Naymz.com is a professional social networking platform that allows users to network with other professionals and manage their online reputation

Reputation

Reputation of a social entity is an opinion about that entity, typically a result of social evaluation on a set of criteria...

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Naymz claimed in October 2010 to have 1.8 million members.

History

Naymz was founded by Nolan Bayliss, Tony Czupryna, and Tom Drugan in January 2006. The three founders previously worked at and met at the online travel company Orbitz

Orbitz

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. is an Internet travel company headquartered in the Citigroup Center in Near West Side, Chicago, Illinois. Through its primary web site Orbitz.com, Orbitz Worldwide enables travelers to research, plan and book a broad range of travel products, facilitating 1.5 million flight...

 in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. Naymz launched to the public in June, 2006.

Importance

Naymz was one of the first 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 to provide utilities for 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 ClaimID

ClaimID

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...

, ReputationDefender

ReputationDefender

Reputation.com is a company located in Redwood City, California that sells online reputation management and internet privacy. Company CEO Michael Fertik has criticized review websites that don't monitor comments or require users to register...

, 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,...

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In September 2007, Naymz added social networking to its platform and a proprietary Reputation Scoring system called RepScore.

Naymz has appeared in print and digital news articles in leading media outlets, including USA Today

USA Today

USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...

, ABC News

ABC News

ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...

, NPR

NPR

NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...

, Wall St. Journal, and Washington Post.