I'll probably remove this later, but here goes...
Yes, free speech is a mighty fine thing. I consider it hucksterish and misleading, however, when finance lending and locksmith companies open up blogs here as extensions of their marketing activities because it's of no cost.
"Hey, I see that Curves and Jenny Craig have free blogs, I think those places are the best for me to market my donut and pastry business!"
There's nothing in the Code of Conduct that prevents these people to open their blogs. If they misread their target market or are so desperate to take whatever free space is available to them, they'll doom themselves soon enough. Edit: it looks like people know when their intelligence is being insulted, or when a company is marketing without integrity. I hope these 'commercial but don't want to pay advertising rates to give Jeffrey and Nate any revenue owed to them' blogging entities share their thoughts, issues, goals and daily musings about their personal finances and money today. You know, the way we other bloggers do, the way that the text on the Member blogs home page reads.
'Who are the bloggers in our neighbourhood?'
November 27th, 2007 at 07:48 am
November 27th, 2007 at 08:11 am
November 27th, 2007 at 08:40 am
November 27th, 2007 at 10:23 am
When there get to be too many such thieves on board, it dilutes the overall integrity of this blog place and its associated forums.
I'm guessing the savingadvice.com management does not much mind, because those blogs tend to stay. I would at least report them for the management's consideration if there were a a quick way to do so, as exists on the forums area.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
November 27th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
November 27th, 2007 at 08:31 pm