What Is a Digital Footprint?

A digital footprint is anything that yourself online, from comments on social media, pictures and emails and the websites you visit all of these things track what you’ve searched or what you have done for these reasons you have to be careful but also want to promote yourself the right way. This way you can create things, where you can showcase your skills, talents and interests on the internet, A digital footprint is important nowadays because many jobs and employers will search you up on google and having a positive footprint will help them hire you.

While having a digital footprint is easy, it is not so easy, however to have a positive foot print. There are many ways on how to maintain a good digital footprint. Researchers show how by staying private and making sure privacy is a high priority to where only you can log into your online accounts is important so no one else can post something you don’t want. While having a good footprint and be thoughtful and posting and searching meaningful things is a great way to start a good footprint but also you can publish items on the internet that have shown work ethic and traits you posses while not giving out all of your information. While having and creating a good footprint is important yet very hard you also have to avoid posting hurtful things or even cyber bullying or supporting actions as this to where people can see what you have done in the past.

A positive digital footprint is important because in today’s world whenever you meet someone or your hiring someone for a job you are going to do some background research. This means they will look you up on google or social medias and see what they can find. If they see that you post in appropriate items and that yiu have history of being rude or searching up things you shouldn’t be they will see this and most likely not want to hire or meet you. This is something that can haunt your future forever if you don’t manage what you are doing and try to create a positive footprint.

What are the ways of creating a good digital footprint people may ask? Well there are many ways first, photos, videos and posts that they have shared, comments made on posts and information about them on public pages or blogs. These all can be traced back to you and what you have said or done. That’s why it’s important to be yourself and be kind on the internet, also to have multiple social media accounts and to express yourself on those accounts. Show people what you enjoy doing and what interest you, most of all just be kind and generous and respectful to who or whatever you do on the internet. These will help show you as a person and how you will want others to portray you.

For these reasons kids’ should work on good digital footprints because they will help them out in the future. When you start to look for jobs and future career paths you don’t want what you did when you were younger to hold you back, that way it is important to be careful what you say and do on social media and internet platforms. Also why it should be a priority on creating a good digital footprint to help with your future.

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