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Beginning December
1, 2009, the FTC requires webmasters to provide disclosures whenever
there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to
recommendations.
Per the FTC rules,
if I interview someone and they grab the bill for lunch, I would need
to specify this. Ditto if I use an Amazon link that gets me 8 cents
instead of an Amazon link that gets me 0 cents. If someone gives me a
comfy t-shirt with a logo and I wear it in a photo, same deal.
Disclaimers all over the place.
This would be
tedious for me and a continual eye sore for readers. But rules is
rules.
To cover ourselves
and preserve your reading experience, please assume that, for every
recommendation, link, and product mentioned, the following all hold
true:
Images courtesy of Tim
Ferris
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