Here's an email I g
ot yesterday.
Hi,
My name is XXX XXXX and I run a WWWW business in Alaska.
Since you run a blog in Alaska, I'd like to ask if you'd be interested
in working out an advertising relationship with me.
It's pretty simple. All I'd ask for is a blogroll link pointing to my
website, ZZZZZZ.org, or a blog post with a link to my
website from your blog. And after the links up, I'll send you $5 with Paypal. Easy as that.
And I'll also throw in free WWWWWWWW quotes for you! ;o)
Thanks for your time, and let me know if you're interested!
-XXX
Rest assured, I'm not likely to endorse a product or
put up a link because someone is willing to pay me for it.
If I will make sure readers know the relationship.
And mostly I'll do it, like this post, just to let people
know ways people surreptitiously advertise on blogs.
If I write about something or someplace, it's because I
think it's interesting. If I endorse it, it's because I think it's good.
That's not to say that XXXXX doesn't run a legitimate business
and he is just being creative about ways to advertise.
Skepticism is always healthy.
Modern technology brings new advertising techniques with itself. For example one day I read that the Pope supported the bishops and archbishops to use internet to contact with people.
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