WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct? en Sat, 25 May 2013 04:49:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thistimethisspace on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1049024 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:10:50 +0000 thistimethisspace 1049024@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ To recap.
1. All blogs here are free blogs provided by WordPress.com.
2. All free blogs here are free hosted by WordPress.com.
3. Some of those blogs are on their own domains and some are on .wordpress.com sub-domains.
4. All free blogs being free hosted by WordPress.com on their own domains, and not on .wordpress.com sub-domains are eligible for application to the WordAds programs.

]]> farmboots on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1049022 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:09:00 +0000 farmboots 1049022@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ok....thanks for the help and your time. Greatly appreciated. I had never noticed the difference in top level domains as wordpress.com and the subdomains as farmboots.wordpress.com

One extra dot just ruins it all....LOL

Thanks again. I hope this helps clarify it for others wondering the same thing.

]]> thistimethisspace on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1049018 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:07:19 +0000 thistimethisspace 1049018@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's correct and I stated that when I posted the first time. Sorry I was not clear.

All bloggers with free hosted WordPress.com blogs on their own domains can apply to be included in WordAds.

]]> farmboots on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1049017 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:05:28 +0000 farmboots 1049017@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the links, but as far as I can tell from reading those if a person, like myself, has a free wordpress.com (not wordpress.org) domain and does not have any custom domains it cannot use AdWords. Below is what comes up when I click on the apply button at your last link.

Apply for WordAds
Your publicly visible blog(s): No publicly viewable blogs with custom domains were found.

Blogs without custom domains:
Farmboots Article Bucket

Sign up for a custom domain. To be eligible for this program, your blog needs to have a custom domain.

]]> thistimethisspace on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1049016 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:05:23 +0000 thistimethisspace 1049016@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So in order to have advertising on has to purchase a domain of their own via the purchase of an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade and then apply for and be accepted into the WordAds program.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

]]> thistimethisspace on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1049014 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:03:02 +0000 thistimethisspace 1049014@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's correct. The TLD (top level domain) here is wordpress.com and all free hosted blogs are on .wordpress.com subdomains.

A blog must be on it's own domain in order to apply for WordAds as advertizes require the blog to be on its own domain. That's done by purchasing a domain mapping upgrade.

]]> farmboots on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1049011 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:57:17 +0000 farmboots 1049011@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My blog is not on my own domain. It is at WordPress. Does this qualify?
I had clicked on the AdWords apply button and it is asking me to upgrade to a paid domain with WordPress, which led me to believe only paid domains (with WordPress) are eligible to use AdWords.

]]> thistimethisspace on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1048895 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:18:46 +0000 thistimethisspace 1048895@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This is the link to all support documentation http://en.support.wordpress.com
The searchbox there provides results from the support docs and from forum threads. http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
Here's the link for the WordAds site where you will find the FAQs http://wordads.co/ and much more besides.

]]> thistimethisspace on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1048893 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:15:45 +0000 thistimethisspace 1048893@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Wrong. All bloggers with free hosted WordPress.com blogs on their own domains can apply to be included in WordAds.

]]> farmboots on "Free Blogs Cannot Participate--Correct?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/free-blogs-cannot-participate-correct#post-1048887 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:11:03 +0000 farmboots 1048887@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Just to make sure I am reading this correctly...free blogs cannot participate in WordAds on their blog--correct?

In order to participate I would have to sign up for a paid domain prior to applying for WordAds?

If this is true, I am disappointed. I have other free blogs on the Internet where we share ad revenue 50/50 or 60/40. When first starting out, it's hard to justify spending the money for a paid domain.

Is WordPress considering offering AdWords to the unpaid blog sites in the future? It is really a win-win for both of us if they do. We both earn revenue. You provide the blog and I provide all the writing and maintenance of the blog. I would be very interested in this type of advertising agreement.

Thanks....Farmboots

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