Comments on: Barefoot Plays No Footsies With ReviewMe.com http://www.onebyonemedia.com/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/ Connecting Businesses One By One Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:39:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bloggers For Hire - Another Example of A ReviewMe.com Disclosure http://www.onebyonemedia.com/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/comment-page-1/#comment-52992 Bloggers For Hire - Another Example of A ReviewMe.com Disclosure Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:14:32 +0000 http://www.onebyonemedia.com/wordpress/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/#comment-52992 [...] My friend Ben, no he did not pay me to be his friend, submitted a review of a Data Deposit Box.  Yes, I am somehow contributing to the demise of the Internet by linking a ReviewMe.com review.  What I wanted to bring to light was the disclosure of Ben’s choice.  Unlike Darren Barefoot, Ben decided not to go with the "no follow" tag, but was clearly up front about his review and the payment he is receiving from the company. [...] [...] My friend Ben, no he did not pay me to be his friend, submitted a review of a Data Deposit Box.  Yes, I am somehow contributing to the demise of the Internet by linking a ReviewMe.com review.  What I wanted to bring to light was the disclosure of Ben’s choice.  Unlike Darren Barefoot, Ben decided not to go with the "no follow" tag, but was clearly up front about his review and the payment he is receiving from the company. [...]

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.onebyonemedia.com/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/comment-page-1/#comment-52970 Andy Beard Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:40:19 +0000 http://www.onebyonemedia.com/wordpress/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/#comment-52970 I liked the very clear disclosure at the top. I am not sure whether a link condom by default for all reviews is a necessary step. If you take the attitude that you would have written about the site anyway if you had heard about it, and that it is relevant to your audience, then in my mind it is a little contradictory to use nofollow for the link. Now in this particular case Darren's review wasn't overly positive, so nofollow might be a good solution. I am not sure how I am going to handle this. I was finally accepted to review me with my 6 week old blog, I guess my Technorati and Alexa rating escalating helped a lot. One interesting twist is that due to the nature of my blog, I can review sites on almost any subject as an SEO review of the site, or based on how I like they are monetising it. It has always been a problem for me to choose sites for such a review, the posts are often quite popular, but I restrict it often to sites that obviously need the help and a few pointers. We will see in the future if I get any requests. The money won't be a major compensation for me, but it will be nice to have victims asking for the spotlight. I liked the very clear disclosure at the top.

I am not sure whether a link condom by default for all reviews is a necessary step.

If you take the attitude that you would have written about the site anyway if you had heard about it, and that it is relevant to your audience, then in my mind it is a little contradictory to use nofollow for the link.

Now in this particular case Darren’s review wasn’t overly positive, so nofollow might be a good solution.

I am not sure how I am going to handle this. I was finally accepted to review me with my 6 week old blog, I guess my Technorati and Alexa rating escalating helped a lot.

One interesting twist is that due to the nature of my blog, I can review sites on almost any subject as an SEO review of the site, or based on how I like they are monetising it.

It has always been a problem for me to choose sites for such a review, the posts are often quite popular, but I restrict it often to sites that obviously need the help and a few pointers.

We will see in the future if I get any requests. The money won’t be a major compensation for me, but it will be nice to have victims asking for the spotlight.

]]> By: Darren http://www.onebyonemedia.com/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/comment-page-1/#comment-52963 Darren Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:41:13 +0000 http://www.onebyonemedia.com/wordpress/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/#comment-52963 Heh, no worries, I embraced my queer last name way back in the day. My ReviewMe.com review was 'approved' a couple of hours later, so I guess I expect to be paid. Heh, no worries, I embraced my queer last name way back in the day.

My ReviewMe.com review was ‘approved’ a couple of hours later, so I guess I expect to be paid.

]]> By: Jim Turner http://www.onebyonemedia.com/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/comment-page-1/#comment-52962 Jim Turner Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:17:25 +0000 http://www.onebyonemedia.com/wordpress/barefoot-plays-no-footsies-with-reviewmecom/#comment-52962 Sorry Darren I have been trying to use your name in a post for months now. Sorry Darren I have been trying to use your name in a post for months now.

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