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I have read the affiliate rules but I just want more clarification, if possible. I would like to link to other people’s blogs and websites, as well review other people’s books and linking to their amazon page for more information. I will never make any money off of these links, I just want to give information to my readers (as well as linking back for reference/plagiarism purposes) while staying within WordPress rules. I don’t want to have my blog suspended because I linked to Stephen King’s Amazon page after writing a review or blog about how his book is awesome (example).
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Have you actually read everything provided?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/…the following categories are not allowed on WordPress.com:
Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category. Here is a thread in the support forums that talks more about which affiliate links are OK or not OK. http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/Blogs that are set up to do nothing but drive traffic to other sites via affiliate link are not allowed here.
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I have, just needed clarification. I wasn’t sure if reviewing other people’s books and/or linking to their website/blog was okay. Most websites are ultimately selling something (books, advice, candles, boats) so I wanted to be on the safe side. I would rather ask if I can’t locate what I need to know on my own than be unaware. I have never blogged before and have never been an affiliate for any product or service and my blog is for personal use-right now. When and if I want to start making money, I will join a hosting service and use WordPress.org. Just triple checking is all. Thanks! :)
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The last sentence of your first post clarified. If I change the topic status to resolved will that cancel the Staff ticket or should I wait for them to get ultimate clarification? Thank you for all of your help! It’s nice to get a response so quickly. Hope you have a great weekend!
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Hi there,
You have already gotten the clarification you need :) You should be fine with this type of blog! We want you to have original content who’s ultimate purpose isn’t to drive people to other sites. You probably want folks to come to your site repeatedly to read your reviews, and that’s cool with us.
Cheers!
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