TheJournal
Essays on reputation and how people find you.
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What happens when someone searches your name
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The first result · primary source
yourname.com
Stated with care, in your order.
Beat 01
It starts with a search.
Before the meeting, before the call, before the introduction is accepted, someone types your name.
In this volume
7 essays
A profile is a room in someone else’s building. A website is the building.
Read the essay- IWhy you need a website, whoever you are.4 min9 October 2026
- IIWhy successful people keep a website of their own.4 min2 October 2026
- IIIWhat happens when someone Googles your name?4 min18 September 2026
- IVYour LinkedIn isn’t your digital identity.3 min27 August 2026
- VYour company has a website. Why don’t you?3 min30 July 2026
- VIYour reputation shouldn’t live inside an algorithm.4 min12 June 2026
- VIIWhy established founders need a digital estate.5 min21 May 2026
A note from the editors
Mostofwhattheinternetsaysaboutapersonwaswrittenbysomeoneelse,forsomeotherpurpose.Aprofilebuiltforrecruiters.Apressreleasewrittenforafundinground.Abiographysuppliedtoaconferencebyanassistant,yearsago.
Thisjournaliswherewethinkaboutthatproblem:howreputationsareformed,howtheydrift,andwhatittakestostateoneclearly.Wepublishrarely,andonlywhenwehavesomethingworthyourtime.
The editors, RURO
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