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Kent Campbell

Kent Campbell

Managing Director, Reputation X

Kent Campbell is Managing Director at Reputation X and a longtime digital strategist specializing in online reputation management, search visibility, Wikipedia-related research, and brand perception online.

  • Managing Director, Reputation X
  • 20+ years in digital strategy and online visibility
  • Expert witness in online reputation matters

Biography

Kent Campbell is Managing Director at Reputation X and a digital strategist focused on online reputation management, search visibility, and the way information influences public perception online. He has spent more than two decades working across digital marketing, user experience, content strategy, and online brand development, with a particular emphasis on helping organizations and individuals understand and improve how they are represented in search results and across the web. He is the author of more than 300 articles on Wikipedia editing and online reputation management.

At Reputation X, Campbell leads a global team working across reputation management, corporate reputation marketing, online brand building, technical public relations, review management, web development, and marketing automation integration. His work includes helping organizations improve online visibility through SEO, content strategy, public relations, review management, social media marketing, and negotiation. His experience also includes projects involving defamation solutions, online review improvement, Google Knowledge Panel enhancement, search engine marketing, and Wikipedia editing.

Earlier in his career, Campbell was part of the founding leadership behind one of the companies that merged to form Rare Medium, a NASDAQ-listed digital firm. In that role, he led international user experience teams including information architects, behavior researchers, interface designers, and software developers, and helped build web-based platforms for Fortune 2000 companies.

Before Rare Medium, Campbell founded and led Evit Caretni Interactive, a 30-person web development company with offices in Santa Monica, California and Mumbai, India. That firm developed online shopping systems and digital platforms during the early growth of the commercial web.

Across his career, Campbell has developed expertise in reputation management, corporate reputation marketing, online brand building, technical public relations, review management, SEO, content marketing, social media marketing, Google Knowledge Panel improvement, SEM, and Wikipedia editing. His perspective combines early internet-era product and UX experience with later specialization in search visibility and digital reputation strategy.

Campbell has also contributed to public discussion around online information systems. In 2023, he appeared on the Brookings Institution TechTank podcast, “How Wikipedia works,” where he discussed Wikipedia’s editorial systems, references, talk pages, and historical editing patterns in the context of information quality and online knowledge production.

Areas of Expertise

Online Reputation Management Corporate Reputation Strategy AI Search Engine Optimization Wikipedia Editing Reputation Marketing Digital Public Relations Online Brand Building Search Visibility Google Knowledge Panels Reputation Risk and Defamation Response

Professional Experience

Managing Director

2010–Present

Reputation X

Leads a global team in reputation management, corporate reputation marketing, online brand building, technical public relations, review management, web development, and marketing automation integration.

Vice President, Corporate Marketing

2001–2010

Internet Reputation Management

Designed and implemented corporate reputation marketing strategies for companies and executives.

Founder / Vice President, User Experience

Rare Medium (NASDAQ)

Led international UX teams and helped build web-based platforms for Fortune 2000 companies.

Founder / President

Evit Caretni Interactive

Founded and led a 30-person web development firm with offices in Santa Monica and Mumbai.

Media & Public Commentary

Brookings Institution TechTank Podcast: How Wikipedia works March 27, 2023

Expert Witness Experience

Kent Campbell has served as an expert witness in matters involving online reputation, internet visibility, and related digital issues, including:

Education

BA, Interactive Design

Art Center College of Design

Community Leadership

Campbell has held leadership roles in Rotary, including Past President of Rotary Club of Ventura South and President of Rotary Club of Mill Valley. He is a frequent speaker on media manipulation and fake news. His charitable efforts have included polio eradication work in Nigeria, diabetes prevention initiatives in Cameroon, water access work in the Philippines, and fundraising to support greenhouse construction for Quechua-speaking families in the Andes.

Articles by Kent Campbell

Restaurant Reputation Management: the Challenges Franchises Face Fast food restaurants occupy a special place in the dining ecosystem – at least when there isn’t a pandemic happening. Restaurants get blamed if a waitress is having a bad day and lets some of her mood slip in front of guests. Problems come either at the regional level as in the case of Chipotles […] Repair · DEC 12, 2015 · 9 min read What Is a Guest Post? A Guide to Help Marketers Summary What’s a guest post? What is a guest post? How is it different than a regular blog post? A Guest Post is an article written and posted on someone else’s blog. When you write something on your own blog, it’s just a “post,” but on someone else’s blog, the writer is a ‘guest’. Guest […] Repair · NOV 13, 2015 · 9 min read Removal, De-Indexing, Suppression. What’s the Difference? There are several ways to remove negative content about you or your company from search results. Sometimes it’s as simple as asking to have it taken down from the original publisher’s site. However, there are occasions when it can’t (or won’t) be removed. But even then, content can still be purged from search results under […] Repair · OCT 27, 2015 · 8 min read A Quick and Simple Online Content Marketing Plan Content marketing can be hard. This content marketing plan should make it easier for you. This simple content marketing plan represents a fictitious small company or individual that already has basic online reputation web properties like Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. in place. This plan uses relevant, organic search results as a basis for an online reputation content […] Improve · OCT 25, 2015 · 12 min read How to Locate Aggressors and Nefarious People Online How do you find out who anonymously posts information about you, your company, or your country online? We set up a fake company, imaginary CEO, social media, and fictitious backers to trap anonymous perpetrators posing as our clients’ Ministry of Finance. This is how we did it. Repair · OCT 22, 2015 · 11 min read How to Optimize Images for Google in the Age of AI At Reputation X, we often need to optimize images to rank higher and more visibly in our client’s search results. This is how we do it. Sometimes, the wrong image is shown in Google Knowledge Graph. This may happen because Google is confused about who the pictures should be of, or it may even have […] Improve · OCT 6, 2015 · 11 min read A White Label Reputation Management Case Study Our client is a global PR firm with clients in the US, Europe and Middle East. Over the years we have been tasked with a number of interesting projects ranging from helping politicians succeed to boosting search results in Thai and improving search results to enhance hiring. This case study examines a project to clean up […] Repair · OCT 4, 2015 · 6 min read Steps to Remove PissedConsumer.com Reviews PissedConsumer offers a place for, well, pissed consumers to vent about supposedly sketchy businesses. But how to remove PissedConsumer.com posts is the question on most people’s minds. Repair · SEP 27, 2015 · 7 min read How to Change Healthgrades Ratings in Five Steps Healthgrades is something like the Yelp of doctor reviews. It is one of the top 20 sites seen most often in medical practice search results. As such, your practice’s future may depend on your understanding of how Healthgrades.com affects doctors online. A fair, true, reflection of your practice on Healthgrades is essential in today’s wired […] Repair · FEB 23, 2015 · 7 min read How to Manipulate the Media Today Media manipulation occurs in the space between truth and website page views. There are 86,400 seconds in a day, and thanks in part to Google, the online content cycle never stops. Every second must be refreshed with new content (meat) to satisfy the needs of both man and (search) robot. That speed means news agencies […] Repair · OCT 24, 2014 · 7 min read Understanding the Reputation Score Scale: Components, Benefits, and Implications The importance of a strong reputation score scale cannot be overstated. About 3 out of 4 people will trust a brand more if it has positive reviews online. A high reputation score can influence these decisions positively, leading to increased trust, better customer relationships, and ultimately higher revenues. On the other hand, a low reputation […] Repair · FEB 26, 2014 · 13 min read

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Editorial Disclosure

Kent Campbell writes about online reputation management, search visibility, Wikipedia-related topics, review systems, and digital brand perception. Articles reflect professional expertise and are reviewed for accuracy before publication.

This profile was last updated March 2026.

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