Are you Google-able?

Why do you blog? Why are you active on social networking sites?

Chances are at least one of your reasons is to be found by both your customers, and by search engines like Google.

Not only can blogging and linking your blogs to social sites help you build your business, but it can also help you with many other tasks.

Human resource departments regularly Google potential employees to find out what information exists online. Does it agree with the information they put on their applications, or does it differ?

Another recent article spoke of lawyers using Google and Facebook to do background checks on potential jury selections. Does the information online agree with what they filled in on questionnaires? Places like Facebook also allow you to connect with different groups, depending on beliefs and interests. With just a quick search, you can establish a pretty good feeling of the interests and beliefs a person holds true.

Social sites are giving people a new way of not only sharing information, but also developing a sense of character. As long as you remain true to who you are and what you post online, you’ll develop a strong profile in the online world.