FTC is coming for the bloggers

[JMJ]

Originally Posted by zurc.net

Yeah, I am defending them alright...

Athletes are known only to be spokesman for the endorsements they receive, jesus christ, they have press conferences just for these types of events... You are trying to compare a world wide known athlete to a random blogger without knowing the direct intentions of this person?

You know why a Athlete is endorsing a product (money), but you definitely do not know why a blogger is (remember why blogs were started)...

Like I said, I know where the FTC is coming from with this regulation, but it is far too late to start it... they can try, but its only going to waste more of our tax dollars as is the war on drugs...

So just because someone isn't famous they aren't allowed to endorse a product or service without disclosure? I see. Makes a lot of sense. And here I thought my son wanted the cool new pair of Nike's because some athlete was wearing it. I should have asked him what blog he read it from.

[zurc.net]

Originally Posted by JMJ

So just because someone isn't famous they aren't allowed to endorse a product or service without disclosure? I see. Makes a lot of sense. And here I thought my son wanted the cool new pair of Nike's because some athlete was wearing it. I should have asked him what blog he read it from.

As usual, you are missing key points. The athletes DO have disclosure as to why they are endorsing a product... Do you think that they are making Nike commercials for free? Do you think they are holding public marketing events endorsing the Nike brand for free? No... seriously bro, your head is in the sand on this one.

Whats the harm anyways in putting somewhere on your blog that you are being paid to review a particular company in a one sided, positive way in the sense of getting paid for it?

I know when I am looking to buy something I do my own research and then google reviews based on the product. I would really enjoy searching for a review and getting a unbiased opinion on the product instead of a bunch of companies being paid to give it positive reviews... (without disclosure) wouldn't you?

[JMJ]

Originally Posted by zurc.net

As usual, you are missing key points. The athletes DO have disclosure as to why they are endorsing a product... Do you think that they are making Nike commercials for free? Do you think they are holding public marketing events endorsing the Nike brand for free? No... seriously bro, your head is in the sand on this one.

Whats the harm anyways in putting somewhere on your blog that you are being paid to review a particular company in a one sided, positive way in the sense of getting paid for it?

I know when I am looking to buy something I do my own research and then google reviews based on the product. I would really enjoy searching for a review and getting a unbiased opinion on the product instead of a bunch of companies being paid to give it positive reviews... (without disclosure) wouldn't you?

So how many people do you think will need to defend themselves in court over whether or not they received any sort of payment for their review before you say, "Hmmm maybe that wasn't such a good idea?"

Let's say you have a blog and have keywords linked to products or other sites. Lets use a site. You referred the user, they bought a membership and you got paid. Site doesn't deliver what they promised, shuts down etc. the person you referred gets pissed and sues you over it. Sounds great doesn't it? See how the can of worms gets opened?

Where is the accountability on the buyers behalf? Sounds like a win win situation to me. You could spend all day buying products and suing people for a living.

[zurc.net]

Originally Posted by JMJ

So how many people do you think will need to defend themselves in court over whether or not they received any sort of payment for their review before you say, "Hmmm maybe that wasn't such a good idea?"

Let's say you have a blog and have keywords linked to products or other sites. Lets use a site. You referred the user, they bought a membership and you got paid. Site doesn't deliver what they promised, shuts down etc. the person you referred gets pissed and sues you over it. Sounds great doesn't it? See how the can of worms gets opened?

Where is the accountability on the buyers behalf? Sounds like a win win situation to me. You could spend all day buying products and suing people for a living.

Not if they disclose they are being paid for the positive review... see?

Why are you so negative about anything that could potentially be positive?