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Orble News - by jon

Orble News - November 2007

Paid Posting

November 20th 2007 00:45

I've noticed a few people are starting to do paid posts again.

I don't want to ban this on Orble (for the moment) but please consider not doing paid posts on your blog. The search engines are currently punishing any blogs who do these posts and you are simply trading off short term gain against long term success. Also, not only are you hurting your own blog, you are hurting the entire Orble network because as your blog is penalised, all the links you have to other blogs in the network will be worth less.

It takes time and effort to create a profitable blog. There are no short cuts.

I wince every time I see a paid post on a good blog because I know what damage is being done.

Thanks,
Jon.

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Comment by Michaelie

November 20th 2007 13:21

Flick Wit

What is a paid post so I know not to do it?

Comment by jon

November 21st 2007 02:17

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Some companies pay bloggers to post ads on their sites with links to the advertisers website. Many don't even require that you state that the post in an advertisement.

Comment by What's Your Story?

November 23rd 2007 00:35

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The features are quite enticing. Thanks for telling us about the other side of it.

Comment by jarrod

November 29th 2007 15:26

Do you know what really grinds my gears

Thr minority spoil it for the majority its the way of the world . Stupidity reigns supreme when it comes to making money

Comment by Mike Crowl

December 6th 2007 07:20

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I’ve only just come across this post today, Jon, and because my comments about what you say are likely to be long, I’ve decided to answer your post in one of my own, on Webitz.net.

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