Googles retiring AdSense Referrals and starting their affiliate network - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

Onedollaridea · 07-01-2008, 12:38 AM

Google has just sent an email to all their publishers that they will be stop or “retiring” their Adsense referrals as of the last week of August. The Adsense referrals were still in beta.
From a publishers point of view I tried implementing the Adsense Referrals on few of my website but it was never profitable and making me enough money. Their adsense CPC was always making me money than their referrals. Also the uptake of the referrals wasn’t great either due to the above reason.
Though they are “retiring” their adsense referrals google has started up their NEW affiliate network. This will bring alot of hype in the affiliate marketing world and alot changes will be seen. There are rumors that this will hit small affiliate networks and causing them to shut. Time will only tell though.
In order for google to get this network going they will need to have a good payout for all their publishers. Their payouts will need to be competitive with other networks so that the big affiliate marketers will promote their products.

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-Bill- · 07-01-2008, 12:56 AM

Anyone really surprised?
They are now 39% complete on their plot for world domination

papajohn56 · 07-01-2008, 12:59 AM

It's not really "new" per se, it's really just DoubleClick

-Bill- · 07-01-2008, 01:10 AM

Its not new... you are right.
DoubleClicks / Performics, whatever
Google acquired them in March of this year.
Expect the branding to flip to "Google's Affiliate Program" by August

Onedollaridea · 07-01-2008, 01:14 AM

yeah but the whole point is that this will make AM world more harder

nickycakes · 07-01-2008, 01:18 AM

How the hell would it cause small neworks to shut down? The costs of running a network are so low that any schmuck who can afford to pay rent could own their own network.

Onedollaridea · 07-01-2008, 01:31 AM

it comes down to if they can compete with the offers google offers

elime · 07-01-2008, 01:34 AM

I can't say that this comes as a shock.

ChrisS · 07-01-2008, 01:35 AM

How exactly is this going to make the AM world harder?

Onedollaridea · 07-01-2008, 01:58 AM

way more competition, alot people still don't know about AM and once they do know about it, it will cause more of them to compete

Bofu2U · 07-01-2008, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickycakes

How the hell would it cause small neworks to shut down? The costs of running a network are so low that any schmuck who can afford to pay rent could own their own network.

It's the next "own a web hosting company" after all..

elime · 07-01-2008, 04:30 AM

You know what...upon actually reading about this...

So Google starts it's own affiliate network. Ok, fine. So we're paying Google to advertise on their network/site...to push their offers.

Wow. Just wow.

Where does it fucking end?

-Bill- · 07-01-2008, 05:35 AM

I told you elime, we're only at 39% on the google world domination meter...
Just wait til 2012

hazzan · 07-01-2008, 07:16 AM

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glowleaf · 07-01-2008, 07:39 AM

I do not think it will make the affiliate world harder, because Google will not touch the "dirty" niches, like email submits and pharm.

I do expect a great service from them, but bear in mind, not every Google product is a hit. People still use wordpress.com, their groups are great but there are still others, we still use msn adcenter (well, that is because msn surfers have tattooed credit card numbers on their forehead and their webcam on).

Also, when was the last time you spoke to your Adsense manager and asked him to up your cut?

But, yeah, it will bring more competition to the affiliate world, just like adsense did.

Quote:

Anyone really surprised?
They are now 39% complete on their plot for world domination

When armies around the world start using Google Earth, they will get +10% on that. When they start using gmail... see any "pinky and the brain" episode.

ahtum · 07-01-2008, 07:42 AM

... soon internet = google ?! WTF ?!

07-01-2008, 12:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Onedollaridea Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 421	Googles retiring AdSense Referrals and starting their affiliate network Google has just sent an email to all their publishers that they will be stop or “retiring” their Adsense referrals as of the last week of August. The Adsense referrals were still in beta. From a publishers point of view I tried implementing the Adsense Referrals on few of my website but it was never profitable and making me enough money. Their adsense CPC was always making me money than their referrals. Also the uptake of the referrals wasn’t great either due to the above reason. Though they are “retiring” their adsense referrals google has started up their NEW affiliate network. This will bring alot of hype in the affiliate marketing world and alot changes will be seen. There are rumors that this will hit small affiliate networks and causing them to shut. Time will only tell though. In order for google to get this network going they will need to have a good payout for all their publishers. Their payouts will need to be competitive with other networks so that the big affiliate marketers will promote their products. Googles retiring AdSense Referrals and starting their affiliate network \| Murp's - Market Your Post __________________ Get Exclusive Offers and Higher Payouts The only Keyword Tool you will ever need. ALL IN 1

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07-01-2008, 04:30 AM	#12 (permalink)
elime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 768	You know what...upon actually reading about this... So Google starts it's own affiliate network. Ok, fine. So we're paying Google to advertise on their network/site...to push their offers. Wow. Just wow. Where does it fucking end? __________________ Hosting: Hostgator ¤ Domains: Namecheap \| Moniker

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