Bloggers: New FTC rules you need to know about

Allen Farlow · #1 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 03:38 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009....html?_r=1&hpw

notepage · #2 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 03:08 PM

The FTC does not have jurisdiction over non-US blogs so these rules only apply to US hosted blogs.

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notepage

The FTC does not have jurisdiction over non-US blogs so these rules only apply to US hosted blogs.

Have you checked where your hosting is ultimately located? and the data center?

Just because you bought hosting from a company located in your country, doesn't mean the servers and data center are in your country.

nilesh.aus · #4 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 11:07 PM

thanks for your information.

Allen Farlow · #5 (**permalink**) 10-07-2009, 08:44 AM

Pretty darned successful internet marketer Frank Kern just made a post about this on his blog. He says it's not just about blogs but websites as well...

Read Frank's blog post by clicking here.

nightcrawler · #6 (**permalink**) 10-07-2009, 09:46 PM

I just simply say screw the rules not good... I guess these only for Americans??? or globally?

~kev~ · #7 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 06:41 AM

Bloggers are cutting into big business advertising, and big companies want it stopped.

Before the internet, the only way to get the word out was to spend tens of thousands or millions of dollars on advertising TV or magazine. Now, small start up companies can give some of their products to bloggers, get some free advertising (cost of the product) and edge their way right up next to the big companies. But now, bloggers have to disclose if they received the products for free?

What I see in the future, is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wanting to charge some kind of tax on the items given to the bloggers. Its going to be right there on the bloggers page that they received the item, so the IRS can go over their site and make sure they listed everything in their tax filing.

So we have from now - December 1 to post as many reviews as we can, and not have to disclose anything.

js112 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 08:21 PM

thank you for you sharing

**snakeair** · #9 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 10:25 PM

I don't know if this site is of any use to some members but for bloggers might as well give this site a looksi...

http://disclosurepolicy.org/generator/bloggers

codecs · #10 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 09:25 PM

I think this is a good idea. Just like in herbal products, all you can search are good reviews but you can't find a single bad review about that product.

traffic_guy · #11 (**permalink**) 10-11-2009, 12:30 AM

I actually think having Bloggers disclose whether or not he or she has been paid to review a product or item is a good thing. It forces Bloggers to adhere to some of the same ethics that journalists are supposed to adhere to.

dzinestand · #12 (**permalink**) 10-11-2009, 10:28 PM

Thanks for inform

~kev~ · #13 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snakeair

I don't know if this site is of any use to some members but for bloggers might as well give this site a looksi...

disclosurepolicy.org/generator/bloggers

That site is broke, gets to page 5 out of 6, and will not go any further.

**snakeair** · #14 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 10:11 PM

It was up when i first found it. O well, i'm sure another generator type script will popup online somewhere.

Thanks for the heads up about the link.

haiwasnm · #15 (**permalink**) 10-14-2009, 07:03 PM

thank a lot

Fastas · #16 (**permalink**) 10-14-2009, 07:15 PM

Thats alot of useful information in this post.