- Zig Ziglar

Have you ever Googled your name? Do you know how important it is for you to manage your reputation online so as to enable you to make money online?

Each day, thousands of individuals are searching online for information about others and how to earn money online simply by searching on Google or other leading search engines. With information on make money online work being so readily available, managing your reputation is more important than ever.

Fortunately though, managing your reputation online isn’t all that difficult. However it does take some amount of work.

Here’s how you can ensure that your reputation doesn’t become negatively impacted by what’s being said about you online and increase your chances to earn money on internet.

* See where you stand. Start your reputation management initiative by Googling your name. Try it with quotes and with out (first and last name together). Look through each of your results on page one and page two of Google. Are there any there are negative or you wish to remove?

* Set up a Google alert. Visit Google and set up an alert for your name. After setting up the alert Google will send you and email to confirm that you wish to receive the updates. Accept the alert and each time your name is published to the Web, you’ll know about it.

* Start a blog under your name. Blogger is a great tool for setting up your own blog which can be used to publish information about yourself. Popular blog sites are often picked up by Google and you can control the content. Blogging is an excellent way for making money on the internet.

* Purchase a domain with your name. Add sites and webpages associated with your name and watch negative search results get pushed lower on Google rankings. Once you own a domain, publish a webpage with your personal profile.

* Author articles in your field. Publish article relative to a particular topic or area in which you’ve done some work or have experience. Use article distribution serivces to build online references to your content. Make sure your articles contain an about the author section that links back to your main website.

* Free press release. Use free-press-release.com or a similar free press release site to publish favorable information about your and your reputation.

* There are a variety of strategies you can use to manage online references about you, your family, or others that need to manage their reputation online.

* Other online sites like Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, and Squidoo, offer ample opportunity to deliver favorable search results that can push unfavorable results down in search engine rankings.

The key is to start today – proactively manage your reputation and put yourself in a favorable light and you can successfully go about making money on the internet.