Date: Fri, Nov 2 2007 10:08 am
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/ee4f63f78bb21dee?hl=en
We know it can be tough to keep track of all the official
AdSense-related documentation we've put online; that's why we're happy
to introduce you to the new Resources tab in your account.We've
compiled links to a number of resources under this tab, including the
Help Center, Program Policies, and Help Forum. If you're looking to
improve the performance of your ads, you can now easily navigate to our
Optimization Tips page or to publisher tools like Analytics. Need help
with implementing your ad code or viewing your ads? Try our Demos &
Guides or Troubleshooting Wizards, all available under the Resources
tab.Oh, and if you happen to forget the URL of the Inside AdSense blog,
you can always find a link to us under this new tab as well. :)Posted
by Arlene Lee - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 11/02/2007 10:08:00
AM
TOPIC: An update on channel reports
Date: Thurs, Nov 1 2007 10:09 am
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/c649dd425aba5260?hl=en
We'd like to provide you with an update on the recent channels issue --
our engineers have been working to provide publishers with their
missing data, and you should see this data in your account by early
next week. Thanks again for your patience!Posted by Arlene Lee -
AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 11/01/2007 10:08:00
AM
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/c649dd425aba5260?hl=en
We'd like to provide you with an update on the recent channels issue --
our engineers have been working to provide publishers with their
missing data, and you should see this data in your account by early
next week. Thanks again for your patience!Posted by Arlene Lee -
AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 11/01/2007 10:08:00
AM
TOPIC: The story must go on...
Date: Mon, Oct 29 2007 12:29 pm
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/b832da5810f8701b?hl=en
We're excited about the enthusiasm we're seeing for the AdSense Story
contest, so we've decided to extend the deadline until November 14th.
We've received some great submissions, and we're still looking for
more. It doesn't need to be a big Hollywood production, just a simple
story from the heart about your own AdSense Story -- how has AdSense
helped you? Feel free to review our announcement for more details on
what to include in your video.Oh, and did we mention that winning
submissions will get some cool Google schwag? Send us your story
today!Posted by Sunil Subhedar - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/29/2007 12:29:00
PM
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/b832da5810f8701b?hl=en
We're excited about the enthusiasm we're seeing for the AdSense Story
contest, so we've decided to extend the deadline until November 14th.
We've received some great submissions, and we're still looking for
more. It doesn't need to be a big Hollywood production, just a simple
story from the heart about your own AdSense Story -- how has AdSense
helped you? Feel free to review our announcement for more details on
what to include in your video.Oh, and did we mention that winning
submissions will get some cool Google schwag? Send us your story
today!Posted by Sunil Subhedar - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/29/2007 12:29:00
PM
2 TOPIC ( Webinar transcript now posted AND Custom channels up and running again)
TOPIC: Webinar transcript now posted
Date: Fri, Oct 26 2007 10:08 am
From: Inside AdSense Team
In case you weren't able to attend our latest webinar, What's New with
AdSense, you can now find a recording on our Help Center. Our support
specialists cover the latest features such as Referrals 2.0 and Blogger
inline ads and provide a refresher on the top AdSense support issues.
You can also find recordings and transcripts of our previous
webinars.Posted by Laura Chen - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/26/2007 10:08:00
AM
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TOPIC: Custom channels up and running again
Date: Fri, Oct 26 2007 4:59 pm
From: Inside AdSense Team
Over the past few days, some publishers let us know that they were
unable to view any data for their custom channels. Our engineers have
now resolved the issue, and they're currently working on including the
missing data from the past few days. Your custom channels should now be
tracking data as normal. Please be assured that your aggregate reports,
which are used to calculate payments, have not been affected.Thanks for
your patience, and for bringing this issue to our attention!Posted by
Arlene Lee - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/26/2007 04:59:00
PM
Date: Fri, Oct 26 2007 10:08 am
From: Inside AdSense Team
In case you weren't able to attend our latest webinar, What's New with
AdSense, you can now find a recording on our Help Center. Our support
specialists cover the latest features such as Referrals 2.0 and Blogger
inline ads and provide a refresher on the top AdSense support issues.
