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Marketing On a .EDU Domain

Posted by kdawson on from the even-marketers-think-it's-sleazy dept.

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.

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  1. Re:All the education you need! by edlinfan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As far as I see it, advertising on an EDU is perfectly ethical if it is used to subsidize bandwidth (and NOT line the pockets of a greedy bureaucrat).

    Not only do our tax dollars go to school so that they can have .edu domain names, but they are being exploited.

    And when the schools introduce a method of reducing their need for your hard-earned money, you complain?

  2. Hypocrisy, slashdot.org is thy name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Y'all got some big brass ones to post an article like this... aren't .org domains supposed to be for non-profit organizations, et al?

    Anyone else notice that slashdot.com redirects to slashdot.org, and not the other way around, as it should?

    Hey, I've got no problem with Slashdot being a for-profit venture: I'm rooting for you, honest I am. But, for the sake of all that's nerdy, how about a little less hypocrisy and a little more honesty in advertising?

    Yes, I know: "I must be new here".

    Let the modbombing begin!

  3. Re:All the education you need! by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't see what the problem is. If it's okay to advertise mcdonald's on a child's report card, stuff his school full of taco bell, pizza hut, subway as well as pepsi and coke machines and pump "educational" television feeds with customized advertising to them in the class room, then what's wrong with a banner ad or something on a *.edu?

    It's 2008. I think the idea that educational institutions are anything but commercial meat-grinders has expired.

  4. Scam by mbulge · · Score: 4, Insightful

    More proof that not even the editors read the links. The "about" page of the .edu in question links to a Rickroll video, and the application for registration immediately asks for credit card info using poorly written English. I suspect people will be more likely to fall for this because of the edu domain, which is a shame.

  5. Re:All the education you need! by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's 2008. I think the idea that educational institutions are anything but commercial meat-grinders has expired.

    No, the idea is very much alive. The existence of these various outrages doesn't mean the idea is dead; it means we should fight against the new outrages that pop up.

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