Q. One way of promoting your product or service on the internet is to post a press release or article online, with a link to your website. There are many places on the internet that allow one to post press releases or articles for free.

These websites make their money by posting ads next to your writing. Is one allowed to post material to these places even though the writer has no control over what type of Ad will appear next to their writing?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that it depends on who is the advertiser. If it is an institution or an individual who has a recognized public standing in the community, extra care should be taken as to not create a “chilul Hashem” (desecration of Hashems name), as opposed to an unidentified company, business or entity.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a