Are Affiliate Blogs @ Wordpress.com Still Being Deleted???

[TLTheLiberator]

About 6 months ago it happened to me and I'm just wondering if they still have a vendetta against affiliate blogs over a Wordpress.com.

Of course I'm not talking about the software from Wordpress.org that we upload to our hosting accounts.

But...

I'm seen a few people advocate getting a wordpress.com blog and perhaps it's not the safe thing to do.

Imagine creating a blog and it starts making money and one day you discover that it's been deleted by Wordpress.com without even notifying you.

Anyone know the deal??

Thanks,

TL

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator

About 6 months ago it happened to me and I'm just wondering if they still have a vendetta against affiliate blogs over a Wordpress.com.

Of course I'm not talking about the software from Wordpress.org that we upload to our hosting accounts.

But...

I'm seen a few people advocate getting a wordpress.com blog and perhaps it's not the safe thing to do.

Imagine creating a blog and it starts making money and one day you discover that it's been deleted by Wordpress.com without even notifying you.

Anyone know the deal??

Thanks,

TL

I haven't looked in a while, but I believe it's against wordpress.com's TOS to run an affiliate blog there. If you want the free space to do an affiliate blog, use Blogger.

I use Wordpress.com to create "commentary" blogs where I write posts about the posts I make on my money blogs, but I don't link directly to affiliate stuff from there.

[TLTheLiberator]

I thought that was/is the case.

I also wanted this to be a warning to young marketers.

TL

[Profnet]

Ok, I am confused. I used wordpress to create three blogs, but they each rest on my own domain servers. Can wordpress delete these if I promote affiliate links in them? What is a "wordpress.com blog"? It rests at wordpress.com? I didn't even know you could do that, if that's what it is. What is the benefit of doing that?

Respectfully,

Nancy Roebke

[IM]

I posted a blog a few days ago on Word Press and while I was performing some fine tunning tasks a message popped up at the top saying that there is a concern about the content of my blog and that I needed to contact wordpress immediately to resolve the matter. After making the contact, their response was that my blog contains links to other websites and they suspect that I'm either creating this blog as a backdoor to other affiliate websites or trying to fool Google search engine!!!!!!!

Is this what's called Paranoia!!??

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by Profnet

I used wordpress to create three blogs, but they each rest on my own domain servers. Can wordpress delete these if I promote affiliate links in them?

No.

Originally Posted by Profnet

What is a "wordpress.com blog"? It rests at wordpress.com?

Correct. You don't own it. Wordpress.com does, and can remove it any time they like, when it comes to their attention that people have monetized in any way. It's for personal blogs without monetization only. Nothing commercial or affiliate allowed.

Originally Posted by Profnet

What is the benefit of doing that?

Avoidance of paying for hosting (if all you want is a blog showing your relatives and friends where you went on holiday last year, how the flowers in your garden are growing, and what you think of today's news headlines).

But if you're using your blog for anything to do with a business, it would be crazy not to own it and not to have control over it. For this, you need either Wordpress or Blogger or whatever hosted on your own site, of course. Don't worry, you've done the right thing!

[Shaun706]

Are you serious! Can this be right? I've recently purchased some ebooks from Ewen Chia. And one of the primary methods for generating profits as an affiliate marketer is to send traffic to an affiliate link using a wordpress blog. Does this mean that this so called innternet marketing guru is wrong? Or even worse, selling outdated material?

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by Shaun706

Are you serious! Can this be right? I've recently purchased some ebooks from Ewen Chia. And one of the primary methods for generating profits as an affiliate marketer is to send traffic to an affiliate link using a wordpress blog. Does this mean that this so called innternet marketing guru is wrong?

Yes, entirely serious.

No, it doesn't mean that.

He means a Wordpress blog hosted on your own domain, not one hosted at Wordpress.com!

[Ron Killian]

I tried 3 blogs on the free hosted wordpress blogs, all three got deleted. I really did not put many links in the post and there was a fair amount of content. It might have been because I added a feed in the sidebar, that might have been to much.

Course, none of the links where affiliate links, they were links for my own sites. I think it's any promotion or marketing of any kind, not just affiliate marketing.

Most every marketing type blog I've seen show up in the SE ranks, has been deleted. I don't even bother trying again myself.

Originally Posted by Profnet

Ok, I am confused. I used wordpress to create three blogs, but they each rest on my own domain servers. Can wordpress delete these if I promote affiliate links in them? What is a "wordpress.com blog"? It rests at wordpress.com? I didn't even know you could do that, if that's what it is. What is the benefit of doing that?

