Marketing On a .EDU Domain

wrttnwrd, an Internet marketer, opens a can of whup-ass on LinkAdage and the Pickering Institute, which have teamed up to rent blog space on a .edu domain for $50 a month. Technically legal maybe but undermining of the trust a .edu engenders.

Comments

Funny, zero comments on blogs.pi.edu..

[nobodyman]

Your comment is awaiting moderation.

Somehow I have a feeling that my comments won't see the light of day.

Re:Since when does .EDU infer trust?

[Dachannien]

Somehow, it seems strangely on-topic in this thread to be overly pedantic about the difference between "infer" and "imply".

So, to answer your question: never, but not for the reason you think.

Probably should have changed the default wp passwd

[jdigital]

Woops...

:)

Yes they are!

[EmbeddedJanitor]

They emailed me a diploma!

Re:Trust in .EDU domains

[binaryspiral]

That's what drives me nuts about this. We're a fairly sophisticated audience. The average web user sees a .edu and thinks "Oh, information!".

I see this every day, trust me. Funny, when I see a .edu tld, I see student loans... :(

At least attempt to look legit

[drumguru]

Wow, absolutely amazing. Not only do they ask for credit card info on a page that doesn't use an SSL cert but at the very top of the page they say "Please Complete This Form For Our Convenient." I noticed they don't offer an English major though ;)

Re:Probably should have changed the default wp pas

[jdigital]

the odd link is a rickroll now.

Re:About the site

[nacturation]

Think about it: "pi.edu" that's prime internet real-estate. I don't know... it all seems a bit irrational to me.