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<h2 id="fake-parody-blogs">Fake parody blogs</h2> <p>One genre of fake blogs is the <a href="/facts/Parody/xDs59sgV">parody</a> blog; written ostensibly by a <a href="/facts/Celebrity/SALdkGV6">celebrity</a> or other noteworthy individual. Unlike other flogs, parody blogs are not necessarily marketing tools. Parody blogs are often written to entertain, confuse, enlighten or to express a point of view through satire and humor. Noteworthy parody blogs include <a href="/facts/Fake_Steve_Jobs/L0bpuw62">Fake Steve Jobs</a>, <a href="http://mockmark.blogspot.com/">Mock Mark Cuban</a> and the network <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071209111917/http://www.newsgroper.com/">News Groper</a>. There are also a very popular regional flogs like the one of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081226033936/http://www.desiprimeminister.com/">Indian Prime Minister</a> and the a famous stock market speculator called <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081218091933/http://www.rakeshjhunjhunwala.in/">Jhunjhunwala</a> </p> <h2 id="notable-flogs">Notable flogs</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071114124518/http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/mcdonald's/exclusive-mcdonalds-promotes-monopoly-game-with-flogs-211065.php">4Railroads & Mcdmillionwinner</a>, blogs promoting <a href="/facts/McDonald%27s_Monopoly/RlxGLpCg">McDonald's Monopoly</a>. Allegedly created by "Stanley Smith" and Marcia Schroeder (a real winner in 2004, but who had nothing to do with writing the blog). Both were pulled shortly after being exposed.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061202184437/http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/blogs/walmarting-across-america-banned-pix-revealed-206843.php">Wal-Marting Across America</a>, written by two Walmart "enthusiasts" who decided to journey across America in an RV and blog about the experience as they visited Walmarts along the way. While the two people actually did travel across America for the purpose of this blog, it was revealed to be paid for by Walmart.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061231030003/http://consumerist.com/consumer/blogs/sonys-psp-blog-flog-revealed-221384.php">All I want for Xmas is a PSP</a>, purported to be written by a group of kids who wanted to get a friend's parents to buy him a <a href="/facts/PlayStation_Portable/dj4sa6wo">PlayStation Portable</a>. Exposed due to the domain registration, as well as a post admitting the blog was fake shortly before the site and all of its contents were pulled down.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061231040434/http://www.forwalmart.com/">Working Families for Wal-Mart</a>, <a href="/facts/Working_Families_for_Wal-Mart/72C60Rbl">Working Families for Wal-Mart</a> for <a href="/facts/Wal-Mart/E6dPQV2m">Wal-Mart</a> by <a href="/facts/Edelman_(firm)/UyjMH5xC">Edelman</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061128192538/http://www.paidcritics.com/">Paid Critics</a> for <a href="/facts/Wal-Mart/E6dPQV2m">Wal-Mart</a> by <a href="/facts/Edelman_(firm)/UyjMH5xC">Edelman</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101215182941/http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/">Dr. John H. Watson</a> for <a href="/facts/Sherlock_(TV_series)/Hd0cr4cP">Sherlock</a> BBC TV series.</li></ul> <ul> <li>Internet portal</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Dariusz Jemielniak; Aleksandra Przegalinska (18 February 2020). Collaborative Society. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-35645-9. <a href="978-0-262-35645-9" target="_blank">978-0-262-35645-9</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Yang, Sung-Un; Lim, Joon Soo (29 May 2009). "The Effects of Blog-Mediated Public Relations (BMPR) on Relational Trust". Journal of Public Relations Research. 21 (3): 341–359. doi:10.1080/10627260802640773. ISSN 1062-726X. S2CID 144483794. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10627260802640773" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/10627260802640773</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Maurya, Mohit (June 2011). "Evolution of Blogs as a Credible Marketing Communication Tool". Journal of Case Research. 2 (1): 71–90. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228443680" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228443680</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Chartered Institute of Public Relations (2009) CIPR Social Media Guidelines (updated January 2009), p.4 - available at http://www.cipr.co.uk/sites/default/files/Social%20Media%20Guidelines.pdf - accessed 9 August 2010. <a href="http://www.cipr.co.uk/sites/default/files/Social%20Media%20Guidelines.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cipr.co.uk/sites/default/files/Social%20Media%20Guidelines.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Southwest Airlines Blog". 30 December 2006. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061230084421/http://www.blogsouthwest.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20061230084421/http://www.blogsouthwest.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Blog | The Southwest Airlines Community". community.southwest.com. Retrieved 30 April 2024. <a href="https://community.southwest.com/t5/Blog/bg-p/stories" target="_blank">https://community.southwest.com/t5/Blog/bg-p/stories</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Gogoi, Pallavi (9 October 2006). "Wal-Mart's Jim and Laura: The Real Story". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 17 November 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2008. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061117134640/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/oct2006/db20061009_579137.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20061117134640/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/oct2006/db20061009_579137.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Janet Giltrow; Dieter Stein (28 October 2009). Genres in the Internet: Issues in the theory of genre. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 49. ISBN 978-90-272-8938-4. <a href="978-90-272-8938-4" target="_blank">978-90-272-8938-4</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Maurya, Mohit (June 2011). "Evolution of Blogs as a Credible Marketing Communication Tool". Journal of Case Research. 2 (1): 71–90. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228443680" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228443680</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Edelman screws up with duplicitous Wal-Mart blog, but it's okay?" from The Business Blog at Intuitive.com <a href="http://www.intuitive.com/blog/edelman_screws_up_with_duplicitious_walmart_blog.html" target="_blank">http://www.intuitive.com/blog/edelman_screws_up_with_duplicitious_walmart_blog.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>