PayPerPost.com Pays Money to Blog

First, I'd like to be clear that I haven't signed up for PayPerPost. If I had, I would probably be paid $10 for this post though. PayPerPost.com opened last week and is a new service that pays bloggers for writing about specific products. There is a list of advertisers and the amount that they are willing to pay for you to write a post about their product. Your post doesn't even have to promote the product - it just has to be about it. Many bloggers are writing that they think that is ridiculous, since advertisers could just receive a negative reputation. However, it seems quite clear that the advertisers aren't hoping that their money is spent to get a good word out about their product through blogs, but rather to increase their ranking in search engines by having their product discussed on thousands of websites.

Why haven't I signed up for PayPerPost.com?
At first, it seems like a really good deal. There is an article about it in BusinessWeek this week, they are paying $5-$10 per post, and you can write whatever you want. However, almost all blogs are currently only saying negative things about it. The main reason that I did not want to rush to sign up for this service is because they ask for your social security number when signing up. I e-mailed PayPerPost.com to determine if I should trust them or not and this is the reply they gave me:

A very valid and observant question!

Please refer to our parent site, www.MindComet.com.

MindComet is an 'interactive' agency, that is, they
specialize in online advertizing and marketing. PayPerPost
is the brainchild of MindComet's CEO, Ted Murphy and an
article from the launch of PayPerPost can be found in
Business Week. PayPerPost is basically a tool that
bridges the gap between advertisers and the general public
in the cyber community.

Here is the link to that article, if you would like to
read it:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992034.htm

If you would like to read more, go ahead and type in
'PayPerPost' into Google. You will find many positive
(and negative) articles, feedback, and reviews of the
project.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to
reply!

Also, if you have any other questions, you may visit
www.PayPerPost.com and chat with the Live support.


Thank you!

That didn't really answer my question about why I should be comfortable giving them my SSN and address. When searching on Google, there is nothing to indicate that they are a trustworthy site and that any bloggers have gotten paid yet.

For now, I'm not going to recommend PayPerPost.com, but I will be watching its progress.

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