Title: WordPress.org and WordPress.com
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress.org and WordPress.com

 *  [teammates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teammates/)
 * (@teammates)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-and-wordpresscom/)
 * What are the differences between WordPress.org and WordPress.com?

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 *  [Nick Momrik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtdewvirus/)
 * (@mtdewvirus)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-and-wordpresscom/#post-809742)
 * [http://wordpress.com/forums/topic.php?id=3700&replies=1](http://wordpress.com/forums/topic.php?id=3700&replies=1)
 *  Thread Starter [teammates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teammates/)
 * (@teammates)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-and-wordpresscom/#post-809867)
 * So, with wordpress.com a person can blog for free and not pay hosting fees. But
   what about placing Google Adsense on basic wordpress.com sites? I already own
   websites but I’m planning to relaunch as blogs. My revenue comes from hosting
   ads on my site. Does a basic wordpress.com account allow advertising?
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-and-wordpresscom/#post-809871)
 * WordPress.com does not allow any sort of advertising.
 *  Thread Starter [teammates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teammates/)
 * (@teammates)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-and-wordpresscom/#post-810165)
 * Does wordpress.org allow blog owners to run Google Adsense ?
 *  [zoltak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoltak/)
 * (@zoltak)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-and-wordpresscom/#post-810171)
 * WordPress.org is not a hosting company, WordPress.org is the development team
   that creates the WordPress software to run on your server and the software that
   WordPress.com uses.

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 * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [zoltak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoltak/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-and-wordpresscom/#post-810171)
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