What do people find when they search for your name? Do they find you, or someone else? You can help people find the real you by creating a Google+ profile that organizes information and links related to you. You can also increase the search centrality of your profile by making related pages that link to your profile, and vice versa. Free blog and website creation tools are widespread and easy to use.
I made this video to encourage students to create a Google plus profile to increase their online visibility and to help future employers find them and understand their professional and academic interests.
Faculty can benefit from creating these profile pages too. You can help your students find you, and find links to resources that they might need, like syllabi and teaching information. You can help researchers find out about your work and make it easy for them to learn about what other things you have done. You can help colleagues and potential collaborators reach out to you.
Google+, blogs, Google Sites are free resources that you can use to manage your presentation of self in everyday, digital life. Drop me a line on Google+ when you get your profile online!
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