Comments on: Google Referral Program

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:27:03 +0000

broken links, and the referral program is now retired is it not? Can you supply a link to any new way you can make cash from adsense/adwords referrals?

Thanks

By: Saranankara

Saranankara — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:00:39 +0000

Just noticed a new blog that promises to offer all kinds of insider info about Google AdWords, AdSense, and more. Check it out:

http://www.outgoogled.com/2006/01/welcome-to-outclicked.html

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:54:36 +0000

I recently installed the referrals button on a couple of pages but they don’t show up. Google Ads and the Search box work ok. Google can find no fault in my script, except to suggest there is a problem in my HTML. Any comment or help offered please?

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 08:00:00 +0000

The Google Adsense Referral Scheme and the Google Adwords Referral Scheme are two seperate things. The $20 payout is for Adwords, the $100 is for Adsense. Most of the responses here seem to be getting mixed up!

By: Melinda Bodden

Melinda Bodden — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:13:30 +0000

I’ve just copied and pasted codes on my site. I’ve also been reading the information about Adsense referral program; and I don’t see the $20 dollars everyones talking about . What i’ve read is we will earn $100 dollars when each of our refferals earn their fisrt $100 from the Adsense Program. I think this is a One- time only Commission Program–No residual Payments. It’s a start— could be better.

By: Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:37:20 +0000

I just implemented the ads on my site. Maybe I'm not seeing something that the rest of you are, but the referrals seem to earn more than what everybody has stated, so far, according to this page (which should be public).

By: Mohamad Zaki Hussein

Mohamad Zaki Hussein — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:58:54 +0000

Hi Darren,

Thanks for the info. I’ve been subscribing to your RSS feeds for awhile, but this is my first comment on your blog.

About the Adwords affiliate program, I don’t think Google values their affiliates highly. Here’s an example of that from their FAQ no. 21:

“…If you click through to the AdWords application page through the link on your website and spend $20 on AdWords ads, you’ll qualify as a completed referral and you’ll receive the $20 bounty.”

Now, if people aware of this fact, they might think that it will be better for them to join the affiliate program first, and then joining Adwords from their own affiliate link, rather then joining from other people’s affiliate link, because they will get a $20 rebate.

A good merchant who values their affiliates highly will usually try to protect their affiliates from customers who try to get “discount” by joining the affiliate program only to purchase from their own links.

Because if everybody is doing this stuff, then affiliates will have tons of difficulty in promoting and earning commission from the products.

I think that’s all my comment. Thanks.

Regards,
Zaki

By: Quick Online Tips

Quick Online Tips — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:50:28 +0000

Good news! Google Adsense Referral Program is now launched.

By: Kashif

Kashif — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:16:08 +0000

It’s a Google Circle. People referring publishers who will refer the advertisers :)

By: pcunix

pcunix — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:45:16 +0000

I just logged into my Adsense – there’s a new tab for Referrals.

But why on earth do I need to run this separately? Why don’t they just mix it in to Adsense with the *option* to run it separately?

By: AdMoolah News and Views » More on AdSense/AdWords Referral Program

AdMoolah News and Views » More on AdSense/AdWords Referral Program — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:02:03 +0000

[...] Darren is pointing to the AdWords referral program today. This is a program that has been around for quite a while now – the earliest reference I could find to it was back in February. It’s an invitation only program that pays you $20.00 when a new AdWords customer signs up using a link from your website. [...]

By: Quick Online Tips

Quick Online Tips — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:29:53 +0000

Now the site is saying ” To learn about the Google AdSense Referral Program – http://adsense.google.com/referrals” which redirects to https://www.google.com/adsense/

By: Quick Online Tips

Quick Online Tips — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:26:04 +0000

This program is not new Darren. I had blogged about Google referral program in June 2005, so what Jen is referring to seems to be something new, or maybe they are integrating these services now. I am still to recieve an invitation even after so many months of applying for it.

By: Rick Blythe

Rick Blythe — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:52:06 +0000

They should start an AdSense referral program too.
The more sites playing on both sides of the coin the more Google makes.

By: Jenstar

Jenstar — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:23:48 +0000

That referral problem has been around for quite a while, I have belonged to it since earlier this year – it is by invitation only though.

By: Eric Giguere

Eric Giguere — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:13:05 +0000

Google has long had an "Invite a Friend" link at the top of the AdSense console. This is the obvious evolution of that.

By: Ozh

Ozh — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:59:06 +0000

It's not new. Yourself already posted a news item about it a few months ago. Hopefully it will become more open now.

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:10:57 +0000

I’m not particularly interested in participating in the program itself, but the way I look at it is: more exposure of AdWords = more advertisers = more AdSense ads = more revenue. Publishers should win from this whether they get into the program or not.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:49:17 +0000

Looks google start some kind of affiliate program… Interesting. Bring us advertisers and you’ll get a commission.

I ve tried some affiliate programs and results are often really bad.

I d expect 1 conversion out of 50 000 page view = > 1% CTR on your website and 0,5% conversion rate; I even thinks it’s optimistic.

20 $ for one conversion is not bad at all !

By: Martin (HomeOfficeVoice)

Martin (HomeOfficeVoice) — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:56:11 +0000

Sounds like a useful referral program to get into – say you can get 2 a week that’s around $2000 a year – not bad for an additional income stream.