I checked into the domain mapping for this blog when it was at uponmainstreet.wordpress.com, but found out that I would still be very limited on what I could do with it. I would still have all the limitation that wordpress.com has for their blogs.

Wordpress.com does not let you use ANY type of advertising on your site. It is a free service, so why should the owners of it let you get paid for blogging?

If you want to use wordpress for Google Adsense or any other type of money making opportunity online, you MUST use Wordpress.org for your blogging software platform.

Sure you have to pay for web hosting and a domain name, but you can get a basic plan and the domain name for around US$50. a year. That is pretty cheap considering all the stuff you can do with a blog.

I went to Godaddy.com for my hosting plan and just got the basic plan. Which runs less than $4 a month (cheaper is you purchase the 12, 24 or 36 month plan). Also when you purchase their hosting plan you can register a domain name for $1.99 (that is the cheapest price I found to register a domain name) GoDaddy.com Hosting Plans

Yes, having the free blogging software is great to keep family, friends or just for fun purposes, but if you want more from your blogging paying less than $4 a month can’t be beat!