Comments on: Honest Advertising – An Oxymoron?

By: Mar Matthias Darin

Mar Matthias Darin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:18:20 +0000

Hi,

I’ve always had an open policy with my blog. It just works better with the visitors… False advertising is garbage no matter where it occurs. I even use an open and transparent policy with my traffic sharing program, “Along for the Ride!”

Its all about building a good reputation. A good reputation brings visitors and advertisers.

By: Man Over Board

Man Over Board — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:32:17 +0000

To me it’s just one more thing that Big Brother has to stick their nose into and threaten people with penalties. You said it in this post already, most of us know or can assume that the post has some sort of advertising involved in it’s message. And for those who cannot figure that out, probably are still buying war bonds.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:07:21 +0000

You’re right, a lot of people aren’t in the US – so maybe it won’t make that big of a difference. But, I have noticed that quite a few blogs are using this and I have to say that I really appreciate it when it is put out there that it is a paid post.

It’s better than not doing anything at all.

By: Chinaren

Chinaren — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:12:23 +0000

Whilst this will affect a fair amount of blogs, you must remember there’s a lot of people not in the US, or using servers in the US, so it’s hardly going to stop everyone.

Also I doubt they’re really going to police it heavily!

So basically it’s one more waste of time.

To be honest most paid posts have about three links that immediately mark them as such, and are written in such a way it’s fairly obvious what they are.

By: fedhz

fedhz — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:59:54 +0000

I do paid posts. I don’t write BS and I’m not good in writing reviews. So I choose the tasks to write. I prefer advertisers who just want their links be placed in the blog post. ^^