Online Search

Online Search

When we need to do a research and learn about someone else, the primary spot we turn to and utilize is the Internet and Google is the top web index search engine to get the job done. Consistently, more than one billion names are searched in Google and 80% of employment consultants, recruiters and companies are obliged to Google potential workers amid the enlisting and recruiting  procedure. While the Google results about me surely does spring a surrpise, and I am very sure it is not just me who Googled myself, I am sure many other people have and they are making judgments about me in view of what they find. It is very concerning when a recent survey has stated that 35% of employers have discovered something in a Google search that made them choose NOT to work with that person.

Eventually, it is your obligation to guarantee you make a decent impression when somebody Google’s you. We have to make strides and evaluate our current online presence and fix it and control exactly what is on Google regarding us and what we can do to oversee it. Essentially I do believe everyone should administer themselves online. Online administration is the methodology of controlling what shows up when somebody Google’s your name. Furthermore, elevate positive substance to the highest point of the indexed lists and push undesirable substance (negative, unimportant or unnecessary information) more distant down to guarantee that when somebody Google’s my name, their outcomes are populated with positive, important substance about myself.

When I got my Google search results in front of  me, it was time to  make sense of which class your Google rank and general online search rank I fell under.  We need to choose which of these searches best speaks positive about me and there are no negative articles and blogs under my name.

When you know where you stand, now is the right time to be proactive and begin controlling your feed. Your objective is to fill your first page with however many positive results as could be expected under the circumstances. Contingent upon your web vicinity, you can make sense of the amount of work lays ahead and arrange appropriately. Maybe you have something unflattering out there about you, or you are being confused for another person with a bad background of the same name. You will need to make substance to cover the negative results down.

I Have Specific Content I Want to Push Higher: You may as of now have an individual site, a LinkedIn profile, an article expounded on you or other substance you need individuals to discover, yet they simply are not appearing high in query items. There are particular steps you can take to support them higher in Google indexed lists for your name. You invest a ton of time building your name and it is really a letdown when someone tried to   buckle you down, it is always good to treat others well, finish on obligations and appear on time. Presently now is the ideal time to apply that same order to your online vicinity.

Before beginning to utilize any online networking it is critical to recall that all that your post is open and can be seen by everybody. For instance, on the off chance that you utilize your Face book profile to post wild photographs or political remarks, you may not be putting your best foot forward. A few individuals select to remember their profiles private, yet continue as nothing is truly private. Overhauls can in any case find some way in to the public space and into the wrong hands. Keep your profiles proficient. Verify that you utilize your real name: If you need your Twitter profile, or some other social profile besides, to appear high for your name, verify your username is something proficient and non controversial.

References:

1)      Why We Overshare Online. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201410/why-we-overshare-online

2)      The Insidiousness Of 'Sharing' (And Why We 'Share' Online ... (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-bosker/the-insidiousness-of-sharing-why-we-share_b_1728550.html

3)      Behind the myth of why we share online. - Search Engine People. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/viral-shae-myth.html

Social Media: Real Change or Slactivism

Hi all

I am back with my second blog on Social media being a Real change or just Slactivism.

I believe social media is the greatest and most potent medium of media to create social change and awareness. For instance, most of us have a Facebook account; we use Facebook to share our precious moments which may be good or bad with our friends and family. Many surveys prove that we get most of our news and information from our Facebook posts and pages. At times when I browse my Facebook posts I stumble upon a post shared by one of my friends about a social cause about a sensitive subject of child labour. I was at first astonished that my friend shared it, because I always had this notion that, she was self centered and did not care about social causes. I re-shared the post and liked it; it made me happy and assuring to know that people care about these issues. You do not have to be a part of a procession or knocking people’s homes talking about issues, it matters when deep down your heart you feel the need to help.

Online networking has somewhat expanded the data that is promptly available, sadly not everything is reliable, especially when there is so much information, and it is easy to believe it is true. A considerable measure of social networking sites or even destinations like Wikipedia are given data by individuals who post about the subject and it may not be right or effectively misconstrued by us. A considerable measure of pop ups trick us with pyramid tricks or even misrepresentation into getting rich. The virtual worlds offer us a wonderful way to learn different things, but at the same time it is a double edged sword, we need to know what to believe and what to be wary of.

News is dependably promptly open, however the media controls the stories and how they need our minds to depict it, so it is not really right or wrong. The world appears small when compared in terms of social media; you have tools like Google Street, which can help you view most places in the western world from the comfort of your home. You have websites like change.org where you can sign petitions for the causes that you care deeply about. Every other day we have new technology and websites that help us connect and make the world a much smaller place. Social networking today is vast knowledge room. Anybody with limited knowledge of computers can make a site, post any messages or information about incidents and share it with anyone anywhere in the world.

