{"id":6301,"date":"2008-12-28T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2008-12-28T22:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2008-12-28T18:54:26","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T01:54:26","slug":"the-case-for-paid-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6301\/the-case-for-paid-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case For Paid Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I’ve said in the past, I’m not a fan of the term “Web 2.0.”\u00a0 I’ll take it a step further and say that there are many aspects of the “Web 2.0” movement that I dislike.\u00a0 There are enough aspects of the movement that I find silly that I can, and will, fill a post (but not now.)<\/p>\n

Contrary to popular belief, I am a fierce capitalist.\u00a0 Granted, I do love<\/em> the open source movement, but I also think that there are ways to monetize open source, working within our capitalist system.\u00a0 Much of “Web 2.0” seems to be anti-capitalist.\u00a0 Users want everything free (no registration, no paid memberships, etc…) and in many cases don’t want site owners\/bloggers to earn directly from their endeavors.\u00a0 It should be a labor of love, right?\u00a0 Any money earned should be earned indirectly, the 2.0’ers say.<\/p>\n

Chris Johnson hit some great points<\/a> in his recent post, and I agree with 95% of what he says.\u00a0 However, I don’t reach the same conclusion.<\/p>\n

In the past, paid blog reviews were fantastic for SEO, but with Google’s call to turn in paid links<\/a>, and with the proliferation of the nofollow tag, this isn’t the case any longer (for white hats.)\u00a0 However, Paid Reviews are still fantastic<\/em> ideas for many vendors.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Highly targetted traffic.\u00a0 Traffic that can, and will convert.\u00a0 When was the last time you clicked on an ad when reading a blog?\u00a0 However, would you follow a link to a vendor, if a blogger you respect wrote a thoughtful review, and the product pertained to you or your business?\u00a0 Many people do…even when they know the review was purchased.
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I disagree with Chris’ conclusion that all Paid Reviews are bad for blogging.\u00a0 However, I do agree that paid reviews can, will, and should evolve.\u00a0 He’s correct that Ratespeed could possibly have become better, had an intelligent conversation occurred, and all aspects been discussed.\u00a0 How much more valuable is honest criticism over blanket praise?\u00a0 If the community you’re targetting recommends you change, and you make those changes, how would that community respond?\u00a0 There’s real value in that discussion – value Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I’ve said in the past, I’m not a fan of the term “Web 2.0.”\u00a0 I’ll take it a step further and say that there are many aspects of the “Web 2.0” movement that I dislike.\u00a0 There are enough aspects of the movement that I find silly that I can, and will, fill a post […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12672,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12672\/ordinary-communist-photographer-going-capitalist-greedy-greed-greed\/","url_meta":{"origin":6301,"position":0},"title":"Ordinary communist photographer going Capitalist; greedy, greed, greed","author":"Robert Worthington","date":"July 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re a true communist real estate photographer like I once was and your getting ready to go as far right as my friends in the business Greg Swann and Brian Brady, who I humbly agree with; then it\u2019s time to drop your ordinary communist real estate photography money distributing,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Real Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12062,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12062\/capitalist-going-green-why-the-hate-during-my-quest-to-go-paperless\/","url_meta":{"origin":6301,"position":1},"title":"Capitalist going green: Why the hate during my quest to go paperless?","author":"Robert Worthington","date":"May 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re an artist or a tree hunger, you may want to read this post and re-tweet or repost this on your left wing blog while you\u2019re probably still living in your parent\u2019s basement trying to help save earth worms and maggots!\u00a0 Hey artists of the world, after reading you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Group Therapy"","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2393,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2393\/web-20-fasion-fad-or-what\/","url_meta":{"origin":6301,"position":2},"title":"Web 2.0 — Fashion, Fad or What?","author":"Jay Thompson","date":"December 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week Marcie Geffner, a real estate reporter in Los Angeles, penned an article for Inman News titled, \"Web2.0: Where's the beef?\" (unfortunately, now behind Inman's subscriber wall). 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