Reputation Management, Internet Privacy, and Social Media Quick Hits

In today’s Quick Hits, we offer parenting advice, talk about creative job hunting, and discuss Facebook security enhancements. Check it out.

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Social Media Advice for Parents

This article from Mashable offers a range of advice for parents raising kids in the Internet age, from tips on setting boundaries to monitoring Internet activity. This is an area we have covered often, but the article still offers considerable value for parents.

Zynga and Facebook Prepared to Part Ways?

Facebook and Zynga, the makers of the super popular and often derided social networking game Farmville, may soon part ways over payment issues.Recently, Facebook switched the way that users can purchase applications by introducing “Facebook credits.” Zynga doesn’t want to pay the 30% commission to Facebook when this form of currency is used and is considering creating its own social networking website.

Facebook Enhances Log-in Procedures to Reduce Phishing Attacks

At the company’s all hands meeting yesterday, Facebook did make a couple of security enhancements, though nothing related strictly to the issue of privacy. According to ReadWriteWeb, Facebook’s security changes involve enhanced log-in procedures with the aim of reducing phishing attacks on the site.

From now on, Facebook will alert users of unusual activity on their accounts. In other words, if someone tries to log into your account from China, Facebook will notify you and add an additional step to the log-in process. Additionally, Facebook will now allow users to register their devices with Facebook, so that the company knows which computers you use to access your account regularly.

Job Seeker Uses Google Ads to Land Marketing Job

We’ve discussed how you can use social media to help with your job search, but Laughing Squid has the story of one man who took a different creative step. Using worth of Google AdWords, marketing professional Alec Brownstein purchased advertising for the names of several top New York City creative directors. When they Googled their own names (something that everyone should do with regularity), the first sponsored ad they saw was from Brownstein asking for a job.

Through his efforts, Brownstein secured interviews with four of the employers, got job offers from two of them, and eventually accepted a new marketing position with Y&R New York.