You can also find recordings and transcripts of our previous
webinars.Posted by Laura Chen - AdSense Publisher Support
--
Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/26/2007 10:08:00
AM
--------------------------------------------------------------------.
TOPIC: Custom channels up and running again
Date: Fri, Oct 26 2007 4:59 pm
From: Inside AdSense Team
Over the past few days, some publishers let us know that they were
unable to view any data for their custom channels. Our engineers have
now resolved the issue, and they're currently working on including the
missing data from the past few days. Your custom channels should now be
tracking data as normal. Please be assured that your aggregate reports,
which are used to calculate payments, have not been affected.Thanks for
your patience, and for bringing this issue to our attention!Posted by
Arlene Lee - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/26/2007 04:59:00
PM
TOPIC: Coming soon: Make ad changes without replacing code
Date: Tues, Oct 23 2007 9:41 am
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/dd796470bcfee1f2?hl=enWe're very excited to let you know about an upcoming feature that lets
you easily manage your ad units from within your AdSense account. It
isn't live yet, but here's a sneak peek so you'll know what to expect
in the coming weeks. (We know many of you have been eagerly
anticipating its arrival.)This new ad management feature means that
your ad unit settings (such as colors and channels) for new AdSense for
content ad units will be saved in your AdSense account every time you
generate ad code. Then, if you'd like to change any of these settings
in the future, all you do is make the update within your account --
you'll no longer need to manually replace the ad code on all of your
pages. For instance, you can quickly change the borders of all your
300x250 medium rectangles from red to blue with just a few mouse
clicks. Fancy! We hope that this new feature will help you save time
and will simplify the process of optimizing your ad units.As we noted
above, please keep in mind that the ad management feature isn't yet
available in any publisher accounts. We'll be rolling it out in phases
in the next few weeks, and we'll follow up with another post at that
time to help you better understand how to use the feature. When you see
the "Manage Ads" page appear under your AdSense Setup tab, you'll know
the feature is available for you to use. Here's what it will look
like:Stay tuned to read more about this new feature! Posted by Traci
Hailpern - AdSense Product Marketing
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/23/2007 09:40:00
AM
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/dd796470bcfee1f2?hl=enWe're very excited to let you know about an upcoming feature that lets
you easily manage your ad units from within your AdSense account. It
isn't live yet, but here's a sneak peek so you'll know what to expect
in the coming weeks. (We know many of you have been eagerly
anticipating its arrival.)This new ad management feature means that
your ad unit settings (such as colors and channels) for new AdSense for
content ad units will be saved in your AdSense account every time you
generate ad code. Then, if you'd like to change any of these settings
in the future, all you do is make the update within your account --
you'll no longer need to manually replace the ad code on all of your
pages. For instance, you can quickly change the borders of all your
300x250 medium rectangles from red to blue with just a few mouse
clicks. Fancy! We hope that this new feature will help you save time
and will simplify the process of optimizing your ad units.As we noted
above, please keep in mind that the ad management feature isn't yet
available in any publisher accounts. We'll be rolling it out in phases
in the next few weeks, and we'll follow up with another post at that
time to help you better understand how to use the feature. When you see
the "Manage Ads" page appear under your AdSense Setup tab, you'll know
the feature is available for you to use. Here's what it will look
like:Stay tuned to read more about this new feature! Posted by Traci
Hailpern - AdSense Product Marketing
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/23/2007 09:40:00
AM
TOPIC: AdSense Forum now in Arabic
Date: Mon, Oct 22 2007 9:30 am
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/7faafb0bc2816062?hl=enWe've recently opened an AdSense Help Forum in Arabic. Drop by the new
forum today to post your questions and share your AdSense expertise
with other Arabic-speaking publishers. As with our other forums, a
Google representative will participate in the discussions and
occasionally contribute posts.This launch brings the number of AdSense
Help Forums up to 15. If you aren't yet one of the 54,000 publishers
worldwide participating in the forums, we'd like to let you know that
they're available in: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional),
