Does Your Blog Have Honor? Display A Blog Honor Badge!

What Is Blog Honor?

By placing one of the badges above on your blog, you are pledging the following to your blog reader.

The Blog Honor Pledge
Dear Blog Reader,

Thank you for reading my blog. You're here because you've clicked on the "Blog Honor" badge on my blog.

What does Blog Honor mean? It means I have chosen to pledge to you the following:

  1. I will endeavor to continue to bring you the highest quality content that I am capable of


  2. I promise to attempt to disclose or clearly mark any content or advertisements or other monetization attempts that help me keep my blog operating


  3. I pledge to never write "fake" blog content solely for the purpose of trying to generate revenue without complete and clear disclosure. With exception, my blog may exist for business purposes, therefore I use it to talk about products & services that relate to my business, thus assisting me in generating leads & sales for me indirectly

In return, I hope that you will continue to read my blog with the knowledge that I produce my blog out of a passion for the topic I write about, and not because I'm hoping to fool you into making money for myself.

Please note, I have nothing against generating revenue from my blog, in fact, your ongoing support of my sponsors and advertisers (text links, partner ads, etc...) helps me keep my blog operating so that I may endure to create better content for you.

I do appreciate your support. Continued thanks for your readership.

Choose Your Blog Honor Badge

To get your own Blog Honor badge, simply decide which color you want and copy/paste the associated code to your blog!

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: What's the point of this?

Blog Honor badges are designed for bloggers who understand and agree to the following, in principle:

  • Blog readers want authenticity and transparency at all times, especially when it comes to advertisements
  • My blog integrity comes from my ability to provide high-quality content without attempting to deceive my blog audience
  • Writing content specifically to receive money without disclosure severely damages my blog brand and the entire blogging community with it
Question: Why Make These Badges Now?

Because right now we are at a critical juncture in the blogging community, where we (bloggers) can either find ways to band together to keep our integrity intact, or continue to let blogging get a bad name. How so?

  • "Paid to write fake content" companies are popping up left and right. These firms encourage bloggers to write content (without requiring disclosure) specfically for making money. Without full, or at least some, disclosure there is an opportunity for scammers and black hat individuals to pollute the blogosphere with fake, poorly written content that gives all blogs a bad name
  • Furthermore, these firms help encourage new bloggers about the wrong reasons to start a blog therefore helping to create a new generation of blog writers who will proliferate over time with these poor values
  • As these types of firms grow and perpetuate, more and more brand integrity will be lost for bloggers' as a whole. Media will begin to further discredit blogs as valueable and authentic sources of information, and the general population will begin to believe to think of blogs in the same manner
Question: Are You Against Making Money On Blogs?

Absolutely not, if you read the pledge above you will see clearly that we believe that bloggers should absolutely endeavor to make income from their blogging efforts.

Question: Why Display The Blog Honor Badge On My Blog?

By displaying the badge on your blog you are telling your blog reader that you value their readership. Your pledge will give them a stronger sense of commitment to your blog, which should lead to a longer relationship and sense of trust, all of the things that you should endeavor to create with your readers already.

Question: Does It Cost Anything To Display A Badge?

Absolutely not. Just don't display a badge if you don't agree to the pledge, it's that simple.

Question: What If A Blog Displays A Banner But Doesn't Follow The Pledge In Practice?

If you believe you've found a blog that isn't practicing what they preach, then send it to us with your comments at info at blogkits dot com. We'll investigate it when we can and if we believe the blog is not representing our core values, we'll ask them to remove it. Beyond that, what can we do? We're not the blog police.

Question: Who Made This?

Blog Honor Badges were conceived by Jim Kukral, publisher of ReveNews.com and founder of the BlogKits Affiliate Marketing Blogging Network. Badge Artwork conception and creation by Whitecapstudios, specialists in blog design.