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British blogger Tom Coates was especially outraged and called it "a new low for marketers" after he wrote an emotional account of his relationship with his father, and then received comment spam from "Barry Scott" disguised as condolences. [http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2005/09/on_cillit_bang_and_a_new_low_for_marketers.shtml] Coates replied: "My view was that any right-thinking person would view trying to market your product on such a post as revolting, corrupt, cynical, disgusting, sick and dishonourable." According to some PR people, however, fake blogging is a good idea. [http://www.globalprblogweek.com/2005/09/19/taylor-fake-blogs/]
==Microsoft the Enforcer==
Microsoft shut down "a popular Chinese-language blog" by journalist Zhao Jing on December 30, on the grounds that it "has run edgy content potentially offensive to Chinese authorities." The blog "had criticized the government's firing of top editors at a progressive Beijing newspaper." Microsoft stated, "Most countries have laws and practices that require companies providing online services to make the internet safe for local users. ... In China, local laws and practices require consideration of unique elements." Mr. Zhao's earlier blog, hosted by the Scottish company Blog-City, was also blocked for writing about another newspaper. The Chinese government requires bloggers to register and prohibits online postings that are "against state security and public interest." Last year, Yahoo helped identify another Chinese journalist now serving a 10-year prison sentence for emailing a secret government order; [http://www.prwatch.org/node/3969] Cisco Systems has sold web filter programs to Chinese authorities.
==Guides and Books on Blogging==
*Lisa DiCarlo, "[http://www.forbes.com/home/personaltech/2005/10/10/yahoo-blogs-search-cx_ld_1011yahoo.html Can You Tell Blogs From 'Real' News?: Look out: The blogs are coming to Yahoo!]", ''Forbes'', October 15, 2005.
*David Cohn, "[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69335,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5 Will Pajamas Media Wake Up Blogs?]", ''Wired'', October 26, 2005. re [[Pajamas Media]]
*Kathy Chen and Geoffrey A. Fowler, "[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113646995897338592.html?mod=mm_hs_media Microsoft Defends Censoring a Dissident's Blog in China]", ''Wall Street Journal'', January 6, 2006.
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