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If your blog is being hosted at wordpress.com, you may want to check your email:
Hi,
It has come to our attention that you may be involved with PayPerPost.
This breaches our Terms of Service.
Either:
- every post that has any connection with PayPerPost is removed immediately
or
- the blog is removed with no chance of it’s return
If you choose to remove the posts your blog will be checked and if there
remains any doubt then we will remove it.
Do not ignore this email.
Action will be taken in 7 hours from the time this email is sent.
Back up now, so you can move things over somewhere else.
Edited to add: Despite ASSumptions being made all over the internet, I am not, not have I ever hosted a blog on wordpress.com, and despite your uh…well-wishes, this blog “ain’t goin’ nowheres”. I simply posted this email to provide information to my readers and friends, some of whom DO host their blogs on Wordpress.com.
Edited AGAIN to add: Read this entry for more info.
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What a pain in the ass.
Whoa, that SUCKS. Any idea if other blog sites are gonna follow suit?
That doesn’t sound good! I wonder why they’re doing that - they don’t want people “profiting” off of them or something??
i am afraid blogger will do same
Well, that blows!
They have taken a no-ads approach to their free blogs — not even AdSense. Personally, I don’t think it’s a smart business move, but their loss is a gain for other hosts/bloggers. Posties are already sharing suggestions for best providers, migration tools etc. for true “blog ownership”.
I agree Dan. If this is the push that people needed to get their own domain and blog from it, then it will end up being a good thing. I just wish they were giving people more than 7 hours to move things over, but when it’s against the TOS, it’s against the TOS.
Colleen, in case you’re wondering: how the heck am i getting so much traffic to this one post? It’s because the Scobleizer linked to you: http://scobleizer.com/2006/11/10/wordpresscom-doesnt-allow-payperpost-and-other-seo-gaming/
How did that happen? I saw your post and forwarded it to his e-mail. He doesn’t like PayPerPost, but has been doing a good job of keeping the debate about PPP going.
Btw, 7 hours to pack your bags is insane!
you tell them Colleen. Now I’m gonna have to start my 3 month wait over again (I was only 2 weeks away…LOL)
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anyone wants to “buy” 3 month old blogs
hehehe
by the way .. how does the WP ppl find out about which WP member is talking about PPP ?
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I wonder what is the reason for this?
Everything is a personal choice. If Wordpress wants to lose business by only catering to a small percentage of bloggers than that’s their choice. If I was running a business, I would try to increase my customer base; however, some blog hosts want to be tailored.
It would be dumb for blogger to do this, because they are Google and Google owns blogger and Adsense.
Very odd e-mail which seems a bit threat if you read between the lines. I bet theres´s tough competition between different blog platforms and companies. People never should be caught in between them. Without bloggers there would be no competition.