IANAL. I think we'll actually see more and more pen names and aliases as people try to brand themselves. Basically, just pick a name and go with it. I have m

IANAL. I think we'll actually see more and more pen names and aliases as people try to brand themselves. Basically, just pick a name and go with it. I have mrnoahc.com and noahc.net. I want to brand my self as one of those two. I think mrnoahc is better, because it's almost always available as compared to noahc. Either way, buy the domain ending in .com that you want and you'll probably end up towards the top of search results. It shouldn't be too hard to get the top result for mrnoahc or technologysteve.com or something of that effect. Not sure what 'online presence' means, but once you brand your self as something just run with it and introduce your self as Noah of MrNoahC fame if you want people to know your first name before a speech or something. I would suggest staying away from names like floppyRabbitLover and HairyLemonBalls for branding purposes, but depending on your purposes it might work.