Breaking News: Google’s AdSense Team Re-Changes Referrals Policy
Posted on | January 23, 2008 | No Comments
Yep. They did it! Instead of shooting themselves in the foot, they changed the policy to one that actually makes sense! Now, just like Google’s referral for Mozilla Firefox, a publisher gets paid based on where the person who signs up for AdSense is from.
You get $0 for everyone outside of North America, Latin America or Japan. You get $100 for everyone who signs up located in North America, Latin America, or Japan… if they generate $100 AdSense revenue within 180 days of signing up.
Hell, this seems fair to me. If they are having issues with people outside of those demographics instead of eliminating the referrals program for some people, they limit to payment for those only who sign up in those locations. Made Sense? I hop so. Great move, in my opinion. This way they can still continue making revenue… considering a majority of publishers only enjoy targeting United States traffic. This works out well in the end.
The option to add a referral unit for AdSense will reappear in your account when you target any referral unit to Japan and/or any countries in North America and Latin America. To ensure payment for valid conversions, we recommend that you check the targeting settings on your current AdSense referral units.
OK. So those are back… now the issue with losing out payments for previous conversions is also taken care of. Here’s what they say regarding those issues:
We’ve also heard from a number of you that you’re no longer seeing recent AdSense referral earnings in your account. Please be assured that this is a display error — past conversions have not been removed from your account. Our engineers are working hard to resolve this issue quickly.
Alright, THAT’S taken care off… but there’s more. Pricing for the Google Pack and Firefox is getting a makeover also.
- Google Pack: Currently, you can earn up to $2 when a user downloads and runs Google Pack for the first time after being referred through your link or button. Starting the third week of February, each successful Pack referral will earn up to $1. This change will apply to all referrals for Google Pack and is independent of user location or publisher location.
- Firefox: We’ll also be reducing payments for Firefox referrals from China during the third week of February. This specific referral payment change will only affect installations from users in China. Again, this is independent of your location as a publisher.
Looks like that’s it! A lot of people like the information straight from the horse’s mouth, so here’s the link.
Oh yeah, AdSense blog is now available in Russian! Inside AdSense: Официальный блог Google AdSense
Google AdSense International Publisher Referral Changes.
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