Do you need help removing a rip off report from search results?
Rip Off Report is a very popular online complaint portal that allows users to submit anonymous online complaints about business and individuals. Rip Off Reports rank very high on Google for whatever name the complaint is against. This causes an online reputation nightmare for anyone that gets a rip off report filed against them. The website ripoffreport(dotcom) is very difficult to work with in terms of getting a complaint taken off of their website, it is basically impossible to make or force them to take the complaint down. The website even states that it is their policy never to remove a rip off report complaint even if the original author requests it to be removed.
To make matters worse, rip off report allows people to say pretty much whatever they want about a business or person on their site. Anyone can file a “report” and say virtually anything about you regardless of the merit or validity of the claim (many companies have things posted like “The CEO is a pedophile”). Rip off report has purportedly been sued on many occasions but they are protected under the Communications Decency Act, which basically says that you can be aware of bad content online, do nothing about it, and still not be libel for it. Since rip off report is user generated content and rip off report is not the one actually writing the content, they can’t be held libel.
A leading reputation management firm, ReputationArmor.com, says “We receive about 50 calls a week from people that have a rip off report issue; it is becoming more and more common”. “It is also becoming more difficult to push a rip off report down search results…Rip Off Report has a very powerful presence on Google.” ReputationArmor.com has a full staff of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) technicians that work around the clock trying to push down negative information found on Google about their clients.
The only real remedy for a rip off report issue is using online reputation management techniques or hiring a reputation management firm to help push down or hide the negative links that show up high about your name on Google and other search engines.
Some reputation management techniques include press releases and online social network optimization. Many reputation management firms will create optimized mini-sites using keyword rich domain names related to your name or company name.<–>
