The UK Chartered Institute of Public Relations' social media guidelines cite the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and state that both astroturfing and fake blogs are not permitted.
While two people actually did travel across the United States in an RV, the publicity stunt was revealed to be paid for by Wal-Mart, a client of Edelman.
Parody blogs are often written to entertain, confuse, enlighten or to express a point of view through satire and humor.
Noteworthy parody blogs include Fake Steve Jobs, Mock Mark Cuban and the network News Groper.
There are also a very popular regional flogs like the one of the Indian Prime Minister and the a famous stock market speculator called Jhunjhunwala