My decision on paid reviews
Dec 4th, 2006
I’ve decided to start doing paid reviews on this site, through services like ReviewMe and PayPerPost (despite my reluctance to encourage Ted Murphy’s success). However, I understand that there are serious questions being raised about the ethics of these services, so here are my guidelines:
1. I will post a disclosure policy somewhere on the site
2. I will post a disclosure policy at the bottom of every paid post
3. I will accept only neutral opportunities that do not require a positive review
4. I will always write a fair review based on my opinion
5. I will post at least as many non-paid posts as paid ones
Posted in Blogging |
December 15th, 2006 at 8:16 pm
[...] PayPerPost.com is a relatively new startup that pays bloggers to post ads on blogs about websites, companies, or services. If you read TechCrunch, you’ll know that there is some controversy surrounding this company, mainly because they don’t require bloggers to disclose that the posts are paid for by an advertiser. There’s also some controversy over the fact that advertisers can require a positive post. I decided to give it a try, and I’ve set strict guidelines for myself regarding disclosure and only posting for advertisers that do not require a positive post. You can read my post about all of that here. My blog was just approved today, so I’m actually posting about PayPerPost.com itself for my first paid post. [...]