Rogue advert on blog

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  crowdfunduk · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 1:20 pm

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  I looked at my recent post and there was a Groupon advert on it at the bottom.
  I loaded the page via the dashboard and it was no longer there.

  I do not want advertising on my blog. Who set this up. How can I stop it.

  Thanks
  Blog url: http://crowdfunduk.wordpress.com/

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  crowdfunduk · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 1:22 pm

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  Just to say that tehre has been a lot in the press about groupon so no blogger would want to be associated with the company.

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  evarlese · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 2:59 pm

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  To support the service (and keep free features free), we do sometimes run advertisements.We try hard to make the ads discreet and effective and only run them in limited places.

  If you would like to completely eliminate ads from appearing on your blog, we offer the No-Ads Upgrade:
  http://support.wordpress.com/no-ads/

  Full details on advertising:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

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  crowdfunduk · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 3:06 pm

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  Thank you for your standard reply but (1) the ad was huge and not discrete (2) it was from a company that has been heaviliy criticised in the press and therefore (c) wordpress should vet the advertisers and if you don’t then you should warn bloggers so they can object.

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  evarlese · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 3:16 pm

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  Is the ad still appearing on your site? If so, could you take a screenshot and upload it to your Media Library?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/make-a-screenshot/

  I’d be happy to pass your feedback onto our ad team, especially if the ad was large or blocking any of your content.