The accountancy firm, Deloitte have today announced that the UK online retail market will hit £25bn in 2010, a massive increase of £16bn in just 5 years (2005 UK online retail market £9bn).

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So news has broken out about the FTC planning to monitor blogs for paid reviews/links under new regulations (the PDF document can be seen here). The guidelines could be enforced as soon as this summer and would mean that bloggers and affiliates would have to disclose whether or not they are being compensated for any review/link they make for a product or service, be it in payment or free goods. The guidelines could even make advertisers liable for any misleading reviews or claims. (more…)