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BTW, some of us actually do use the products or services that we write ads for, and are not just blogging for dollars with no authority. That’s OK though, you keep giving PPP the free advertising.

However, I do think the writer should note the paid status at the beginning he as well as at the end of the article.

Whenever I read a review or commentary and see that tiny text at the end saying that the post is paid, I do feel somewhat duped, and I’m less likely to trust that author in the future.

I also believe we are at the precipice of a whole slew of new “linkvertising” opportunities, is the line between content and advertising continues to blur

While paid posts like these blur or even cross the “blog ethics” line, I think a more suitable (and/or perhaps ethical) approach would be to sell text links relevant to each post. While I’m not sure if text-link-ads or similar services offer this feature (text link on individual relevant post), I am using WP Text Ads (www.wptextads.com) that offers such a feature. Best bit is I don’t even need to pay anyone commissions.

On another note, Pay Per Post and similar services might be frowned upon by search engines if they were passed off as regular (non-sponsored) posts or done so for the purpose of juicing up search engine rankings… Same goes for text links so it’s just a matter of method and ethics.

広告主がブログ記事を金で買うことで物議をかもしているブログサービス、PayPerPostが新サービス「PayPerPost Direct」をリリースした。新サービスは、自分のブログ記事を売るつもりがある…

In honor of TC’s lucky 13th post about PayPerPost, most with some Mike Arrington swipe at PPP or Ted Murphy, I’ve created the “Be Like Mike” game below. Although TechCrunch and PPP compete for the same social media advertising dollars, Ted and Mike…

FYI… we should have our Payperpost suppression in the next version of Spinn3r … we manually block them in a number of places now but I don’t want it to always be a war of attrition.

And #25 Dude – he can’t shutup – this is what brings the eyes!

It’s like lohan and a car wreck – everyone wants to report on it because its hot

For a company you despise, you really give them so much attention. Nobody would know about them if it weren’t for you

This is a nice and disruptive business model that makes sense to me. The market may not play out they way any of us would guess, but this idea has a legs.

The question is, can they use quick market share as a barrier to entry or come up with some value beyond the base idea. And with Google buying FeedBurner, you wil not be safe sitting still.

Paid postings are now a fact of life. Use it or get over it.

Maybe small blogs like mine would take PPP.

To summarize my points:
1. why use this when you could sell the reviews yourself and not lose even the 10%?

2. for most bloggers, this won’t work. They don’t have the right type of traffic to make this work.

3. i want to see a paid advertorial company launch. everyone does paid advertorials today including Mike.

4. come to Cn to read the rest

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