Define "third-party" sites

Expert list marketer, Soren Jordansen, brought an issue to my attention that I want to pass on to other bloggers, especially ones that use private label content for marketing purposes.

In his blog entry WordPress Cracks Down on Affiliate Marketing Blogs, Soren explains how the WordPress terms of service forbids use of their free blog hosting platform for marketing. What caught my eye was that the WordPress TOS specifically forbids using

…content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search
engine rankings of third party sites.

Now, what do I care? Blogger must have a similar policy, and I haven't gotten around to moving this blog to my domain. I'm probably not in danger of having this blog deleted since I try very hard not to blatantly plug my article membership site in every post. Heck, I rarely post as it is! But I have the option of moving the blog.

Question: Do you have your own domain? If not, you probably should. The cost of domain registration and web hosting will not break your budget, and it is definitely worth the freedom to post whatever you want or need to say.