'Mommy Bloggers' vow to avoid ethical conflicts

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Won't do em any good though, how does the avid person distinguish those blogs from flogs. And its not so much getting freebies is gona hurt their rep, but more of the 'gazillion' flogs (which they don't seem to mention in the articles) pitching all the affiliated products.

'Mommy bloggers' vow to avoid ethical conflicts - CNN.com
With book deals, TV appearances and thousands of readers, moms who detail every moment of their domestic lives online produce some of the Web's most well-read blogs.

Many of these "mommy bloggers" even draw the attention of companies that send them free product samples -- everything from toys to baby strollers to video game consoles -- in the hopes of getting positive coverage.

But to some, these freebies aren't necessarily a good thing. Readers have complained they can no longer trust their favorite blogger's advice. Veteran women bloggers grumble that newcomers sully the genre's reputation by demanding free products and trips. Newsweek.com published an article last month headlined, "Trusted Mom or Sellout?"
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You think it's really gona matter if they signed a pledge or not?
 


The real issue is legit blogs selling out to the point where they no longer post non paid content. I don't see how people can read that shit.
 
Who cares if the content is paid or not? It should have value to the reader.

There is plenty of money to be made by informing people ACCURATELY.

Reputation is the x-factor in market exchange. People pay more for brands because there is an implicit sense of quality. This is because we have to understand that most people are basically pack animals, and move with the herd. Many can't make rational decisions on their own, completely from square 1. They rely on trusted experts and the movement of the people around them (family, friends and neighbors).

I managed paid endorsements before. They are a lousy ROI IMO. These mommy bloggers making bullshit endorsements of crap for money, aren't earning a return for their sponsors and they are squandering cred with their audience.

The internet is still so young. It has a lot of growing pains yet.
 
let the free market prevail.

Fuck ANY regulation/censorship - I don't ask a car salesman for trusted detail on the car I'm about to buy- nor do I look to Motortrend or any car mags which favorably side with their advertisers. Nope- I'll find a message board and ask a collection of owners and base my opinions on THEIR answer. Do most do this? No- they listen to Sammy the car salesman doing coke in the bathroom.

Make NO mistake about it- people are not somehow 'entitled' to nothing but perfect information, as inherently there is interpretation in what 'perfect' even is.

As for their 'pledge' - lol at a bunch of idiots who make under $30k/year 'blogging' getting any news coverage what so ever.
 
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