $10, that’s Rs. 544. Not a bad price to pay to make sure your next boss get’s the right first impression of you.If you don’t want to build a website, just sign up for about.me and redirect your domain to your about.me profile, like what I did with joshuawaldm an.net.Please leave a comment below to share your story of how you reclaimed your online identity.