DENVER, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- InternetReputation.com is excited to announce a new removal solution for mugshots on Iowa.Arrests.org and other Iowa mugshot websites.

For the hundreds of people arrested in Iowa each and every day, a moment spent in the police station could become years spent in deep regret. That's because the website Iowa.Arrests.org captures both photographs and arrest information within moments of police action, and that information is made public on a website that's free to use and easy for Google to find. The damage a site like this can cause could be immeasurable, and InternetReputation.com is proud to announce a new program that could help to mitigate that impact.

Not Alone in Iowa

Iowa.Arrests.org isn't the only website that publishes mugshots from arrests. The Des Moines Register does the same, as does KCCI in Des Moines. These sites might not be so very damaging, however. The Des Moines Register, for example, deletes images after 60 days, whether people are found innocent or guilty, and neither site allows people to interact with the photos in any way. Iowa.Arrests.org, on the other hand, leaves photos in place indefinitely, and users are encouraged to entertain themselves by "tagging" the photos with insulting names or writing nasty comments under the photos they see. All of the photos on Iowa.Arrests.org are also indexed to Google, meaning that people will see these photos when they run searches for their own names. Employers, future romantic partners, neighbors and more will also see these photos when they run their own searches. The consequences can be catastrophic.

Assessing the Damage

As mugshot sites have become more popular, entertainment websites and blogs have begun to make a habit of crawling through the images, looking for entertaining images of their own they could exploit. That's how people like one Iowa man with a radio station's tattoo on his forehead experience severe reputation damage. This man had unfortunate body art, and when he was arrested in Iowa, his story went viral and was picked up on multiple sites, including The Smoking Gun. Run a search for this man's name now, and multiple sites containing this photograph and disparaging comments will appear.

People who are targeted by Iowa.Arrests.org may claim that they're not troubled by the opinions of strangers. However, as an article in Psychology Today puts it, "… Even those of us with resilient self-esteem live in a great social network and need a good reputation for practical purposes—friendship and income chief among them. It's hard to have friends if people think you're mean-spirited and hard to make a living in any capacity if people think you're lazy, unreliable, or dishonest." It's clear that appearing online with an arrest record could really hurt a person's chances of employment, friendships or good social standing.

InternetReputation.com has developed a sophisticated tool that can identify photos on Iowa.Arrests.org and remove them within seconds. The arrest information will be removed at the same time. In just a few minutes, the entire incident will be in the past, and reputations can be protected. It could be immensely helpful for people in Iowa.

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Media Contact: Gary Bloom InternetReputation.com, 800-758-9012, info@internetreputation.com

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