Unwanted advertisements

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  matthewrichardedward · Member · Jun 5, 2012 at 3:12 am

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  Hey, I just found a number of adds that were added into my older posts on throughthesewideeyes.wordpress.com . I don’t know why or how they got there, and I am a little upset that they exist. Maybe there was a line in some of the policies that I didn’t fully read– but does the greater wordpress.com routinely insert advertisements without an author’s consent?

  I’d really appreciate a quick explanation.. Because I’m not into that.

  Thanks for your time.
  Matthew
  Blog url: http://throughthesewideeyes.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 5, 2012 at 3:15 am

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  WordPress.com has been running advertising on our free hosted blogs since 2006. Many bloggers do not know this because despite the fact they ticked the box required to get a free blog, they did not read the ToS. Many also do not read features page, or advertising entry in the support documents after registering their username and blog(s). Also note that as the ads do not display to us when we are logged in, and as many use browsers with ad blockers when logged out, they may not realize they are there at all. The only way to get rid of all advertising on our free hosted WordPress.com blogs is to purchase an annually renewable No-Ads upgrade.

  If you feel an ad is inappropriate please take a screenshot of it and upload it into your Media Library where Staff can view it.