Alternatively known as a paid post or a promoted post, a sponsored post is a post that is paid for by an advertiser. The sponsored post is usually written by the author of the site. However, it can also be written by the sponsor, and under FTC rules must have a disclaimer similar to the example below.

This post was sponsored by

The purpose of a sponsored post is to draw visitors of a popular site to the website of a sponsor.

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Computer Hope does not participate in any form of sponsored posting on its site.

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