A few weeks ago I blogged about the new hype machine, SocialSpark.
It’s a site where you can get paid to talk about things. Generally about companies and their websites. Sound familiar? Yes, it’s by the same company as Pay Per Post as a matter of fact but it has a different business model about it. Firstly, the links all MUST be No Follow. So noone will get smashed by Google (as this one got smashed) for putting up paid links like naughty boys.
Not only that, but each post has disclosure of the sponsor. Look at the bottom of this one if you want an example of it.
And also, you get real opinions. Although I’m not sure of what that means. I think SocialSpark has been an exciting start but is still a ways off where it could be. Firstly, the site looks nice but the functionality is not quite up to the standard of PayPerPost.com. Yet. Also, not many advertisers have jumped on board. Yet. So I don’t log in all that much I’m afraid.
However, the opportunities that ARE there are generally much more interesting and fun in appearance than PPP. And not only that, the required disclosure means you don’t have to feel guilty about posting as happens occasionally with PPP when you aren’t allowed to disclose on a specific post.
It’s still very, very much a work in progress but according to SocialSpark, it is well ahead of PPP at its equivalent stage of development which is great to hear. I will start logging in a bit more in the future.
Although.. I have a dilemma. I have a few different blogs registered, and also my friends do as well, and all of us have had Page Rank stripped for carrying the PPP Real Rank widget. I hope that doesn’t happen with the Social Spark widget!
It doesn’t matter with this blog because it’s already PR0! 
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