blogola
n.— «An emailer writes that there should be a spiffy little word for blogger payola, like “blogola.” Maybe we could also do with a word for blog product placement, like maybe “product blogment.”» —“Blogola” by Ann Althouse Althouse (Madison, Wisc.) Jan. 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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