http://www.newsome.org/2006/10/pay-per-post-new-spam/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newsome.org/2006/10/pay-per-post-new-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4237 Gary Ruplinger Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3247#comment-4237 I'm going to disagree that this Pay Per Post concept is nonsense. I just learned about it today, and saw this blog on the first page, so I figured I'd take a look. It's simple economics, really. Advertisers want a part of the blogosphere and are willing to pay. (demand). Bloggers have sites (supply) and in return for monetary considerations will review or post about your site. I will agree with you though, about disclosure. This concept probably should require disclosure that they are receiving payment for their review. Just because a person blogs doesn't mean they should support some socialistic utopian societ where no one tries to make money and everyone just writes for the good of mankind. I’m going to disagree that this Pay Per Post concept is nonsense. I just learned about it today, and saw this blog on the first page, so I figured I’d take a look. It’s simple economics, really. Advertisers want a part of the blogosphere and are willing to pay. (demand). Bloggers have sites (supply) and in return for monetary considerations will review or post about your site. I will agree with you though, about disclosure. This concept probably should require disclosure that they are receiving payment for their review. Just because a person blogs doesn’t mean they should support some socialistic utopian societ where no one tries to make money and everyone just writes for the good of mankind.

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2006/10/pay-per-post-new-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4238 Kent Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3247#comment-4238 The difference I see is that while a consultant may be stumping for potential or actual clients, you can generally spot a consultant. Plus, the good ones disclose any relevant relationships. Steve Rubel, for example, always discloses relationships between his firm and the companies he mentions.In fact, anyone who writes about topics related to his or her job is directly or indirectly casting lines into the client pool. That's inevitable.But a pay per poster is pretending to post for one purpose while secretly getting paid by an undisclosed source to pimp a product, etc.Granted, I'd prefer a blogosphere where no one was chasing the dollar, but I know I can't have that.So I'll settle for disclosure.It's not the brightest line in the world, but it's one I see as relevant and achievable. The difference I see is that while a consultant may be stumping for potential or actual clients, you can generally spot a consultant. Plus, the good ones disclose any relevant relationships. Steve Rubel, for example, always discloses relationships between his firm and the companies he mentions.In fact, anyone who writes about topics related to his or her job is directly or indirectly casting lines into the client pool. That’s inevitable.But a pay per poster is pretending to post for one purpose while secretly getting paid by an undisclosed source to pimp a product, etc.Granted, I’d prefer a blogosphere where no one was chasing the dollar, but I know I can’t have that.So I’ll settle for disclosure.It’s not the brightest line in the world, but it’s one I see as relevant and achievable.

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2006/10/pay-per-post-new-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4239 Seth Finkelstein Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3247#comment-4239 <I>"a place for the open exchange of ideas and information where no one is secretly trying to make money off of you, ..."</I>Huh? It's already a place where the A-list is trying to make money off you, from selling dreams of pundit-power to data-mining to hype marketing.Sure, pay-per-post is tawdry, it's low-class stuff. But is it any different in the abstract from the demagogues and the "consultants" aka multi-level-marketing schemers? “a place for the open exchange of ideas and information where no one is secretly trying to make money off of you, …”Huh? It’s already a place where the A-list is trying to make money off you, from selling dreams of pundit-power to data-mining to hype marketing.Sure, pay-per-post is tawdry, it’s low-class stuff. But is it any different in the abstract from the demagogues and the “consultants” aka multi-level-marketing schemers?

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