affiliate ads on your blog?

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  pembs · Member · Aug 27, 2008 at 3:57 pm

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  Hi there,

  I’ve been reading about ads on your blog, are you allowed to put affiliate ads on your site it has nothing to do with get rich quick ads just general advertising ??

  Thanks

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  bubel · Staff · Aug 27, 2008 at 4:00 pm

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  Affiliate links are not permitted here.

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  pembs · Member · Aug 27, 2008 at 4:01 pm

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  Thanks for that

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  andrew · Member · Aug 27, 2008 at 7:13 pm

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  @bubel, that seems to contradict the FAQ where it excludes “examples like people writing original book or movie reviews and linking them to Amazon” from the realm of the banned. See:
  http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  An FAQ entry specifically on affiliate programs might help.
  Andrew
  ps yes I do use affiliate links (Amazon, Threadless,…) on my wp.com blog.

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  bubel · Staff · Aug 27, 2008 at 7:19 pm

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  @andrew
  Yes, Amazon, Etsy and the like are okay (but “general advertising” sounds a bit different to me). We like to look at this on a case-by-case basis; but if a blog is built with all posts randomized around a different product with accompanying links to Amazon stores, this is where it goes wrong (and I see a lot of blogs that do this, often hiding behind that particular page that you noted – which, of course, does not work). Using these types of links in a responsible and respectable manner is perfectly okay.

  An FAQ article may be a good idea, so long as it allows us to judge accordingly in gray areas. I will see what I can do.