It would be easy for me to be righteous on the topic of product placement in blogs, I have a pretty well paying day job, and I don't need the money. I do this for fun, and not for profit.

But then again if someone offered me big money for the site, like eight figures, as happened to a friend a few years back, I'd be posting whatever I was told to post. So the fact that local bloggers are accepting money for humping products is no big deal to me. Sure there should be disclosure, but really, it's a personal decision, and let the reader beware.

Like Jay, though, the thing that gets me is the pittance they sold their editorial voice for. Five bucks? Come on.