Comments on: PayPerPost Secures $10M Prepares Launch of "Argus"

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:10:23 +0000

I know this whole paid post phenomena is quite controversial. My own attitude to it is that if you disclose that the post is paid, then that’s fine. And if you’re doing more paid posts than free ones then I think you are losing your blogging soul. (But then it’s up to the blogger him or herself to make that decision, of course.)

What amazes me is the continuing growth of this industry. I thought this was just going to be a temporary thing that would boom until Google found a way of penalising blogs with paid posts, and/or readers got sick of it and left in droves. But it looks like neither of these things has happened — and maybe never will! — since PPP is going from strength to strength.

By: Buy and sell

Buy and sell — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:39:58 +0000

Whats quite sickening is that if i was a little bit less lazy i could have been at their level myself. I was there when PPP started out.

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By: Bidding Directory

Bidding Directory — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:21:22 +0000

I’m just wondering how much you earn er motnh via payperpost? I’m using review me and i’ve earned around $40 so far.

By: William

William — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:19:52 +0000

I think all fair bloggers should place “review for money” near all such posts.

By: Owen Cutajar

Owen Cutajar — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:02:31 +0000

It’s pretty impressive how far PayPerPost have come. There’s something to be said about having the right mix at the right time, and having the guts to push ahead amidst negative publicity.

Anyway, you mention Argus, there’s more on this on PayperPost’s blog: http://community.payperpost.com/blog/2007/09/what-is-coming-.html

Is sounds like a ground-up rewrite of PayPerPost’s blogger/advertiser marketplace based on what they’ve learnt over the last year. I could be wrong though …

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:36:25 +0000

It all depends on how good your average content is. If you don’t break the social trust with your readers, there is no problem.

A paid post can be good enough for a front page Sphinn, and the same story was a featured article on Searchnewz.com a couple of months ago.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:11:01 +0000

@Jay – the problem with disclosures is the same reason you’d like to see them – readers stop reading when they see a post is sponsored.

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By: Jay Virdy

Jay Virdy — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:57:13 +0000

I was initially surprised to see some top bloggers openly advertise that they will review sites/products for $$$. I went on to read a few paid reviews and thought they were actually quite detailed and professional. My only complaint was the disclosure should have been near the top rather than the bottom of the blog. With 8,700 advertisers and 50,000 bloggers ready to write reviews, it’s not hard to convince investors you have something interesting.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:33:39 +0000

Interesting Andy. With all the negative talk I’ve heard I’ve been under the assumption that the pay per post model was losing ground. I never would have expected to see them get funding.