PayPerPost, which pays bloggers to write, gets $7M more
PayPerPost, the site that pays bloggers to write content about advertisers, and then gets paid by those advertisers, has raised $7 million more in financing.
This is a controversial site (see our earlier coverage. Bloggers writing rave reviews about products can sway readers into thinking that a product is actually good, but in reality it may be terrible.
In response, PayPerPost later implemented a policy forcing bloggers to disclose whether or not they’ve received money for their… Continue Reading
Roundup: Jobs misled, VoIP on Blackberry, Zude, Twitter grows, more
Apple’s Steve Jobs dealt setback — Former Apple finance chief Fred Anderson now says Apple chief executive Steve Jobs misled him about stock option accounting. Story here, and statement by Anderson here. Question: Will this bring down Jobs?
Ram Shriram weighs in on FCC vote on wireless rule changes — See the Google investor’s VentureBeat column, where he advocates the FCC should take the first step toward opening wireless standards and access when it meets later today (Wed)…. Continue Reading
Roundup: Cisco sues, Avvenu, Weatherbill, Techdirt, Blue Origin & more
Here’s the latest wrap-up of Silicon Valley tech news:
Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name — Who cares? If Apple loses, it will come up with a different name. Like, ApplePhone, or iPodPhone. Details of suit.
Yahoo signs deal with Akimbo to deliver video to televisions — Just the latest move in a huge number of deals pushing video to your TV. More details here.
Avvenu shares music via link in email — Avvenu, a Palo Alto start-up has been around… Continue Reading
PayPerPost acquires access to 28,000 bloggers of Performancing.com
PayPerPost, the controversial start-up that lets advertisers pay bloggers for writing positive pieces about them, has acquired assets of Performancing.com — giving it access to about 28,000 bloggers.
The bloggers are mostly individuals with small blogs who may feel vulnerable enough to consider PayPerPost’s enticing, yet ethically-challenged offer.
VentureBeat wrote about the Florida-based PayPerPost here. It is backed by Silicon Valley venture firm, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, among others.
Here is the announcement. The assets include Performancing Metrics,… Continue Reading
West Coast vs. East Coast — West is drubbing East, in modesty too
Here’s another story (Mercury News) about the differences between the venture and start-up communities on the East and West coasts.
Separately, note that the most ridiculous examples of self-absorbtion do not necessarily hail from Silicon Valley, as some might assume.
The start-up that filmed itself during the boom era of 2000, Govworks.com (the company of Kaleil Tuzman’s, pictured top, which became the documentary Startup.com) was based in New York City. And this year’s self-absorbed company,… Continue Reading
PayPerPost tests your ethics, & Edelman’s fake blog for Wal-Mart
PayPerPost is a Florida start-up that lets bloggers get paid for writing about products and other companies.
It has just got $3 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture firm Draper Fisher Jurveston and others.
People have said this is a controversial company, because regular readers can get duped if bloggers don’t disclose they are getting paid.
Others have said that the real intent of the service is to help the advertisers paying for the blog posts… Continue Reading