why are there ads on my Premium blog?

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  nelsonkraybill · Member · Jun 2, 2014 at 6:02 pm

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  I purchased the domain peace-pilgrim.com from WordPress at Premium status for $99. I understood that Premium status meant I would have no ads on my blog. Why are ads now appearing on my blog?

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jun 2, 2014 at 7:44 pm

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  Hi there,

  Can you make a screenshot of the ads you’re seeing on your blog? You can upload screenshots to your Media Library under Media > Add New in your dashboard, or you can use an online service like Snaggy. That will help me understand what sorts of ads you’re seeing there.

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  nelsonkraybill · Member · Jun 3, 2014 at 12:05 am

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  THANK YOU for getting back to me. What I’m getting is words in my blog entry that are hot linked to other commercial websites. E.g., in my first blog entry the words “women,” “men,” “travel” and “seeking” all are hot linked to commercial sites–at least one of them that’s embarrassing. How can I stop such hot links?

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  nelsonkraybill · Member · Jun 3, 2014 at 12:48 am

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  I think perhaps I’ve figured out what’s happening: I was at the dashboard for my blog on my computer, and looking at the blog results on my wife’s computer. I think that my wife’s computer has a virus that makes the hotlinks appear. When I go to my blog on my own computer, the hot links are not there. Nor do they appear on my daughter’s computer. If you don’t see any hot links on my blog, then there are three computers that are reading it the way I want. Make sense?
  Thanks for your support
  Nelson Kraybill

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jun 3, 2014 at 9:49 am

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  Hi Nelson,

  That makes perfect sense — the kind of links you describe are sometimes caused by malware or a virus, but more often it is due to a browser extension or toolbar installed in your browser. In any case, the issue is specific to the computer where you’re seeing the links. (Those links aren’t put there by WordPress.com and other visitors to the blog won’t see them.)

  These sites have further explanation and suggestions for eliminating ads like that:

  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

  http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/05/14/ads-on-wikipedia-your-computer-infected-malware/

  http://www.littletechiethings.com/2012/06/how-to-remove-ads-not-by-this-site.html

  I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further questions.