Comments on: Controversy On The Web? http://lastblogger.com/archives/126 The last blogger to the gate Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:04:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ian http://lastblogger.com/archives/126/comment-page-1#comment-867 Ian Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:05:25 +0000 http://lastblogger.com/archives/126#comment-867 Ah, I thought the "sponsored post" was a requirement. Kudos, for what it's worth I appreciate that. My problem with it isn't so much the advertising -- well I mean, it sort of is, but that's a ridiculously grey/nebulous area... what differentiates it from real advertising (ie a banner)? What if I really like a product and give it a write-up out of the goodness of my heart? etc. My problem is more that it's somewhat of an insidious form of advertising, like product placement in TV/movies. It doesn't really give you the option to "not watch/read/listen" because it's not honest up-front about what it really is. For example, for most of your sponsored posts, while I was suspicious of them given the tone and subject matter, I would have given you the benefit of the doubt about them being legit had I not seen your tagging. A few of them I would have, but only because of the google-friendly-keyword-packed-domains.com Ah, I thought the “sponsored post” was a requirement. Kudos, for what it’s worth I appreciate that. My problem with it isn’t so much the advertising — well I mean, it sort of is, but that’s a ridiculously grey/nebulous area… what differentiates it from real advertising (ie a banner)? What if I really like a product and give it a write-up out of the goodness of my heart? etc. My problem is more that it’s somewhat of an insidious form of advertising, like product placement in TV/movies. It doesn’t really give you the option to “not watch/read/listen” because it’s not honest up-front about what it really is.

For example, for most of your sponsored posts, while I was suspicious of them given the tone and subject matter, I would have given you the benefit of the doubt about them being legit had I not seen your tagging. A few of them I would have, but only because of the google-friendly-keyword-packed-domains.com

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