Of course I make money from that post, just like I make money when anyone signs up for a card anywhere on the site. That’s why I have multiple disclosures everywhere. I also post my income every month, which is more than most bloggers do.

And no, I don’t think I need to write an entire section in that post on the 5/24 rule. It’s not a post about Chase cards – its a post about the various ways you can pay your mortgage with a credit card. If I included every “what if” and disclosure under the sun about every card in that post, it would be 10,000 words long.

Holly, you are saying you don’t get paid from the post? Right in your blog post there are several affiliate links. The huge section right in the middle of the post entitled “Card Offers for March 2016” has not one but five links to various credit card sign ups. Furthermore, there is no mention of the 5/24 rule for the CSP card. You had said you update the post with new content. Well, I guess you only selectively choose what to update your post with. TBB was not wrong to say that you are misleading your readers and that you are putting yourself first before them.

Misleading people to do what? Sign up for a free Bluebird account?
They are still working for some people – ours are still working. I know a lot of people are upset about getting shut down, and I totally understand, but not everyone has been shut down yet. And I don’t get paid when people sign up for Bluebird – I just don’t.

>>>>>There are lots of people who haven’t had their accounts shut down yet, and we are just waiting and watching

>>>>>as soon as it is 100% dead, we will update it to reflect that and maybe just take that whole part out

>>>>>>I hope you are happier in real life than you appear to be on the net

>>>>>> If your goal is truly convincing people to stop doing things you find immoral

WTF…just wow!

>>>>>>You come off as angry, spiteful, and downright jealous at times.

Lol. Only when crap content is unleased for SEO purposes from “experts”. Stop misleading people, sheesh!

Yes. There is an ongoing conversation in the comments on that post. There are lots of people who haven’t had their accounts shut down yet, and we are just waiting and watching. Our two Bluebird accounts haven’t been shut down yet, and are still functioning as of today. I have noted that clearly in the post and in the comments. But yeah, as soon as it is 100% dead, we will update it to reflect that and maybe just take that whole part out.

I am over here “shaking my head,” too. I hope you are happier in real life than you appear to be on the net. If your goal is truly convincing people to stop doing things you find immoral, I think you would get a lot more done by taking a positive approach. You come off as angry, spiteful, and downright jealous at times. Nothing personal, but you seriously need to lighten up – maybe take a really nice, long vacation! =)

Yeah…it would help if the content was updated as well and you did not put YOUR SEO hits FIRST! Bluebird and Serve accounts have been getting shut down left and right, leaving that in the post shows how clueless you are in this stuff and it harms people by misleading them.
No problem with SEO when the content is actually good and HELPS people FIRST.
I swear all FTG writers learn the FTG way….put yourselves FIRST before the welfare of the readers.
I repeat. BB/Serve stuff is pretty much dead. If not, it will soon be…I am sure you were aware of that right? Shaking my head…

It’s actually not lazy at all – it’s called SEO. Lazy would be…not writing a post at all?

When a post gets excellent organic traffic from search engines, it’s important to keep it updated and improve it all the time. If you google “how to pay your mortgage with a credit card,” that post should be in the top three on any browser. Updating that post frequently and getting back links to it is what helps it continue ranking as well as it does.

Had to come see what you were whining about over here since I had some referral clicks!

It was written in 2014 but we update it with new information and change the date each time we do.

Reading this I thought to myself…this gotta be dated in 2014 or 2015. Nope, February 29, 2016. Expert…writing for the Frugal Travel Guy. Shaking my head. Just sad…