Comments on: The Federal Trade Commission: Bloggers must declare freebies

By: Everyone Connects and Through My Window is a TM campaign » Blog Archive » Everyone Connects and Through My Window is a TM campaign

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:45:18 +0000

[...] because it does bring to light the question of declaring interest. This follows some hype about the United States and Singapore both mulling over regulation to force bloggers to declare if they have been given [...]

By: Bradley

Bradley — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:06:10 +0000

Paul – way to look needy. Go to the guys site and pimp your own stuff.

By: Paul Levinson

Paul Levinson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:14:03 +0000

Here’s my take on this issue http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2009/10/ftc-wrong-to-regulate-deceitful.html

By: Why bloggers must come clean | Jim's Marketing Blog

Why bloggers must come clean | Jim's Marketing Blog — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:41:47 +0000

[...] in some way, to write about a company / product / service. Well, yesterday, The United States Federal Trade Commission announced that it would fine bloggers up to $11,000 if they post positive reviews or endorsements, for which [...]

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:50:43 +0000

Adam,
Thanks for the comment. From what I can tell, this won’t impact paid links at all. If anyone knows different, let me know.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:27:56 +0000

I do carry sponsored posts on my blog and this ruling doesn’t have any impact as I disclose all my sponsored posts. However, I wonder how this will effect SEO paid links of companies who pay bloggers to insert the links in their posts which is NOT a review.

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:29:23 +0000

I love mashable and gave then as an example because it’s a blog I read regularly. There are many others too. I wonder how many non-Twitter users even know about the SUL.

By: Bradley

Bradley — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:27:10 +0000

I never knew mashable were on the sul. Seems they are. That kinda sux.