Day: November 6, 2011

WordPress.com WordPress.org It’s free (paid upgrades available). Requires more technical knowledge to set up and run We provide 90+ themes (adding more all the time), you can modify and edit the CSS, but custom themes are not allowed You can use any theme you’d like, either from the WordPress.org Theme Directory or one you create yourself We don’t allow custom plugins, but provide some excellent plugins for all blogs You can install plug-ins that you’ve created or downloaded from the WordPress.org Plug-Ins Directory Everything is taken care of: setup, upgrades, backups, security, etc Requires more technical knowledge to set up […]

TOS & Copyright Advertising Related Content Theft – What to Do Creative Commons Disputes: Defamation, Court Orders, Subpoenas, Privacy IP Addresses Prevent Content Theft Recycling Blog Names Report Mature or Spam Blogs Suspended Blogs Adsense, Yahoo, Chitika, TextLinkAds and other ads are not allowed on free WordPress.com blogs. If you would like to run ads on your blog, one of these options may work for you: We have a feature called Ad Control that lets WordPress.com bloggers with a lot of traffic (generally 25,000 pageviews/month or more) and appropriate content turn on AdSense and Skimlinks for their blog and split […]

Types of Blogs There are many different types of blogs on WordPress.com, and they span over 100 languages. You can browse our tagsto get a sense of the topics covered by WordPress.com bloggers, or take a look at these examples of popular blog categories: Personal: This is the broadest category and includes blogs about personal topics like politics, music, family, travel, health, you name it. Business: Professionals ranging from realtors to lawyers and stock brokers are using WordPress to share their expertise, and companies have discovered the power of blogs to personally engage with their customers. Schools: WordPress is a […]