Confusion over badges, “affiliate links”, and non-profit ads
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We also do not divulge who is a VIP.
That seems clear enough to me, tt. The person you complained about obviously was, else you’d have been reassured they weren’t.
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Thanks DM, but none of my links are important enough to be an issue. I would rather have my Amazon Wishlist count than an affiliate link that maybe 4 people have clicked through.
Has anyone ever suggested that WordPress.com should develop their own Adsense-type program? They could create a widget with ads that they select and control and then share the revenue with the blog owner. It would specifically be tailored towards blogs that generate enough traffic to earn some advertising revenue, but not enough to justify the expense of a VIP account.
I wouldn’t personally be interested in this because I have no interest in commercializing my blog and I don’t generate significant traffic in the first place, but it’s just a thought.
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WordPress is currently running Adsense. The reason you’ve never seen it is that you’re generally logged in, and logged-in WP.com bloggers never see the ads. WordPress itself is running the ads as a test and may make them standard in the future.
One of the suggestions was that there be a revenue split between the blogger and WordPress.com for any revenue generated. Another suggestion was a cost-based opt-out program, to keep your blog ad-free. Note that if your blog is on WordPress you cannot guarantee that it is ad-free; you just do not know. Feedback would be the way to discuss that with the staff.
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I just checked my blog through Tor and there are no ads present as of yet.
I already pay to use my own domain and to edit my CSS. I have so far been very impressed by and supportive of WordPress.com but if I am forced to accept ads and other users who pay nothing for their blogs are not I will most likely be moving my blog elsewhere.
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I think the ads have been running more than long enough now not to qualify as a ‘test’ anymore. Unless they’re using ‘test’ in the same sense that the rest of web 2.0 uses ‘beta’ ;)
Basically, we can’t run ads on our blogs because wordpress.com is already running their ads on our blogs, and if we were to pack our own sidebars with ads, overdo the affiliate linkage or generally look spammy this would be in danger of violating the Adsense ToS.
Incidentally, Google states that ads should not be included on sites with ‘pornography, adult, or mature content’ or ‘excessive profanity’, so presumably blogs flagged ‘mature’ are ad-free.
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I’m going to monitor my blog for awhile. If commercial ads appear, then I’ll have a discussion with the staff through the feedback forums. Needless to say I won’t be happy about the situation since I already pay for some premium services. But it is pointless to get angry about something that hasn’t happened yet.
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You have referred to the “one link rule”. Could someone kindly point me in the direction to locate that information? I can’t seem to find where the user agreement is. I’m sure it’s right under my nose and I’m just not seeing it. Thanks.
Okay found the terms of service, but still didn’t see anything about “one link”. Is that some sort of unwritten policy?
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