ClaimID is a social networking site that allows users to create unique profiles that show their favorite websites and other biographical information. The goal of ClaimID is to help users collect and screen information created about them and by them on the web, which helps them manage their online identity.

History

ClaimID was founded by Terrell Russell and Fred Stutzman. At the time, both were students studying for their doctorates at the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina

Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...

 at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science.

Importance

ClaimID is one of the few Web 2.0

Web 2.0

The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...

 sites that provides Online Reputation Management

Online reputation management

Online reputation management is the practice of monitoring the Internet reputation of a person, brand or business, with the goal of suppressing negative mentions entirely, or pushing them lower on search engine results pages to decrease their visibility...

 (ORM) services. Other sites providing similar services include Naymz

Naymz

Naymz.com is a professional social networking platform that allows users to network with other professionals and manage their online reputation.Naymz claimed in October 2010 to have 1.8 million members.-History:...

 and LinkedIn

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,...

. ClaimID's listings usually rank well in search engines and provide users with a simplified way to put themselves on the internet. ClaimID gained Web 2.0 popularity due to its ORM capabilities, and it remains an important part of Web 2.0's burgeoning exploration into the ORM industry.

Both print and digital news outlets, including Businessweek

BusinessWeek

Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. It is currently headquartered in New York City.- History :...

, The San Francisco Chronicle, Reuters

Reuters

Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...

, New Scientist

New Scientist

New Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of...

 and Asian News International

Asian News International

The Asian News International is a leading news agency based in Delhi, India. It provides multimedia news to 50 bureaus in India and also to other parts of Asia. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South...

, have placed ClaimID as part of the ORM movement.