Comments on: The New FTC Guidelines, How Fair Is It?

By: Jp Manching - Beginners Blogging Guide

Jp Manching - Beginners Blogging Guide — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:17:15 +0000

I have been hearing this for quite a while from various blogs that I follow. What I think about this is that it’s scaring away affiliate marketers and review blogs.

But I am not so sure about what I think. This pulls down profit.

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:55:21 +0000

I forgot to state the other day that- NO I don’t think it is fair to the US at all.
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By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:37:49 +0000

That could be true Dick. You must admit that it’s created quite a stir and so it will affect the way a lot of people conduct themselves on the net, at least for awhile.

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:36:25 +0000

Sometimes you have to think of the bigger picture. In this case the only ones targeted are Americans and I didn’t think that was fair.

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:35:01 +0000

Actually I don’t think that it would work for a US citizen to shift to an overseas domain. It’s not where the domain is located, it’s whether or not you are American.

By: Dick

Dick — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:52:56 +0000

This FTC stuff is a smokescreen, just to make us all think someone is doing something constructive about a problem that has existed as long as the Internet has been around. I suppose we all should be grateful that someone is making an effort to squash what you have described here but geez, talk about a an uphill battle!
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By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:46:08 +0000

Well, so much for the selflessness. Hahahahaha.
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By: Kettler

Kettler — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:30:49 +0000

I never really thought about the fairness of it all and how it only affects those of us in the U.S. until you pointed it out here

By: Matches Malone

Matches Malone — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:59:44 +0000

Here’s what I know. When ‘they’ tried to pass a law to restrict online gaming, the major sites found workarounds, as you describe above. I suspect as you state, sites will simply have to relocate to a non US domain, in order to blissfully continue their existence, transcending the new guidelines at the same time. Furthermore, I should also be able to write a post for the sites that are overseas, as they’d be restricting my ability to work otherwise.
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By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:03:23 +0000

That’s basically one of the loopholes around the FTC guidelines. However, they might have some means to know if a certain product is targeting US market but has outsourced the promotion outside their boarders. What isn’t sure really is how they would undertake the necessary action in those cases.
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