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- ryan_merket, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This has been going on for quite sometime, someone just put it on a domain and wrote up a business model.
If we are going to combat this, then someone needs to start a blog blacklist website, where people can submit 'Splog's (spam+blog). - jacobed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Let's hope this doesn't take off. Pretty soon people are going to be as incredulous about blogs as they are about newspapers. Paid placement and PR have no place in the blogosphere.
- amo955, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3maybe I'm just new to this medium but it seems to me that a lot of these negative reactions are coming from Bloggers who feel threatened. Bloggers who are probably already getting paid to write via sponsors/advertisers. If that is not the case, then good for you.
- acsseo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It just seems like blogging is heading towards the mainstreams, so it's not a surprise that a company is really trying to go this far. I can't wait to see what kind of "spam" this brings along (blogs with just payperposts). Here is some insight into why its not evil, but actually a complete failure: http://www.postbubble.com/2006/06/30/pay-per-post-isnt-evil-its-a-failure/
- thepope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The problem with that is, I imagine that blogs will have this mixed in with their normal content. I would do a post about something for some quick cash, and then I would still use my blog for other things.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Perhaps not money, but other stuff (like samples of the crap they are selling etc).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, no doubt. It seems people who are already making money are feeling the heat as advertisers can now go elsewhere and find the best deal...especially people like TechCrunch who says 'we do not take money from the people we write about'. Maybe not directly, but indirectly? I'm sure of it...
- searchengine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Trell, I think you are right, this is something that goes back to ethics, it will very interesting to see how this type of things evolves.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1damn, they beat me to this :
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Acesso, that just won't happen. As soon as they reveal that they might be in bed with someone and are marketing a product/service the majority of ppl will stop reading, so they won't disclose it!
- trell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I come from a more traditional media background and was taught to question the ethics from media outlets and consumers alike. I believe there are a lot of interesting opinions being vocalized right now; however, I question how the initial commentators validity and background to comment on the matter. I think this is the beginning of a revolution in this newer medium that has taken place across traditional fronts (in disclosed and undisclosed formats) for years!!!
- andreit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I agree, however it is another way for bloggers make some cash.
- acsseo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1nowrap: I dont think its such a bad either, as long as the the blogger discloses the relationship, and tries to maintain objectivity.
- kellykenn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i cant wait to see where this goes
- nowrap, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1About the Post Bubble article - The whole article seems to be nothing but speculation about what might happen and how readers of blogs might react. Sure, a blogger may get paid to post about a product, but what if their post is informative and useful? I don't think that's so bad. I can speculate too! Maybe it's just a glass half-full, half-empty thing.
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