The popular blogging platform is introducing a new feature called WordAds that will allow users to make money by allowing ads to appear on their blogs. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

A large-scale ad fraud operation called 'Scallywag' is monetizing pirating and URL shortening sites through specially crafted WordPress plugins that generate billions of daily fraudulent requests.

Automattic introduced a new ad network called Blaze which places advertising on free WordPress.com websites and Tumblr. Advertising starts at $5/month. Automattic is the company behind WordPress.com, ...