Regarding the “no advertising” policy on wordpress.com blogs:

(1) Blogger initiated advertising is not allowed on wordpress.com blogs – wordpress.com is already running adsense on our blogs and, on the global tag pages and Google allows only one adsense account to run on a blog/website at a time. The only exception is VIP hosted accounts ($600 for set-up and $300. hosting fee per month).

http://wordpress.com/blog/2006/09/06/on-ads/
http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/12/08/adsense/

(2) The volunteers answering questions on the forum are your fellow bloggers. They are not staff and do not have any role to play in the formulation of Automattic’s corporate policy for wordpress.com. If you wish to contact staff – WordPress.com support hours are Mondays – Fridays from 8 AM – 4PM (Pacific) and there’s a “support” button on the top right hand corner of any admin side blog page that you can use.

P.S. You can also scroll down to the very bottom of the Features page and look for “Advertising” for more information.

If you are campaigning for blogger initiated adsense on wordpress.com blogs, then please use your common sense.

Google does not allow two adsense accounts to run on the same blog or website at the same point in time. WordPress.com is already running Google adsense ads. Read Matt’s February wrap-up to determine how many wp.com blogs there actually are and then guesstimate what a loss that would be to wordpress.com.

Best wishes for happy blogging.

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