Comments on: Why You Should NEVER Offer Paid Reviews!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:36:32 +0000

As if you can really trust one of those affiliate marketing review sites that are all over the Net … “reviewing” products and giving an “honest” opinion so the buyer can make the right choice. No difference at all. I only accept reviews for products that I would also personally recommend. Most affiliate marketers will sell anything that converts even if it is a scam.

By: GeekSrik

GeekSrik — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:30:07 +0000

SBJ,

I fully dont agree with what you ve written. Arguably most blogs just review something for the heck of it say to earn money - for example I write PPP posts in full earnest. But unless you put a get reviewed by me button, no one will know that you are ready to take their requests. next, if you specify something like $2 or $5 for a review it shows you are getting desperate for money. now on the other hand, if you charge say $50 or higher, it either means - you are foolish with a PR0 site doing that, or you are legitimate since your site is PR5+ which means people will notice up what you write. ultimately content is king. what you write is the only thing that will bring up your reputation in front of others. So it must be a mixed mode use of get reviewed by me button as long as you, the reviewer is legit!

srikanth

By: SBJ

SBJ — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:23:20 +0000

@ BloggingProfits: LOL

By: BloggingProfits

BloggingProfits — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:19:38 +0000

I support your view about the trustworthiness of a blogger going down with a paid review, but as long as there are people who are willing to pay, there will be people who will whore.

By: SBJ

SBJ — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:27:41 +0000

@Israel: Like the social media buttons, having a “Get paid to review this post” thing isn’t necessary. Because the only people you would bother getting to review your site, are probably not reading it. You need to find them, because it’s unlikely they will find you.

By: Israel

Israel — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:54:11 +0000

i like your perspective on on this topic. what do you think of just having the “get paid to review my post” under each post?

By: SBJ

SBJ — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:49:20 +0000

Yep, no question Andy is a quality blogger.

There are exceptions to what I’ve just written, however, this post applies to 99% of what I see.

By: Alex Goad

Alex Goad — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:46:53 +0000

Small addition:

Have a look at reviews written by Andybeard.eu or other quality bloggers.

Often times, what the buyers get is in depth consulting from some of the stronger critical minds and better informed players in a particular industry.

Have a looksee, I think you might be able to garner a new perspective or at least some nuance to the old one.

By: Alex Goad

Alex Goad — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:44:10 +0000

It’s paid review, not giant infomercial in print.

Most of these are more objective than regular affiliate posts making sure to bring out the good and bad without bias.

As with anything written or expressed, some people do so in trust and good faith and others do not.

It seems dangerous and borderline ignorant to categorize reviews as plainly and unilateraly as you just have.

On another note, keep up the great blogging.