At the point when the Arab Spring started in 2010, one of the first things individuals perceived was, the obvious part online networking appeared to play. Numerous protestors posted videos and messages on Facebook which helped the whole world actually see what was happening, the political uprisings, the famous "Twitter Revolutions" and an energetic civil argument broke out about the significance of the new innovation.

Malcolm Gladwell immediately moved to make light of the impact of online networking and called attention to that composed activity obliged order. Twitter and Face book’s success in playing a major role especially in the Arab spring revolution proves that Gladwell simply did not understand the principles of self-organizing systems.

Having had some individual experience, I discovered convincingly that if you have a right cause and the belief, social media is the perfect platform to engage people from all over the world. Yet, now we can accomplish more than ever. The current challenges in Ukraine and the amount of social causes and incidents are being noticed because social media are from multiple points of view; a continuation of the Orange Revolution in 2004 preceding online networking existed and offered us one of a kind chance to see how the world has truly changed. Yes, social networking surely includes urgent new components and I think late occasions in Ukraine, Egypt and India ought to disperse any questions that it should dispel doubts and prove it does make an important difference especially in the current technology era.

Here is a link to Gladwell’s type pad which gives more insight about Malcolm Gladwell: http://gladwell.typepad.com/

References:

Social Media Activism in Response to the Influence of Political Parody Videos on YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved March 16, 2015, from http://crx.sagepub.com/content/38/5/710.short

(n.d.). Retrieved March 16, 2015, from http://www.databank.com.lb/docs/Social Media in the Arab World Leading up to the Uprisings of 2011.pdf

SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Social Media forms an integral part of almost every individual and I am no less. I will be taking you all through my first stint with it to my experience, the sabbatical and finally my word on what it takes to belong to Social Networking.

My first stint with Social Media

I still remember the day when I created an account on the social media site Orkut, 18/10/ 2006, two days after my birthday and it changed the way I communicate forever, I was introduced to a very addictive and an extremely powerful way of communication it was "Social Media”.

My present

I have sent more than 20,000 tweets, posted pretty nearly 300 refined photographs of pretty much everything happening in my life on Instagram, registered with unreasonably numerous places on Facebook check in, constructed a 100% complete LinkedIn profile, and posted more than 20,000 times on Facebook (clearly squandering just about two months of my life the whole time). I see my Face book timetable and Twitter notices in my fantasies. I depend on Google and Yelp for everything and I feel I am pretty much empty without social media.

The Sabbatical

I decided to take an off for a couple of days when I initially had to do this assignment.

Thus, I was prompted to take a "Social Media Sabbatical" for 2 days, at first I was not sure about it, but my close friend did it a month ago and it changed her perspective of relationships and communication. I also consulted my husband of 2 years who responded with a resounding "YES”. One of the main reasons why I wanted to do this was to make sure I was not addicted to Face book especially after reading this journal  which says "Face book Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults".

Self realizations:

It was a wonderful insight into my life without social media, for 2 days I never knew what my friends were up to, what my favourites stars were doing, the latest quiz and the trends the viral videos and the most satisfying of all stop receiving candy crush requests from my friends. I never had the urge to check my social feeds, I guess it also had to do with the fact that I knew it was just 48 hours, but it was a wonderful experience.

·         Spent quality time "talking to people I love ".

·         Visited restaurants and places with a focus of experiencing the feel and the ambience, than taking pictures to post on my twitter, instagram and facebook, and fretting over how people would react.

·         Wrote a journal, logging my daily routines, with a "pen".

·         Slept on time, than gazing my phone in the darkness.

Most important of all, spent quality time reflecting on myself, my thoughts and thinking about the time without smart phones and how productive I could have been.

Reality Bites:

After 2 days when I logged back in to my system, like the world had stopped for a moment, I had 56 face book alerts, 89 unread mails, 112 private messages, and I missed so much including my friend’s birthday, I would never have missed the birthday thanks to face book alerts, and the worst of all I missed out a very good deal on a purchase I made on my sabbatical , only if I would have checked my mail there was a coupon worth 15$ waiting for me to be redeemed . It made me think the benefits of social media, of course it helps me save money and gather information and also keep in touch with me relatives and friends in a cost effective way. Moreover, the capacity to stay in contact with loved ones permits us to keep up closer binds to our friends and family crosswise over long separations.

In a nut shell, social media is a double edged sword, it depends on how you use it and what you make of it, it also reminds me of a proverb my dad used to always remind me of “too much of anything is bad”. Social media is a wonderful tool and experience but it should be used in a way that benefits us and makes us better in every way and not otherwise.

References:

Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults. (n.d.). Retrieved February 24, 2015, from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0069841

Stroble T. (2010). A Magical Block of Time: Lessons Learned from my Digital Sabbatical