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It’s Official: Bloggers Are Recognized by the FTC

by Roxanne Darling on October 6, 2009

As I have been discussing here in the past few months, the issue of payola, pay-per-post, freebies, and other incentives by marketers to entice blog coverage has come under review of the Federal Trade Commission. They have published new rules covering paid reviews and celebrity endorsements. The vote was 4-0 in favor. Keep in mind, [...]

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Mahalo Mr. Solis

by Roxanne Darling on May 27, 2009

Brian Solis, a truly forward thinking PR professional and co-founder of the Social Media Club, took the time and captured a lot of the same thoughts I had, yet was reluctant to post in detail when I discussed Google, the FTC, and paid links. I too am influenced by my friends and business colleagues, and [...]

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Paid Bloggers Still Get Google Downgrades

by Roxanne Darling on May 19, 2009

I read today in Business Week that Google is getting increasingly sophisticated about tracking blog content that is somehow linked to compensation, alongside a discussion of pending rules from the Federal Trade Commission to cover paid product/service reviews in blog posts.  A couple of years ago this really hit the fan with one of the [...]

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