The site you just visited is part of WordPress.com. There are two reasons why you might see ads on a WordPress.com site:

1. The site is part of the WordAds program and has elected to show ads to earn money from their site.
2. The site is one of the sites hosted on WordPress.com that is on our free plan. We run ads on these sites to help cover costs but these types of ads are run sparingly in an attempt to interfere as little as possible with the experience of reading a site.

In both of the above cases, the ad you saw could be coming from a number of ad partners. The ads change depending on factors like your location and the type of site you are visiting.

If you are a WordPress.com user and you would like to permanently remove all ads from your site, please take a look at our paid plans.

If you saw an inappropriate ad, please report it to support@wordpress.com. Please include the address of the site (e.g., https://example.wordpress.com), the date/time the ad appeared, and a screenshot of the ad.