Six things you can do to remove bad press from the search results
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No matter how good your company is, some people will always write something negative about your site, even if you tried your best to help them. Reputation first aidSome customers might write negative comments about your company in their blogs or some of your competitors might like to damage your reputation by creating fake comments about your site.
What can you do if web pages with negative comments appear on Google’s first result page for your company name?
- Fix the problem
If people write negative reviews about your company, the first thing that you should do is to fix the problem that caused the negative review. - It doesn’t hurt to ask
Send the webmaster of the web page with the negative review a polite email and ask for removal of the negative comments. Many webmasters will cooperate if you explain the issue. - Give web pages with positive comments a boost
If the webmaster does not want to remove the negative review, find websites that contain positive comments about your site.
Link to these pages from your own website to increase the link popularity of these pages. The more links the pages with the positive reviews have, the higher they will be ranking in the search results.
If appropriate, bookmark web pages with positive remarks about your website on social bookmark sites such as Digg and Delicious. - Ask for testimonials from happy customers
If you receive positive feedback from customers, ask them to write a review on ConsumerReview.com, Epinions.com or similar sites. - Add your website to company wiki pages
Websites like AboutUs.org allow you to create an article about your company. If your company is important enough, you might even create an entry in Wikipedia.
These Wiki pages will also appear in the search results when someone searches for your company name. - Make sure that your own website tops the search results
If your own website comes first for your company name then most people will click on your link and don’t look further.
Removing negative comments from the search engine results can take some time. It’s best to avoid negative experiences at the outset by providing high quality products and good customer support.
source: Axandra.com
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:02 am
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July 17th, 2011 at 11:32 am
I am in the childcare industry. If you know anything about this industry you know that it can and is a revolving door. Parents can be the best for a time and then turn into Satan. In this industry there are a lot of rules that the state require us to follow. Most centers do not follow. However we are one of maybe a few to none that will adhere to every policy. We are considered rude, unprofessional and all of the things they are calling us applies to them. We have given discounts on tuition, waived late fees, given rides when their cars break down and it is not appreciated. The bottom line is: the only time our parents have a problem with us is when we enforce policies and expect money on time. We do however turn our parents over to collections, and take them to small claims court in regards to any money owed. We have never had an allegation of abuse or neglect of a child. Yet we get slammed online for simply expecting our money.