Comments on: Calacanis Meets PayPerPost

By: The Ruff Draft » Marisa’s Dandelion Patch

The Ruff Draft » Marisa’s Dandelion Patch — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:32:39 +0000

[...] Marisa’s blog has a couple categories that jump right out at me. The addiction section, of course the blogging section. In particular, this post about Calacanis.Â It’s clear that Marisa takes some serious time when thinking about her blogging content to make sure she has a solid post finished when she clicks “publish”. [...]

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:48:03 +0000

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that Calacanis is simply jealous that PPP wasn't his idea and that the idea he did have, i.e. buying top diggers, didn't work. Now he's mad at Ted for beating him to the punch. And then there's the issue of PPP doing so much better than his own weblogs inc.. It's all about jealousy.

By: DewKnight

DewKnight — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:40:16 +0000

I think the funniest part was when they were talking about Google Adsense. Ted said that the Ads by Google was at the bottom of the ad. Then Calacanis in post put an ad on the screen that he found with the Ads by Google at the top, with a big WRONG title. But he didn’t also point out that a lot of ads do have that part at the bottom. Especially the most commonly used 468×60 ads.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:51:52 +0000

Great post, Marisa. It has been duggeth.

I know what you mean about the magazine thing. It’s the same with everything. I scrapbook, and read pretty much all of the magazines about it out there. Each and every one does an *independent* article about the new and hot products. And each and every one of said products usually has an ad in said magazine.

Bothers me not in the least, and I never feel *deceived*, as The Donkinator says we should.

Another thing that was not brought up was the morning *news* shows. Ever watch the *Today* show or something like that, and see a fashion show, or a *cool gadgets* segment? Although they never disclose that they are being paid for featuring their products on the show, at least nowhere that I can see, it’s obvious to me that they are. Still, it doesn’t bother me.

I loved the podcast, and I think Ted did really well over some very tough questions. But still, Calacanis needs to just shut his pie-hole and leave us alone. He thinks he speaks for the blogosphere, but he does NOT speak for this blogger!

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:00:57 +0000

I’m telling you, he’s like a politician who believes laws are for everyone else except himself. That’s arrogance.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:58:04 +0000

I wish he’d comment on that aspect of magazines. But he won’t because it messes up his argument.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:15:38 +0000

Great article, love the example of the magazine…the analogy brings it home, so true that the editorial staff are always sent free products, hoping they’ll get a mention

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:50:32 +0000

Yeah, I read somewhere that you and Al Gore were separated at birth.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:48:44 +0000

He thinks he’s our Protector. He’s saving us from ourselves.

Maybe he ought to run for political office.

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:39:58 +0000

I invented the internet, I was right next to Al Gore when he said Int..

I said …ernet

Good post by the way.