Are you a victim of the RipoffReport, Complaintsboard, or any other complaint website or blogs?

Unfortunately for most reputable businesses, the internet has become a thorn in the side of companies who have had disgruntled employees or sometimes competitors that use complaint websites with heavy search engine power to tarnish a companies online reputation. Ripoffreport.com happens to be the most popular complaint website that allows anonymous postings about companies on their website and allows them to speak their mind about a person or company regardless if it is legitimate or not. Many companies have lost an enormous amount of business from Ripoffreport postings. Once these complaints are filed they most likely show up on the first page of a google search almost overnight. These listings can NOT be removed, and Rip off report refuses to divulge any information on the author of the complaints. Companies think that responding to the links will help them “clear the air”, however this is not the case. The initial finding of the “Ripoffreport” is enough to cloud a potential clients judgement, and in most cases regardless of how ridiculous the complaint may sound and the reply may be- the potential client is most likely to look for a competitor to do business with. Companies need to be aware of their online reputation, and it is always recommended that you take a proactive approach by showcasing the accomplishments of the company before negative information appears. Ripoffreport can be displaced n the search results by having it pushed back to the second page or beyond with search engine reputation management (SERM), also commonly know as Online Reputation Repair (ORR), Online Reputation Management (ORM), and Search Engine Domination (SED). This involves a complicated and intense series of techniques that aims to replace the top 10 search results on google with positive information about the company and dilute or displace the complaint links. This process usually takes months to accomplish especially when dealing with websites as strong as RipoffReport and complaintsboard.com. “When a company is slandered by the RipoffReport, they need to act swiftly in order to combat the complaint websites or they will develop more clout with the search engines”,says Eric Siversen – VP of Search Engine Reputation Management (SERM) division of Stellar Concepts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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