Which kinds of Ads are allowed?

  • Unknown's avatar
    wissensschmied · Member ·

    Hello dear guys, I have a question to the terms of use regulation with adversiting: Am I right, that affiliate textlinks are generally ok but picture-ads (like banners etc.) are forbidden?

    Moreover: Is it okay to show the cover of a book (with no price or anything) and make a link from this pictures to the affiliate-product in f.e. amazon partnernet? Or is every linked picture to an affiliatepartner forbidden?

    Which kind of adervertising is allowed and where is the border?

    THX so much !

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    rutomo · Member ·

    Hi Wissen

    There’s a similar question earlier which was answered in detail by another volunteer, timethief. You can refer to her answer in this post below.

    https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/advertisement-21?replies=2

    Let me know if you have any other questions.

    Thank you,
    rutomo

  • Unknown's avatar
    wissensschmied · Member ·

    Thanks firstly!

    But it is not clear for me from this anwer, whether it is allowed as a normal free wordpress.com user to have normal textlink-affiliate (f.e.: “this book is amazing” -> textlink to amazon book without any picture) or really NOTHIGN instead of the wordpress-own ads.

    Because there is written in your link :

    “No blogger initiated advertising is allowed on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds

    […]

    1. WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs”

    So it contradicts eachother.

    -> what is necessary to integrate amazon textlink affilate-ads on my own free wordpress.com blog?

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    wissensschmied · Member ·

    Ok when I understand your link correctly, then you HAVE to move your free wordpress blog into a real customer domain with its own installation? Only then it is allowed to have affiliate-textlinks (pictures no more again), but it is not necessary to be part of wp’s own ad-service https://wordads.co to have normal affiliate-ads?

    Is that right or is there any other possibility to have textlink affilate-Ads on your free wordpress.com blog?

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    timethief · Member ·

    Why has this thread been tagged for Staff?

    I want you to read what follows very carefully.

    No blogger initiated advertising is allowed on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
    http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/

    Please read http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

    1. WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs, provided they are not the primary content of the site in question.

    2. Image affiliate links in posts and pages and any banners, affiliate links in sidebar or footer widget areas, are still considered to be advertising and are not allowed on WordPress.com blogs.

    Advertising outside of WordAds at WordPress.com is not allowed.
    http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/ Here’s what gets a blog suspended:
    http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
    http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

    NOTE: A self-hosted WordPress site is what you need. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct e-commerce and edit the database. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    This guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/

    We provide support only for wordpress.COM hosted sites. Our support docs do not apply to
    (1) local installs of wordpress.ORG software on your own server or
    (2) wordpress.ORG software installs on paid hosting, and we do not provide support for them at wordpress.COM.

    Also, note that we do not provide Jetpack support https://jetpack.me/support/ for sites linked to wordpress.COM accounts with the Jetpack plugin.

    WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    For sites not hosted here, if you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
    Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
    WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
    See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/

  • Unknown's avatar
    wissensschmied · Member ·

    Sry when I tagged some wrong thing!

    I read it yet yesterday very carefully in another thread, but it disagrees eachtoher in the same text:

    “No blogger initiated advertising is allowed on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds

    […]

    WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs”

    What is right? Sentence 1 or 2 ?

    Anyway, I will buy a httacces Redirection to redirect my old blog-urls to the new urls (own domain). Is it then okay to have advertising? Because I understand your text so, that one isnt allowed to have picture ads (or google adsense) as long as one is part of wordpress.com – and when I used redirections to my own webhoster and own domain, I am continuely part of wordpress.com because I pay for the redirection..

    Clear what I mean? Am I right or misunderstood it?

    Kind regards!

  • Unknown's avatar
    carinapilar · Member ·

    Hello wissensschmied!

    The full phrase says:

    WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs, provided they are not the primary content of the site in question.

    So, if the book in question is related to your site’s content and your site does not have only posts with book covers and links to Amazon, it should be okay.

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