Devoted to the Multi-level marketing (or MLM) industry

I read that one of the most important reasons why people join as a distributor is determined by who is giving the company presentation. I guess the same counts for websites.
People like to join up with people and not with companies. Even though it is a NM company, it is still a company.
Even though I understand in some way that a company would like to have control over weblogs about itself, I think it would be better if not. That way bogus NM companies could be more easily exposed as scams. And I thought that was what we were trying to establish ...

Tom,

While completely free and open sharing of information is always best (in my opinion), it will never happen because of the FTC.

For example, even if WonderJuice cures atheletes foot, I am not allowed to say it and the WonderCompany can be held accountable and fined by the FTC if I did say it.

So, many companies protect themselves by saying, "no web sites without company approval" and some do not allow associate produced web sites at all.

Attaching a blog to the replicated web site could be a coup for the company when search engines are considered, but it would also allow for control over the illegal claims that can show up on such a site.

I think that attaching a blog to replicated websites is a great idea. One of the problems with replicated websites is that most companies and software providers don't let any flexibility of there system. They all look the same, there are a few software providers that are pushing the envelope but for the most part there isn't anything. The biggest issue this is trying to solve is the SEO of a replicated website. But for legal reasons already stated you can't just let anyone post what they want. I think that there could be a good way to make this happen and still cover the legal problems it might raise. Some smart software provider or NM will could up with a way.

But is the network marketing business one of playing on computers or actually talking to prospects. My guess is that companies want to encourage the later as it moves products and increases commisions.

Network Marketing is all about talking to prospects. But SEO (search engine optimization) is about finding prospects. If your website can find prospects for you to talk to, all the better.