Respectfully,

Nancy Roebke

Wordpress offers two services basically. They offer their blogging software for free at wordpress.org, you host it yourself. They also offer free wordpress blog hosting at wordpress.com. Of course this thread is about using the free hosted blogs, which wordpress controls.

You can do what you want with the free software if you host it on your own. But the free blogging service they offer is pretty sticky.

Can't blame them, their site and if left unchecked, would probably turn in to massive marketing, spamming, ect.

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by Ron Killian

Of course this thread is about using the free hosted blogs, which wordpress controls.

Apparently, but it shouldn't be.

Nobody posting in this forum or reading in this forum should be having their blog hosted at wordpress.com!

[DeePower]

Nancy Roebke of Profnet? Wow. You contributed to our Capital Connection newsletter and our website The Capital Connection: The Entrepreneur's Resource for Financing that article has been posted since 1999. LOL The article is still relevant even now.

Nice to know you're still around.

Dee

[Profnet]

Yep, that's me...And nice to run in to you again... I'm still around... just "new" around here...

[Ron Killian]

Originally Posted by alexa_s

Apparently, but it shouldn't be.

Nobody posting in this forum or reading in this forum should be having their blog hosted at wordpress.com!

Actually a couple good reasons to use the free hosted service

Course not as their main site(s).

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by alexa_s

Apparently, but it shouldn't be.

Nobody posting in this forum or reading in this forum should be having their blog hosted at wordpress.com!

Not true. Having some content on Wordpress.com can be very beneficial. You just have to be smart about it and play within the guidelines they set.

To give a specific example, I use it to do meta-commentary on my "money" sites. I have several accounts that I used to post normal blogger type non-interesting content (family stories, etc) but then I will occasionally talk about a page on a money site, or talk about a product and link to a review on my money site. Simple stuff like that, no selling, just building it up to have a little bit of presence, then using it for backlink building.

[Alexa Smith]

Yes, I see it could have some backlink-building value, if you're very careful about the terms of service. I generalised too much with my statement, thanks!

[embrown]

Yea, WP.com has this thing against monetized blogs. I would still use it, if you are creating a blog that links to your main blog, Squidoo lenses, etc. I don't think you can get deleted for that - could be wrong though. I was thinking about rebooting a few of my old WP.com blogs because of this. But I wasn't too sure about the policies.

[Cosmo Demopoulos]

WordPress.com regularly deletes blogs for truly vague and ambiguous reasons. Do NOT use them.

yes, some things (like AdSense) are clearly against TOS, but I've had many friends have their blogs deleted that didn't seem to violate anything - no ads, aff links, etc.

WordPress.com might be OK if you're blogging on what you had for breakfast - otherwise ignore them, and if you ignore my advice definitely keep a copy of your content elsewhere in case they axe you!

[SolarFelineAU]

Greetings! I'm a newbie, and I thankyou for EVERYONE'S comments and input.

SolarFeline

[fuzzyness]

I know this is an old thread, but just wanted to chime in that this just happened to me too. I had a good number of wordpress.com blogs that were acting as external feeders to my main (self-hosted) Wordpress blog. The wordpress.com blogs were just plain content, with the occasional backlink to my main blog. No affiliate links, no advertising, no selling.

It was great to come here and see this post, to realise I'm not alone and to not get to hung up about it

[Eric Lorence]

Wordpress.com also has a paid option with more flexibility, maybe worth looking into for more advanced marketing stuff.

They are still the "elder statesmen" of personal blogs, so it would probably be a mistake to ignore it completely.

[sahi]

Me keep on playing hide and seek with wordpress.com blogs for my affiliate products but i don't care much when they delete my blogs, i just create some more, and i also use blogger blogs for my affiliate purposes, didn't have much problem with them.

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by sahi

i don't care much when they delete my blogs, i just create some more

Interesting business model. Have you ever thought of getting free hosting and just putting them on that instead, so nobody can delete them? Just wondering.

[sahi]

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Interesting business model. Have you ever thought of getting free hosting and just putting them on that instead, so nobody can delete them? Just wondering.

I have my own server so I don't need any free hosting etc. I just do it for fun when I'm bored and have nothing to do, and no books to read.

I just mainly use them in my social marketing when i'm targeting some product/niche, and i may have decided to use the conversation domination method just for some change.

[stuffed]

My blogs were removed one by one and now Wordpress will not allow me to have a blog with them!

[entrepreneurjay]

People do not be cheap this is your business pay for your own hosting....

Its not worth the time and effort you go through to gamble with all your hard work.

