Comments on: WordPress.com Vs WordPress.org

By: Essential Wordpress Plugins That You Should Consider | NetBizSimplified

Essential Wordpress Plugins That You Should Consider | NetBizSimplified — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:03:34 +0000

[...] dashboard and email. You have to register yourself at Wordpress.com to get one. Yeah, it’s Wordpress.com and not Wordpress.org at which you downloaded the Wordpress [...]

By: Monika Mundell

Monika Mundell — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:11:00 +0000

@ Barry: Thank you for asking the question. The reason being is that WordPress doesn’t like any ads to be used on their free blogs. These are the blogs from WordPress.com. It is against their Terms of Service and you can read all about why here.

http://wordpress.com/tos/

If you want to sell stuff, I’m afraid you’ll have to either go back to the free Blogger blogs or else go self hosted instead.

By: Barry Newton

Barry Newton — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:43:05 +0000

I have been using Blogspot for just uner a year but with no success at all in the sales field. I have just published my first Worpress.com blog and read your article just in time. I was wondering why I could not add adverts to it. Thanks for the information.

By: A Typical Example of Why You Need Self Hosting | Blogging Tips

A Typical Example of Why You Need Self Hosting | Blogging Tips — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:19:11 +0000

[...] these ideals have one thing in common. That one thing is the fact that you CANNOT use your free WordPress.com blog to sell anything from it. If you have, it only means that you got away with it so far – but [...]

By: Monika Mundell

Monika Mundell — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:51:02 +0000

Thank you Alex, I understand that newcomers get sidetracked by the free WP version. I did too in the beginning of my online ventures and I never even realized what WP.org is. So I stuck with the free version at WP.com and built a blog that got me a PR 3. Imagine that I wasn't a happy camper when they suddenly shut me down. ....Lesson learned! Monika

By: ALEX NEWELL

ALEX NEWELL — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:43:28 +0000

Very clear welcome post.

I know someone who got an email from wordpress saying “Dear xxxxxx, we have just closed 103 of your blogs”

103!

xxxxx is of course an Internet marketer who was creating huge numbers of blogs under different names and using them to promote his sites

I’m not sure why someone would download WP rather than just login to their cpanel, unless you are concerned with having the very latest version?

All The Best

alex