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Can you advertise on Wordpress now?

by izzyand87
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Hello all

I have begun to start building my web page. It's a blog and I would like to sell products and advertise on it in order to try and make some revenue.

I decided to go with Joomla because I had heard in the past that you couldn't put banners or advertisements on wordpress.

I not liking Joomla very much as I find it difficult to use so I'm thinking about trying out wordpress. But I have now read that you can put up ads and banners now.

Is this true? And if so, is there anything I should do or avoid that could get my site penalized or shut down on wordpress?

Thanks everyone!
#advertise #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Larj
    I cant see why wordpress shouldnt do the trick here?
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeMizOne
    You're probably confusing wordpress.com with the CMS wordpress.

    With wordpress.com you can create a free website, but it will have the wordpress.com subdomain. For example, www.izzyand87.wordpress.com. These free websites have ads disabled on them.

    However, if you buy a real domain you can install wordpress there as a CMS and have all the ads you want.
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    • Profile picture of the author izzyand87
      Originally Posted by MikeMizOne View Post

      You're probably confusing wordpress.com with the CMS wordpress.

      With wordpress.com you can create a free website, but it will have the wordpress.com subdomain. For example, www.izzyand87.wordpress.com. These free websites have ads disabled on them.

      However, if you buy a real domain you can install wordpress there as a CMS and have all the ads you want.


      So If I go to Hostgator or Godaddy etc. and buy a domain for m wordpress site, I can then put ads on it?
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      • Profile picture of the author Kurt
        Originally Posted by izzyand87 View Post

        So If I go to Hostgator or Godaddy etc. and buy a domain for m wordpress site, I can then put ads on it?
        There are two "Wordpresses". One is the website where they give you a free blog. You can't place ads on the free blogs on the Wordpress site.


        The other "Wordpress" is blog software you install on your own site. If you install a WP blog on your own site, you can place ads on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    If you're thinking of using Wordpress.com, DON'T DO IT!

    Invest in a domain and hosting instead.

    Why?

    You will have a tough time SELLING your site if it becomes successful.
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  • Profile picture of the author spearce000
    If you're hosting WordPress on your own domain, then yes, you can advertise. Google AdSense is probably the easiest. Just copy and paste the code into a text widget.

    I used to be a dedicated Joomla fan too - until the update before last made it sooooooooooooooo complicated!
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    • Profile picture of the author barracuda150965
      You've always been able to advertise on a self-hosted WordPress site where you buy a web hosting package from Hostgator or whoever and install WordPress yourself. Your imagination is the limit with self-hosted.

      You can't advertise on a site hosted by WordPress for you though. Most sites hosted by WordPress are in the form of subdomain.wordpress.com, but you can also buy a domain and host it WordPress. However, you are still limited in what you can do on the site, which incudes no adverts.
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      • Profile picture of the author agmccall
        perhaps you should ask wordpress

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  • Profile picture of the author Slade556
    Wordpress allows users to put ads on their website ever since I can remember! It's also a much better easier script to use than Joomla, it's a lot more user-friendly amd there are more resources available for wordpress than there are for the other one (at least that's my impression)
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