IT'S TIME TO TAKE CHARGE OF OUR ONLINE REPUTATIONS AND PREVENT ONLINE PERSONALITY THEFT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) January 8, 2009 -- World's fastest-growing people search engine, yasni, makes it possible for people to track, review and maintain information that is available about them on the Web

New York -- January 8, 2009 -- Earlier this week, hackers successfully infiltrated the Twitter accounts of high-profile individuals including President-Elect Barack Obama, pop star Britney Spears and Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly, and posted inappropriate messages using their assumed identities. As identity theft and online scams grow increasingly commonplace, this week’s activities escalate the increasing urgency for people everywhere to take an active role in managing their online reputations by closely monitoring what personal information is available about them on the Web.
yasni.com makes it possible for anyone to easily search and access the largest pool of information publicly available, and immediately identify online personality theft, fraud, scams, or privacy violations impacting them. yasni empowers its users to search for detailed findings including Web links, images, social networking profiles, blog listings, and more, some of which may contain sensitive information.

“We’ve heard countless stories from our users who were shocked to see what was available about them online, whether it was personal info posted by their children on a social networking site, fraudulent information about their businesses or backgrounds, or inappropriate comments someone had made about them on a blog,” said Steffen Ruehl, CEO and founder of yasni. “We’re pleased to offer people a tool that they can use to track this information and take the steps needed before it can cause them harm.”

To begin managing your own online reputation, be sure to visit www.yasni.com today.

About yasni:

yasni is the world’s leading people search engine with nearly 24 million page views per month and approximately 8 million monthly visitors in five countries. People search -- which accounts for nearly one-third of all search queries on the Internet -- is one of the largest online markets as more and more people turn to the Web to find information about old friends, co-workers, business partners, job applicants, neighbors, prospective mates and much more. In just a few seconds, yasni provides a comprehensive overview of people and their associated networks, including contacts, pictures and other publicly available information. yasni is also the ultimate resource to control one’s online reputation and manage what information is available about them on the Web.
# # #

Barack Obama     bill o reilly     britney spears     IDENTITY THEFT     online search     twitter