Comments on: When Linkbait Goes Mental

By: Danny Thornton

Danny Thornton — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:24:25 +0000

I think that if you have to create “fake” news to make it big, then you are in the wrong business.

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Bigfoot hoax shows web at its very worst | Online Marketing Banter — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:07:42 +0000

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By: Chris Goward

Chris Goward — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:02:20 +0000

@Jan
Funny. I don’t have personal experience, but I believe the story was that the kid rented them through an agency?

I ran into another related article this morning that may help Marketers that have lost their ethical basis for how to promote their products:
http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/goldsmith/2008/05/when_is_spinning_the_message_a.html?cm_mmc=npv-_-WEEKLY_HOTLIST-_-MAY_2008-_-HOTLIST0529

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:26:55 +0000

I’m still beating my head on the wall that I was so gullible as to not know you could use a credit card to buy a hooker now. Does that mean the local street cocaine dealer takes mastercard and visa as well?

By: Chris Goward

Chris Goward — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:04:19 +0000

@Doug
I agree that news publishers, including bloggers, need to verify our sources. I can’t comment on the fact-checking processes Fox and BBC have in place. A talented Con Man knows how to craft a fraudulent story that overcomes normal fact-checking filters, however.

We’ll always have Con Men, but the more important issue here to me is that there’s a brazen group of people discussing in public how to lie to millions for their own financial benefit. It’s being applauded and justified (and derided by some, thankfully).

By: Doug aka nullvariable

Doug aka nullvariable — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:46:05 +0000

This is why as a blogger or a publisher of any type its becoming more and more important to verify and research your stories so that you can avoid becoming a sucker to stories like this.

By: Reputation management isn’t just a personal issue | Online Marketing Banter

Sun, 18 May 2008 07:23:59 +0000

[...] few days. For those that missed out, Lyndon Antcliff went public with an outrageously successful linkbait case study, in which he generated half a million page views and media mentions from Fox News and The Sun [...]

By: nivash

nivash — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:16:04 +0000

Yes you’re right with this increasing social apps like opensocial from Google we need to be on the social line to get more benefits, its gonna take a lot of new market ventures in short time.