I've recently been hearing radio ads for Reputation defender (ReputationDefender), which has made one big splash of which I'm aware with its involvement in the Catsouras nightmare (see link in Wikipedia doc).

Does anybody know whether this company's claims that it can clean up a person's Internet "face" are, in fact, justified (and whether a cleanup can be accomplished for a non-prohibitive amount of money)?

This post was prompted by kevs's "What do you think of the ton of complaint sites now on the internet which allow people to post anonymous and often fabricated complaints against small businesses?
This issue for me is even more pernicious. They hide out behind their proxy web hosters, and you cannot get the slander removed. its just sits there for you potential clients to judge you by." (Here)

The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.

In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire