I am sure Google Adsense Team have gone through a number of bloggers who have shown their dismay and displeasure on the removal of the referral revenue that they could make over time. I was one of those that replied with a bold title saying Google could just retire from the scene. Now again they have reviewed and considered the feedback given by the "People" and modified their plans.
This was the email i receive a couple of days back and this was what they have to say to everyone who are still supporting Google Adsense. It sounded all the same to me like how widgetbucks tried to remove the international publisher entirely but failed, i guess this is how contextual network works for, "profit".
"Hello AdSense publisher,
We are writing to give you an important follow-up to the changes we announced earlier this month to the referrals to AdSense program. Since announcing the changes, we've received a number of responses about the program being dependent on the location of the referring publisher rather than the referred user. After carefully considering this feedback, we have decided to modify our planned changes.
Specifically, you will have the option to add a referral unit for AdSense within 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.
We'd also like to let you know about upcoming changes to the referrals programs for Google Pack and Firefox:
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 will 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. As with referrals to AdSense, this is independent of your location as a publisher.
We understand that these changes may decrease revenue for some of you currently participating in these referrals programs. While it is our goal to help publishers earn as much as possible with the AdSense program, like any other referrals advertiser, we are constantly evaluating our campaigns to make them effective and sustainable.
Again, thank you for your feedback and support of the referrals program.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043"
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3 Responses to "Follow-up to referring your users to sign up for AdSense program changes"
January 24, 2008 7:12 PM
I think the adsense is going down.. Too many publisher and too many bogus sites.
January 25, 2008 1:37 PM
this is really not a good news. i still love adsense but i don't rely on it for revenues.
January 25, 2008 1:38 PM
is that so. haven't tried adsense. i will have to apply yet.
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