Both Sony and Walmart have engaged in viral stealth marketing, by creating fake blogs promoting positive experiences people have had with their products (Freeman and Chapman, 2007). Once the true source of the promotional messages was exposed, the tactic was met with outrage by the consumers, who felt deceived by the companies (Gupta, 2006 and Krotoski, 2006). Results of a survey, conducted in 2005 by the market research firm Intelliseek, showed that from a survey of 800 consumers, 29% of 20–34-year olds and 41% of 35–49-year olds indicated that they would be unlikely to trust a recommendation from a friend again if it was later discovered that the individual had been remunerated for the recommendation (Shin, 2007).