DISQUS

~Dawn · 4 years ago

I wonder if a blogger getting paid would have the kahunas to write a bad review if they found the product poor?

jim · 4 years ago

Depends on how badly they need the money... I was approached to write a review of GBI Home Finance Manager in return for a free three month trial. The guy never emailed me back after a brief exchange and then they made the service free... so had I blogged about it, would it have been an advertisement if the product they sent me eventually was made free?

If it sucked, I would've written a bad review because the website isn't my day job. :)

Darren R. Sussman · 4 years ago

Well, Jim, I think in your instance, as long as you were upfront about the situation, it would have been fine. If you had said, "I was given this free trial and asked to share my thoughts on the service. Here's what I thought..." then I don't see why it would be a problem. That's not much different than record companies giving free copies of CDs to media outlets so they can be reviewed. If, however, they had given you $500 and said, "Write a good review of our product," and you did, well, that would be a different story.

Cap · 4 years ago

eh, you can usually tell from a review when something is being pushed, than really endorsed cuz they like the product or service.

if something stinks, I think i'll write about it. last thing I want is more peopel to share my misery..