This is really annoying, because I can't really see anything relevant, and I just want to be able to click on the link without bothering with a preview, but I can't see a way to disable the previews. Can anybody help?

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brianheyscreative.com

What an insult.

By the way, rather off-topic, my last post got in a mess with html. Any way to edit it?

He has this to say:

Corporate governance

What does bite me, though, is the lack of full openness about this. Alright, Matt’s note on AdSense says

We very occassionally show Adsense (contextual text ads)

Well, maybe they’re not so contextual and not so text ad after all, as my screen shot above proves, and a few examples to illustrate the point would have helped getting the point across. And Matt does make a point that neither you nor your regular readers are likely to see any ads:

The ad code tries hard not to intrude or show ads to regular readers, which means a small percentage of page views.

Still, I would appreciate a little bit more transparency from WordPress and Automattic in this matter. I think they owe it to us, their users. It’s about corporate governance.

Actually, things may have moved on since then. I hadn't realised it because I nearly always use Firefox with AdBlockPlus. I just tried Opera. Every wordpress.com blog I looked at had ads on every page. And they're massive, occupying centre stage. I looked at one or two of my own blogs and cried.

If your site meets the above criteria, keep the no-ads upgrade. There are cases where, due to the content, the competitors' ads show up on your WordPress.com site. And there have been reports that "discreet" is a thing of the past and increased appearance is now the norm.

Although no longer maintained, husdal's old site has some excellent posts on adsense on WordPress.com in general and has examples of what some visitors may see when viewing your site http://tpvswp.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/is-there-really-no-adsense-on-wordpress-com/

The easiest way to see them would be to make sure you are logged out of WordPress.com and then view your site.

Logged in WordPress.com users never see ads.

So, perhaps I should get a no-ads refund since it's not quite what I expected -- but I'm not quite clear on where this discreet adsense advertising is taking place.... could anyone show me an example? I'm new to WP.com and still getting the hang of it. Maybe the ads are so discreet it's not an issue for me.....or maybe I prefer to block them with the upgrade -- not sure!

Thanks again!
Karen

http://raincoaster.com/2010/08/19/dolph-lundren-is-the-king-of-rock-and-roll/

:-)

That said, I use the CSS upgrade to nodisplay the footer, and still include the wp.com credit - in the sidear.

It looks as if it once did, as "Theme: Mistylook by Sadish." is off-centre. Odd.

Raincoaster (may be a network all by herself), Eve Winer (Dave Winer of Scripting News mom), Mark Cuban, Francis Cole Jones, Sasha Dichter, and many other folk blog here too.

He does not seem to have a problem with "Blog at WordPress.com" in his footer.

Tell friends that you are using the same host as CNN.COM and several other major international companies.

I consider it polite and fair to leave the footer in, and it does not bother me a bit - besides - who the heck reads the footer anyway?

The No Ads upgrade removes all Adsense ads from your blog. The "Blog at WordPress.com" bit is a footer and is not removed with the No Ads upgrade.

It can be hidden with the CSS upgrade if you want to remove it.

You can turn the previews off by going to Appearance->Extras and unchecking the "Enable mShots..." option.

I've recently started working with WordPress.com for a simple DIY Web Site. Yesterday I purchased upgrades - the domain mapping and the no-ads upgrade.

I thought that no-ads would remove the footer language and link "Blog at WordPress.com", but it has not. If possible,I would like to get rid of that link..... is there a way to do it? Was no-ads the right upgrade or perhaps should I seek a refund? I'm not quite clear on AdSense ads on my site and haven't noticed them..... it's the footer that has been the most noticeable promotion I've seen.

When I logged out to view the site yesterday, I do see these "snap" previews of my images and things..... I'd like to get rid of that also if possible. Thought I saw a toggle somewhere, but need to go looking for it again.

Thanks for your help!

http://ilovezumba.net/

I think my name is linked, but here is the specific gallery I am referring to: http://cassandramarie.wordpress.com/wine-country-photos/ The thumbnails don't need the snapshots, and when you actually click on a page, the picture and the navigation don't need snapshots either. They get in the way.

Not sure if that will take it out of the code, though.