Comments on: Not many know that the free wordpress.com blogs have ads on them

By: VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in

VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:57:56 +0000

Fazreen, that is true and I have clearly mentioned that point in the post. It is by Automattic of course.

By: Fazreen

Fazreen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:44:42 +0000

Of course there are an ads there but not from users account. It comes from wordpress.com owners. Users are not allowed to put adsense ads on wordpress.com blog

By: VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in

VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:18:35 +0000

Deborah, do this to disable those links:

From dashboard>Extras uncheck this option: Hide related links on this blog, which means this blog won’t show up on other blogs or get traffic that way

You can also disable mshots that preview screen that shows on hyperlinks.

You also create a new page and just type this shortcode in it [archives] and it will create an archive page.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:04:37 +0000

Hi Vikas – I’m glad you liked my ‘grammar-related blood pressure issues’ phrase. But more importantly – I found this article of yours really interesting. I didn’t know about the advertising thing – and also, I have been wanting for some time to disable those automatic links that appear at the bottom of my posts – so thanks for the info on how to do that. x

By: VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in

VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:33:06 +0000

If you ignore the ads option and custom themes options, WordPress is better than Blogger in all other aspects. People move to wordpress.org when wordpress.com is unable to fulfill their needs and I am soon moving to self-hosting.

By: Here Be Answers!

Here Be Answers! — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:28:57 +0000

I did not know about this. But in this regard I like blogger more than Wordpress. Blogger’s free hosting is rather beneficial as it allows YOU to show ads on your blog and you will earn its revenue.

By: Reema

Reema — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:36:35 +0000

15000 hits???? OMG!!

By: VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in

VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:33:38 +0000

That’s true Dinesh; people have a hard time finding the ads but it is still debatable if it is really discreet!

By: Dinesh

Dinesh — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:04:05 +0000

yes, agree i had blog on wordpress.com and it showed ads once in 4 months.

By: VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in

VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:47:04 +0000

I’m fine Musical Milliner. Thanks.

By: Musical Milliner

Musical Milliner — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:42:10 +0000

No way, Vikas? Really? A bit disturbing. As always, you are an important source of information.
I hope you are getting on well and that life is good.
-C

By: TPvsWP

TPvsWP — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:23:44 +0000

Well, that blog is not really dead, but I no longer maintain it, since I am now convinced that wordpress.ORG is better than wordpress.COM is better than typepad.com. Especially, since after moving to wordpress.org I can use the Atahualpa theme, which gives me the same design opportunities as I had on typepad.com, but on a much better blogging platform: WordPress.

By: VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in

VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:10:43 +0000

TPvsWP, you certainly know more on this than me!

I used to think your blog is dead! You know you have not posted in a long time! I only read now that it’s you Husdal [of Athulupa theme]!

By: TPvsWP

TPvsWP — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:51:35 +0000

Not exactly “discreet”, is it? Anyway, nice to see someelse posting about this, too. And even using the same theme

By: VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in

VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:57:55 +0000

Avada,

Do as you deem fit.

I am shifting to self-hosting in some 3 days; and will install and experiment with many great themes! Thanks.

P.S.: I am a bit busy these days and not coming to your blog though looking at your posts in my Google Reader. Thanks.