Is Wordpress Safe as a Blogging Platform

[dragonheart]

Today I received an e-mail that quite surprised me. May be Word press is talking about the free version that they host. Any comments on the below extract of the e-mail will be helpful.

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It's come to my attention that Wordpress is cracking down on
Affiliate Marketing Blogs.

This is news to me. But that's the nature of the Internet - it's
constantly changing and evolving.

I have included links to the terms of service at WordPress.com
and what you can do about it below...

Terms of Service:
Terms of Service « WordPress.com
"...content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost
the search engine rankings of third party sites."

Types of Unacceptable Blogs:
Types of Blogs « WordPress.com
"Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of
driving traffic to affiliate programs."

What can you do?

Tell Wordpress support you are creating an honest and unbiased
affiliate review site. Ask what you need to do to comply with
their terms.

As an alternative, you can use Blogger.com. There is nothing in
their terms about affiliate blogs.

Blogger.com Content Policy:
Blogger: Content Policy

Let me know how it goes...

Regards,

[dragonheart]

I have got a reply from Wordpress and Its confirmed that what they are talking about is the Free version of Wordpress which is hosted by Wordpress.
Be aware of this though, for members who have a free version blog.

[erikko]

if youre asking for spam-free blog platform that is for free, i can suggest Wordpress

[allan25]

Its a great free tool for creating fast blogs but frankly I am clueless about availablity of plugin which integrate my conferencing gomeetnow software with wordrpress site ! and what's the security issues arises. Yeah chat scripts are many but what for video conferencing solutions on Wordpress..

[noobpreneur]

Hi,

IMHO, wordpress is the most stable and secure blogging platform. The best bet is to download wordpress software from wordpress.org and host your blog yourself. By doing this, you are free to do anything, including affiliate marketing, putting google adsense in your blog, etc.

I've used Bloggers for a long time, but the limitations is killing me If you want freedom, Wordpress is for you.

And, oh, another big plus of WP, is that due to its popularity, many smart programmers out there are creating useful and powerful applications for WP - resulting in a more flexible, more options, and more secure blog.

Cheers!

[Paigy]

I would say that it is pretty safe. I no longer use Wordpress, however, because I just wasn't ready to host it myself, and I wanted to try out Adsense. I have gone somewhere else, but I would still recommend it.