May I advertise on my WordPress blog if I host through GoDaddy?

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  thefootballjuice · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 11:51 pm

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  Hello,

  I’m still a little bit confused about the policy on advertising. I would like to run advertisements on my blog (which has not launched officially on WordPress yet…We are currently using Blogger) that a media company has contacted me about, but I want to know for sure that I am allowed to do this before I say “yes.” I understand that I cannot place advertising on my site if it is hosted on WordPress, but if I switch to another host, say, GoDaddy.com, am I allowed to do as I please (so long as it stays within the guidelines: no cashfree, 1 million clicks, spam-like ads, of course)?
  Thank you!
  Blog url: http://thefootballjuice.wordpress.com/

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 11:56 pm

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  WordPress.com is a web host that disallows blogger-initiated ads.

  Godaddy is a web host that allows it.

  They’re totally separate. If you’re at one, you’re not at the other and the restrictions don’t apply to you.

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  thefootballjuice · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 11:58 pm

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  Thank you for the quick response! Just to clarify:

  If I host my WordPress-powered blog on GoDaddy.com, I can do as I please?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 12:16 am

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  Please go to the Go-daddy site and read their Terms of Service. They aren’t of concern to us here because we deal only with WordPress.com issues on this forum.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 1:44 am

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  You will be using software from WordPress.ORG on that Godaddy site, and there are no anti-ad restrictions on using the software. It’s the web host that puts those kinds of restrictions on.