skiguide - 4:15 pm on Dec 5, 2001 (gmt 0)

rogerd, i see what you are saying. It is highly dependent on the category I suppose, and the way a particular guide handles their site. Either way, Guides are still in control of products chosen - so personally, I feel I'm choosing what my users are interested in - I think a lot of guides feel the same. Recommending certain products doesn't mean I'm necessarily sacrificing informative content - I'm just supplementing it.

>>It seems like all of these things take away from editorial impartiality, which I thought was the original concept of miningco/about

Maybe, maybe not - i don't disagree with you, but in today's economy, dotcoms have to be flexible and sometimes shift focus to be able to stay alive.

Obviously, About needs revenue to do that and continue to pay guides to run quality sites - in a declining ad market, e-com initatives are helping to sustain revenue.
it's that simple.