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The difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org

Basically WordPress has two versions. These two versions could be quite confusing for a newbie who has just entered in the world of blogging. We'll see those differences in few points below:

1. Costing: WordPress.com is hosted by WordPress servers. Registration is absolutely free like Blogger.com. It means that you don't have to pay anything for domain or hosting.

If you see WordPress.org, then here you have to have a registered domain, which will cost you from 4$-10$ per year and some hosting charges which will be like 4$-5$ per month.

2.Customization: WordPress.com gives you less space for customization. Here you can not edit/update HTML source code of your blog. Themes are limited

In WordPress.org, you own the domain and hosting so you have all the source code. There are plenty of themes for this version of WordPress.

3.Branding: WordPress.com has its own branding which you can not override, like fevicon, footer settings etc. You can not have complete control on branding if you are using this version of WordPress.

In the case of WordPress.org, you have entire source code to edit/update. You can do whatever you want. This is recommended for commercial blogs.

4.Monetize: WordPress.com does not allow you to place adds through AdSense. Also, you can not edit the HTML part so you can not put affliate links also. This is one of the main drawbacks of this free version of WordPress.

WordPress.org gives you the freedom to put adds and affiliate links on your blog or website.

References: WordPress TaggedPages