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23Mar
My classmate Caitie mentioned in her blog what it means to do a vanity search. I did one of these a while ago, but I thought it was time for another go. To my dismay, I didn’t show up until the third page! This page was from an article in UDaily about something I did over the summer. Scrolling through, I eventually found other pages - mostly from a newspaper - that were about me. I was disappointed that my own website www.chrisaleone.com was too buried to find through google. I was happy to see that when I was very specific with my search for my website, it did eventually come up.
I can relate with Caitie that it can be nerve-racking to see what “dirt” the internet may have on you. For potential employers, this can somewhat of a risk - but only if you have something to hide! Fortunately for me, I hold no reservation in saying, “Google away!” I have nothing to hide. Internet: do your best.
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23Mar
To piggy back on the previous post regarding customer review sites, the ability for consumers around the world (who don’t even know each other) to communicate back and forth about the same product is a very, VERY powerful development in the world of business and marketing. As easily as it can contribute to the success of a business, it can just as easily destroy it. The best example for free marketing that had an influence on me is the site misticriver.net. One industry I like to follow closely is the digital audio player market: aka, DAP, or mp3 player market. Misticriver was essentially a fan site about iriver, a korean based digital audio player company. The site posts articles regularly about the developments of the brand as well as a very active message board. Here, I learned more about iriver products as well as other DAPs. I came to understand why ipod was not the the strongest player on the market by many measures and how other “no-name” products were the best purchase.
The best part of this site is that people could say whatever they wanted without the moderation of a company that was just trying to protect its image. Sometimes people would praise iriver, other times bash it. To me, this was the purest way to get information on products and the industry as a whole. Unfortunataly for iriver, they never took advantage of the huge community that was misticriver and failed to develop their products with the growing trends and wants of the market. For a company that used to produce the strongest player available, they now fall down in the ranks.
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