unwanted amazon links

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  ignosympathnoramus · Member · Apr 8, 2013 at 5:37 pm

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  Hyperlinks suddenly showed up on my blog posts leading to Amazon.com and other sites. I did not authorize this nor am I, to my knowledge, profiting from these links. I often include hyperlinks to older blog posts or wikipedia articles for clarification, so these commercial links hurt the integrity of my writing. How do I either get them removed or get paid for them?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Apr 8, 2013 at 5:42 pm

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  You can amount on the fact that WordPress.com is not placing any affiliate links in your blog. They are not allowed. You have probably copied and pasted content into a post. Is that the case? If so edit and delete those affiliate links now because your blog can be suspended > http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

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  timethief · Member · Apr 8, 2013 at 5:43 pm

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  edit: “You can amount” was meant to be “You can count”

  When you see ad at the end of blog posts then provided you see this small About These Ads link http://en.wordpress.com/about-these-ads/ what you are seeing is WordPress.com generated advertising.

  It’s possible for ads to appear in your browser that were not placed there by WordPress.com. These ads are sometimes caused by malware or a virus, but more often it is due to a browser extension or toolbar that you may have installed in your browser. WordPress.com does not use text enhance or text link ads or pop-up ads or header ads or sidebar ads or links in comments. If you are seeing those then see here: Bloggers: Beware of Adware. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

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  timethief · Member · Apr 8, 2013 at 5:44 pm

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  These sites have further explanation and suggestions for eliminating the ads: http://www.littletechiethings.com/2012/06/how-to-remove-ads-not-by-this-site.html http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/05/14/ads-on-wikipedia-your-computer-infected-malware/

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  auxclass · Member · Apr 8, 2013 at 5:51 pm

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  I am suspicious of your browser – @TT has a link above for browser issues – I have paged way down your linked blog and saw no affiliate links, just your normal Wiki links and such –

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  timethief · Member · Apr 8, 2013 at 5:52 pm

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  Hi auxclass
  I paged down the blog too and couldn’t see a single Amazon link.