Your Digital Footprint is like a diamond, it's forever

As I continue to expand my personal learning network(PLN), I often find a wealth of wisdom and fabulous recommendations. And although the words below are not mine, I offer them as one of life's lessons. After reading Darren Kuropatwa's post on how
Google Never Forgets, I decided to mimic Darren's approach by copying and pasting Seth Godin's post in full. It is priceless, a keeper, and worth sharing over and over again.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Personal branding in the age of Google by Seth Godin

A friend advertised on Craigslist for a housekeeper.
Three interesting resumes came to the top. She googled each person's name.

The first search turned up a MySpace page. There was a picture of the applicant, drinking beer from a funnel. Under hobbies, the first entry was, "binge drinking."
The second search turned up a personal blog (a good one, actually). The most recent entry said something like, "I am applying for some menial jobs that are below me, and I'm annoyed by it. I'll certainly quit the minute I sell a few paintings."
And the third? There were only six matches, and the sixth was from the local police department, indicating that the applicant had been arrested for shoplifting two years earlier.
Three for three.
Google never forgets
Of course, you don't have to be a drunk, a thief or a bitter failure for this to backfire. Everything you do now ends up in your permanent record.

The best plan is to overload Google with a long tail of good stuff and to always act as if you're on Candid Camera, because you are.