adsense appeared on my wordpress.com blog

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  hauyu · Member · May 21, 2008 at 2:19 pm

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  I have not signed up to adsense and wordpress.com doesn’t allow adsense.
  So I was quite surprised to find adsense ads displayed on my blog. I could only see them on one post while using an Opera browser.

  Can anyone explain what happened?

  This is my blog: http://mandarinscholarship.com

  This is one of the Adsense urls: http://services.google.com/feedback/abg?url=http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/04/28/moe-mandarin-enrichment-scholarship/&hl=en&client=ca-pub-3443918307802676&adU=http://www.abc-chinese.com&adT=Chinese+Language&adU=www.artofproblemsolving.com&adT=Scholarship+Guide&adU=www.micanada.org&adT=MBA+Canadian+Scholarship&done=1

  And another:
  http://services.google.com/feedback/abg?url=http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/04/28/moe-mandarin-enrichment-scholarship/&hl=en&client=ca-pub-3443918307802676&adU=www.kaust.edu.sa&adT=scholarship&adU=australia-edu.blogspot.com&adT=Scholarship+in+Australia&done=1

  I also have screen dumps if anyone wants to take a look.

  Thanks

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  singularcontiguity · Member · May 21, 2008 at 2:35 pm

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  WordPress doesn’t allow us to run Adsense because they’re already running it. It’s (at least part of) how they fund the free service we get.

  There’s some recent discussion in this thread.

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  membracid · Member · May 21, 2008 at 2:41 pm

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  And it looks unlikely that they will allow the “pay to opt out” option:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=27661&replies=13

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  hauyu · Member · May 21, 2008 at 2:58 pm

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  singularcontiguity & membracid,

  Thanks for you prompt replies. I had read about the Adsense policy up to the point where it said WP.com is for non-commercial blogs so no Adsense. I see now there’s a little more to it.

  Thanks again :)

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  hauyu · Member · May 21, 2008 at 3:08 pm

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  Actually, I’m pretty miffed! Do you know of any good hosting services?

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  singularcontiguity · Member · May 21, 2008 at 3:21 pm

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  I don’t happen to know of any. Of course, my criteria for “good” may differ from yours. :-)

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  terryandtouey · Member · May 21, 2008 at 9:23 pm

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  I’ve just realized this too. Somebody recommended Blogspot to me as an ads-free host but I have not looked into it yet.

  There are other threads on the same topic. You might want to check those too. :-)

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  raincoaster · Member · May 21, 2008 at 11:10 pm

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  I believe WordPress.org keeps a list of recommended WP hosts, so check over there.

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  terryandtouey · Member · May 22, 2008 at 2:47 pm

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  Thanks, raincoaster! Still mulling over what I want to do (cue Clash) — should I stay or should I go.

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  linaharper · Member · May 22, 2008 at 10:32 pm

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  DEAR WORDPRESS

  YOU ASKED FOR FEEDBACK. IS THIS FORMAT OK? I WANT ADSENSE OF CHIKIT OR TEXTADS OR WHATEVER. i WANT TO MAKE MONEY WITH MY BLOG. IF YOU CAN’T LET ME PERSUE THA DOLLAS, I SHAL PERSUE MY WAY OUT OF HERE AND BACL TO BLOGGER.

  i’m not angry, just really really wamt to emphasize i want adsense. love you guys though, would hate to have to leave…
  byebye!

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  linaharper · Member · May 22, 2008 at 10:34 pm

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  and by the way i love everyone on this forum too.
  http://linamariepony.wordpress.com

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  jamesewelch · Member · May 22, 2008 at 10:46 pm

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  @workinginthefield, You need to click the Support link at the bottom of the page to send your feedback to WP.com staff. They visit the forums every now and then, but this isn’t the official way to communicate with the staff.

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  fracas · Member · May 23, 2008 at 4:20 am

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  I’ve got to say, that I’ve never seen an actual example of an adsense ad on a WP blog. I’ve never seen one on my own blog either. Am I just fortunate, or how would I go about seeing what everyone is always so upset about?

  (I feel kinda lame asking that.)

  I’ve clicked on all kinds of google results for my blog, and never seen an ad on it. If someone else has, I’d sure like to know.

  ;-)

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  raincoaster · Member · May 23, 2008 at 7:00 am

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  Try this: sign out, do the cookie dance and a full restart, then, before going anywhere else, google “Fracas” and click on the result. Better yet; try it from a computer that’s never been to your site, when you’re not signed in. It can be a bit of an eye opener.

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  aboutaloevera · Member · Jun 25, 2008 at 11:28 am

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  How will WP let their bloggers know that the possibility to upgrade for a benign sum has become live (if ever it will). I got an unwanted advert in my post (see http://www.aloeride.co.uk/images/FLPinmyWordPress.jpg) and by the looks of it, I am not the only one who prefer to pay a small sum to keep their blogs ‘unpolluted’.

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  interissueforum · Member · Jun 25, 2008 at 8:51 pm

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  Raincoaster- Are you trying to say that there may be Adsense on our blogs and its not visible to us?

  If so, I would really like to know- I really don’t want Adsense on my site. I think it looks tacky.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 25, 2008 at 9:00 pm

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  Yes, that is what I am saying. And yes, it looks very tacky.

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  poemle · Member · Jun 28, 2008 at 1:45 am

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  OMFG. I checked the Google search. Do the ads only appear on popular blogs? I feel like I’ve been duped… all this work I’ve done may turn out to be for nothing.

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  poemle · Member · Jun 28, 2008 at 2:30 am

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  Now that I’ve had a few minutes to simmer down and stop swearing like Cartman…

  I’m interested in the paid upgrade *if* the upgrade eliminates the ads. And if I can get past the white space issue and other glitches.

  If there is no escape from ads, I have enough know-how to stay afloat with the WordPress.org software, once I could get it on a host. Right now my ISP is Comcast, and I don’t know if they have PHP, etc. (This option is way off topic, I know this is the .com forum, just thinking out loud.)

  I’m changing my status from WordImpressed to WordDepressed. I hope a cheap and sensible option for avoiding ads is made available soon. If not, ads are the #1 Deal Killer for me. I spend enough time obsessing over my layout, without having Google &#@<ing it up behind my back.

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  membracid · Member · Jun 28, 2008 at 3:06 am

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  Yes, it is depressing. But if you consider the number of ads served over all the WP blogs…there really isn’t a price that we could offer them to stop.

  I wish it were so, but so far, nope. You can’t opt out.