Why are there advertisments showing up on my website?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 20, 2011 at 5:51 pm

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  Videos!
  I use a text widget in my sidebar.

  Advertising
  Please note that any ads you see on this blog are placed here by WordPress.com. The Administrators of this blog have no connection to or financial interest in any of the promoted products and gain no income from any advertising displayed on this blog.

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  deborahedlerbrown · Member · Apr 20, 2011 at 6:07 pm

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  Thanks.

  Probably not the right place for this, but given the thread: how do I do that? I can’t locate a text widget or a sidebar editor. I’m using TwentyTen, if that makes a difference.

  and yes…video. sigh. :)

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  timethief · Member · Apr 20, 2011 at 6:09 pm

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  Please see the instructions here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

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  deborahedlerbrown · Member · Apr 20, 2011 at 6:35 pm

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  Fabulous. Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 20, 2011 at 6:40 pm

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  You’re welcome. :)

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  leighvatar · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 3:04 am

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  Received ads (Poppressed) for the first time today. (Yes I read through the entire terms and service and privacy policy as always) I personally do not run ads on my blog because I find them rather distracting and for the curious people who just wander across my site, I don’t want them leaving after one article.
  I suppose that I suspected that it was coming but wasn’t expecting the ads to be so intrusive and off-topic. I understand that its a free service that needs to be maintained so the occasional ads are probably not all that bad. :~
  May I suggest that the ads are set up in such a way that they would at least be supportative to the information on the website. For instance, if I was covering software. Possibly ads concerning software should be displayed on my blog.
  Cheers

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 3:09 am

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  Suggestions to staff should be made via the dashboard Help button. Staff don’t generally wander through the forum looking for ideas and suggestions, for all that there’s an ideas forum here.

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  leighvatar · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 3:12 am

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  Addendum to my initial response:

  I’m off to edit my disclaimer since I already put a section in it that I’m not paid to blog. People may be confused over the ads that my site would on and off display and also to since I only now see those ads, I also have to add in a section stating that I’m not responsible for ads.
  Later

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  jakecodeniera · Member · May 29, 2011 at 12:02 pm

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  one of my readers told me where I get the ads.. but everytime I go to my site, I dont see them.. i said i did not post any paid ads there.. reading from above, I learned that logged in users don’t see them. then I tried going to my site without logging in. yep, i saw them

  Well, at first, I felt somehow treated unfairly… these businesses get to post ads to my blogs and earn from them, but I do not get compensated for it.. but then I realized, I get to use the services of WordPress for free.. i think that’s fair enough. :)

  but please make them smaller and dont put them in places where they confuse my readers as part of my blog entries..

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  limberation · Member · May 29, 2011 at 12:21 pm

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  I really, really do not see the problem. Don’t like the ads? Pay for the upgrade. This whole service is free, so I do not see any room for complaint.

  Maybe I am being harsh, but unfortunately someone has to pay the bills.

  Would you prefer to pay for the total cost of the service and the themes etc, or just pay for the upgrade?