[joadcrank]

Uhm...i think blogger can host you a money making machine..but Wordpress ? don't think so..

For other people that are confused:

Blogs created at the official Wordpress website will be deleted if they don't respect the TOS.

If you use the Wordpress PLATFORM/CMS on your own webhosting, then you don't have to be scared.

[shelby7910]

Originally Posted by joadcrank

If you use the Wordpress PLATFORM/CMS on your own webhosting, then you don't have to be scared.

Sorry to rehash this, but just to make sure, if I use hostgator and create a wordpress blog directly from hostgator, then I am ok to use affiliate links? I just can't go create one directly from wordpress DOT com or wordpress DOT org, correct?

[Istvan Horvath]

At wordpress.ORG nobody has a blog. Period. That's the site from where you download the software/script to be installed on your owm domain/hosting.

At wordpress.COM read their TOS: no commercial blogs. What is so complicated to understand?

If you have your own domain and it is hosted on a server where you pay for it - you can install your OWN WordPress blog and do whatever you want with it (of course, in the limits of your host's Terms...)

[shelby7910]

Sorry, I'm brand new here (just signed up today) so forgive my ignorance. Thanks for clarifying.

[Istvan Horvath]

Originally Posted by shelby7910

Sorry, I'm brand new here (just signed up today) so forgive my ignorance. Thanks for clarifying.

You are welcome. Actually, to figure out what is the difference between the two WordPress sites (.org and .com) you don't need to be a member here

One just have to visit the two sites, look around, read... that's it.

[the_knight]

Hello, i never used wordpress.com, i don't even know if they don't allow commercial blog. what about ad like adsense? do they allow it or it's just affiliate program like clickbank? Also, just want to clarify things, blogger does allow affiliate blog, but be careful, because they'll delete it at the end of the day.

[Istvan Horvath]

Originally Posted by the_knight

Hello, i never used wordpress.com, i don't even know if they don't allow commercial blog. what about ad like adsense?

Can you read? No commercial blogs means NO MONEY MAKING BLOGS. Is that clear enough now?

[mikrei75]

You are better off getting your own hosting account with cpanel, and get wordpress setup on your hosting system, than go with Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org. That way you can be more in control. And... you can setup more than one wordpress account on your site.

[Istvan Horvath]

Originally Posted by mikrei75

You are better off getting your own hosting account with cpanel, and get wordpress setup on your hosting system, than go with Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org. That way you can be more in control. And... you can setup more than one wordpress account on your site.

Don't you love it when ignorant people post posing as experts... and don't even read the thread?

1. Try to go without wordpress.org - where will you download the script? So, that's nonsense. The wordpress.org site is the source for the free blogging script everybody is using! Nothing else is hosted there, just the script, the documentation and the support forums.

2. You don't set up "accounts" on your site. You can have multiple WP installations on your site(s).
Since WP 3 you don't even need that - you can have many blogs with just one installation.

[jange52]

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

Don't you love it when ignorant people post posing as experts... and don't even read the thread?

1. Try to go without wordpress.org - where will you download the script? So, that's nonsense. The wordpress.org site is the source for the free blogging script everybody is using! Nothing else is hosted there, just the script, the documentation and the support forums.

2. You don't set up "accounts" on your site. You can have multiple WP installations on your site(s).
Since WP 3 you don't even need that - you can have many blogs with just one installation.

I am just curious about Wordpress.org. According to a video I have watched, from Mattcutts of Google, it answers almost 80-90% of our SEO requirements. So if I use it for my blog with my own domain and hosting, does that mean that it will help optimize my site? and since it is not Wordpress.com hosted, does it mean I use any affiliate links or use it commercially?

[jasonmorgan]

wordpress.com = free blog hosting from wordpress using their super swell wordpress blogging CMS... no ads, no affiliate links, they will catch you eventually and delete your account.

wordpress.org = support for all things glorious and wonderful regarding wordpress

wordpress 3.0.2 = a blogging and do-it-all CMS that you can install on your hosing account and do anything you want with... even run porn sites if it floats your boat.

[sarahberra]

I had no idea that wordpress could even do such a thing. I've been creating wordpress blogs without any problems. What gives them the authority to do this?? Where did you hear this?

[jange52]

But can it help with SEO?

[mkpoway]

Try getting the HeadSpace 2 plugin for wordpress to optimize your content for SEO.

[jange52]

Originally Posted by mkpoway

Try getting the HeadSpace 2 plugin for wordpress to optimize your content for SEO.

Thanks a lot.. will heed your advice.. :-)