BusinessWeek Rolls Out Blogspotting.net

hackajar wrote in to mention a development on BusinessWeek. Their weeklong discussion about blogs and blogging in business has culminated in a new website: Blogspotting.net. From the site: "Before anyone asks, we didn't pick the name because we have an urge to speak in Scottish brogue or fall headlong into the seamy side of questionable drug usage. It seemed to fit what we intend to do with this blog--track the phenomenon of how media, business, and blogs meet head on." They appear to be using Movable Type.

Comments

The web is filling with geocities

[Anonymous Coward]

except the webpages look marginally better, the content is still the same except now its called a "blog" and not a "home website"

Happy Birthday Sarey

[FlaminX]

Happy Birthday Sarey. Woo. go Sarey.

What IS acceptable?

[Lord_Dweomer]

So I'm curious, blogs have been hitting the news all over the place now, and there has been a lot of attention focused on "astroturfing" (a fake grass roots movement where PR people pretend to be regular people promoting a product or service or putting down a competitor).

What do Slashdotters find acceptable in terms of blogs that accept payment for publishing content?

How much disclosure is required before you say "ok, they weren't trying to slip this one by me, I accept it, I'll still read"?

What should a company do if they've accepted money for a a paid blog entry, not disclosed it, and got caught?

Blogging is going to become a larger and larger part of the business world, and especially advertising and PR, whether we like it or not. I'm just curious on what Slashdotters thoughts on acceptable practices for this behavior are. And please don't say "don't do it" or other unconstructive things, I'm asking some honest "best practice" questions.