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http://interactivepr.blogspot.com [Interactive PR] OJR's Mark Glaser has put together a great article on the 'dark side' of Search Engine Optimisation, specifically operators such as Quixtar. It includes some very useful distillation of why interactive promotion is so important, such as the following quotes:

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

http://interactivepr.blogspot.com [Interactivepr.blogspot.com] Interactive PR: "The blogger is not required to say anywhere in the post that the views presented have been paid for by the advertiser. Even though it’s common practice for advertisers to write copy that has the look and feel of a news story or a consumer endorsement, according to the FTC they are required to include that the information in the article or review is in fact a paid advertisement.

[Groups.blogdigger.com] Headlines from PR weblogs Group Page - Blogdigger Groups: Reported by Media Daily News: sadly, it's lacking in links (although you can work out cryingwhileeating.com and blogebrity.com), but does have some very good quotes: "[Sponsor Eyebeam's Jonah] Perretti said that the early dominance of the unusual CryingWhileEating.c... [ more - ]

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