Would you write that post if you had nothing to sell?

What are you thoughts when it's obvious that a blog post here on RecruitingBlogs.com was spun/created by a vendor just so they could hyperlink some key words back to their website or the product they are selling?

Comment by pam claughton on April 13, 2011 at 11:15am: That it's obvious and lame.

Comment by Suresh on April 13, 2011 at 11:26am: It hurts their brand more than they think...

Comment by Tim Keene on April 13, 2011 at 11:30am: I think posts like that should be removed. The occasional link to your own site is fine, but the idea behind a blog is to share useful information with people. Its not a place to promote your own products. Unless someone specifically asks for information about your services, try to keep to sharing info others can use to help them better themselves or their careers. People who do nothing but promote themselves/their companies haven't been doing their homework about social media!

Comment by Emily Stevenson on April 13, 2011 at 11:36am: I think people pick up pretty quickly when someone starts to do it and generally, we aren't shy at making our feelings known on this site! So hopefully, this will stay as a minority..

Comment by Jerry Albright on April 13, 2011 at 11:51am: I kind of like it. It's the only time I get to post this........

Comment by Tim Keene on April 13, 2011 at 11:57am: I'm going to have to start using that graphic, Jerry!

Comment by Sandra McCartt on April 13, 2011 at 12:00pm: I always make a mental note of these dum dum infomercials to make sure that i never buy from them and tell everybody i come in contact with that they spam sites with their junk.

Comment by Paul Alfred on April 13, 2011 at 12:40pm: How do you feel about it Jason ... I see it done all the time ...

Comment by Paul Alfred on April 13, 2011 at 12:45pm: @ Tim ... It is possible to write useful blogs that help folks and still re-direct traffic to your site - Great bloggers do that all the time ... They have done their homework on SM ... Just look at Andrew Sullivan from Daily Beast ...