As a blogger you often get emails asking you to looking at a new online service, review a product or write about the content that someone else has created, in fact I get more emails of this type now than I could ever reply to.
However, today I received an email asking me to promote a new “Best Gadget Blog List” that this site had compiled, nothing particularly new in this as people often do this kind of thing when they include you in a list, however this time when I headed over to the list in question I soon noticed that my gadget blog; Zath wasn’t actually included.
Now I’m not normally bothered if a site of mine isn’t included in any particular list, obviously it’s their opinion and their editorial decision, however I do find it rather cheeky that having felt we’re not good enough to be included in their “Best Gadget Blog List” post, we’re then still more than good enough to promote the said list on our gadget and gizmos blog?!?!?
I liken this to some kind of American high school movie, the cool kids are having a party, you’re not actually invited yourself, but they do want you to go around promoting it and handing out the invites for them!
Have I got a valid point here about blogging etiquette here, or am I completely missing the point here? Or did I just get out of the wrong side of bed today! ;)
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Some people really should think before they speak…. or send emails. A PR person pi$$ing people off is like a police office stealing, its just wrong! It nearly annoys me as much as websites that use your content or ideas then don’t link back to you.
Grrrr… RANT!