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Mathew's comments: The great blog payola debate continues

  • michael arrington · 3 years ago
    Mathew - I didn't mean to come across as arrogant. When writing something negative about a sponsor it's hard to pick the right words and I may not have done a good job in this case. I agree with most of what you write, but I don't see the issue with TLA's main product at all. Maybe that's a discussion for another time...
  • Mathew Ingram · 3 years ago
    Thanks for the comment, Mike. I guess things sometimes come out sounding a bit different when you write them, because of the clout that TechCrunch has.

    As for Text Link Ads, I just have a personal thing about them -- I hate the way that they try to mimic hyperlinks and fool people into clicking them.

    And I share your feelings about the whole payola thing -- I'm just not sure that there's a whole lot we can do about it, other than point it out when we see it and hope people eventually learn how to spot it.