Tag Archives: law
UK Consumer Protection Conference
On my last post regarding the new Consumer Protection laws that came into force 26th May, I had to preface the post that I am not a lawyer, and effectively just speculate on how they might affect online marketing.
Fortunately Susan Singleton, one of the UK's leading experts on online marketing law, dropped by and left a comment...
Posted in blogging tips, marketing Also tagged conference, consumer protection, UK_law, unfair trading regulations Comments closed
No One Reads Your Terms of Service
Unless you stick terms of service directly in front of people, and make important points extremely bold, people are not going to read them.
This was the whole point of a little experiment I helped Paul with over the last week, and the results are extremely conclusive. It is partially to do with the Krak.dk story I have written about in the past, but I think the results also paint a much broader picture.
Posted in blog monetization, news Also tagged deep_linking, legal, linking, scam, terms_of_service, tos Comments closed
Clickbank Require Disclosure – A-List Bloggers Totally Missed the Point In December
I am not sure how long this has been in the rules at Clickbank, as Clickbank currently block archive.org – that being said I am sure it would have been brought up by someone during the last few months in discussions regarding various paid review services such as PayPerPost, ReviewMe and Sponsored Reviews.
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Posted in blog monetization, marketing, news Also tagged affiliate marketing, clickbank, clickbank_rules, clickbank_terms, disclosure, ftc, legal, news, womm Comments closed
Google Requiring Affiliates Not to Declare? FTC | WOMMA
I watched this video last night… slept on it, and listened to it again today.
This video was originally posted on the Google Adsense blog, and the presenter is Laura from Adsense Support.
Now I should point out that Google have been very clear in their wording with all the recent correspondence relating to Adsense changes, which in some ways makes this even more extraordinary.
The interesting bit in regard to financial declarations starts 1min:30 from the start.
It should be noted that this wasn't recorded live, as you can see from the out-takes at the end, is in response to
Posted in Google, blog monetization Also tagged adsense_referral_buttons, affiliate marketing, disclosure, disclosure policy, ftc, Google, google_adsense, legal, news, policy, rules, womm, womma Comments closed
How to Destroy Your Company Reputation | Deep Linking Tax
Quite probably RIAA is one of the most hated organisations on the internet, possibly followed by Microsoft, but as Bill Gates has been demonstrating recently, he actually seems quite a nice guy and “gets” technology and nerdy things.
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Posted in marketing Also tagged deep_linking, digg, digg_story, digg_this, directory, dog, dog_blog, dog_lover, krak, linking, marketing, paid_linking, reputation_management, SEO Blog Comments closed
UK Internet Marketing Castrated | SI (3429 of 2006)
I regret to inform you that this is serious news, and if you run your business from the UK, and have a website, this probably affects you.
It affects you even more, and places you at a serious competitive disadvantage, if you are involved with Niche or Internet Marketing, in topics you don’t want your competitors knowing about, especially if click-fraud attacks are a danger.
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Posted in marketing, vre Also tagged compliance, disclosure, feedburner, online, si3429, UK_law Comments closed
ePerks & iHype – Legal Kneejerk – Sues Blogger
ePerks Are Suing Vlad
I found out on Saturday from Vlad that he is being sued by ePerks. My previous post on ePerks and iHype was just the tip of the iceburg of the information that is being collected, both prior to the legal action, and plans for the future. Here are the documents served on Vlad.