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.Join a forum today to meet
and learn from other AdSense publishers!Posted by Arlene Lee - AdSense
Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/22/2007 09:29:00
AM
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/7faafb0bc2816062?hl=enWe've recently opened an AdSense Help Forum in Arabic. Drop by the new
forum today to post your questions and share your AdSense expertise
with other Arabic-speaking publishers. As with our other forums, a
Google representative will participate in the discussions and
occasionally contribute posts.This launch brings the number of AdSense
Help Forums up to 15. If you aren't yet one of the 54,000 publishers
worldwide participating in the forums, we'd like to let you know that
they're available in: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional),
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.Join a forum today to meet
and learn from other AdSense publishers!Posted by Arlene Lee - AdSense
Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/22/2007 09:29:00
AM
TOPIC: Site maintenance on Saturday, October 20th
Date: Fri, Oct 19 2007 2:45 pm
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/0697f1c8f124af15?hl=en
This Saturday, October 20th, we'll be performing routine site
maintenance from 10am to 2pm PDT. You won't be able to sign in to your
account during this time period, but rest assured that your ads will
still appear and your earnings will continue to be tracked in your
account. Here's the start time converted for various cities around the
world:London -- 6 pm SaturdayAthens -- 8 pm SaturdayNew Delhi -- 10:30
pm SaturdayKuala Lumpur -- 1 am SundaySydney -- 3 am SundayWe hope the
down time gives you more time to work on your Halloween costume. If
you're all out of costume ideas, how about dressing up as an ad unit?
We suggest the medium rectangle for maximum visibility :) Have a great
weekend!Posted by Arlene Lee - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/19/2007 02:44:00
PM
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/0697f1c8f124af15?hl=en
This Saturday, October 20th, we'll be performing routine site
maintenance from 10am to 2pm PDT. You won't be able to sign in to your
account during this time period, but rest assured that your ads will
still appear and your earnings will continue to be tracked in your
account. Here's the start time converted for various cities around the
world:London -- 6 pm SaturdayAthens -- 8 pm SaturdayNew Delhi -- 10:30
pm SaturdayKuala Lumpur -- 1 am SundaySydney -- 3 am SundayWe hope the
down time gives you more time to work on your Halloween costume. If
you're all out of costume ideas, how about dressing up as an ad unit?
We suggest the medium rectangle for maximum visibility :) Have a great
weekend!Posted by Arlene Lee - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/19/2007 02:44:00
PM
TOPIC: AdSense Publisher Stories: Askthebuilder.com
Date: Tues, Oct 16 2007 5:02 pm
From: Inside AdSense
Askthebuilder.com's Tim Carter is one publisher who's been able to do
great things with AdSense. Here's his story on moving from building
houses to building websites and how AdSense has helped him along the
way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve-6yFHvZ6M
Now that you've heard Tim's story, we want to hear about your
experience with AdSense. We've heard from publishers who've been able
to keep their site free to users, quit their jobs, and even pay for
their wedding! What have your AdSense earnings enabled you to do?
Whether you have a blog, a small website, or an entire company, we
want to hear your story. There's no need for a production crew or
studio; you can create the video at home with a webcam.
Here's how it works:
1. Shoot a video (2 minutes or shorter) about your story with AdSense.
2. Fill out the submission form at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/request.py?contact=youtube
and submit your video as a video response to Tim's video on YouTube.
3. We will review your submissions and pick a few videos to be
featured on the AdSense blog in the coming weeks.
In your video, you may want to answer some of the questions below, but
feel free to include others.
* Where you are from and what you do for a living?
* Why did you create your site, blog, or forum?
* Who is your intended audience?
* How did you hear about AdSense?
* How has AdSense helped you?
* What are some useful AdSense tips you would give to other publishers
so that they can see the same success?
When creating and submitting your video, here are a few important
things to remember:
1. You need to have a YouTube account to participate -- you can sign
up for one at http://www.youtube.com/signup .
2. Be creative! Use props, backgrounds, and sets; however, please do
not use any trademarked logos, images, or copyrighted material for
which you don't have permission to display in your videos.
3. You can disclose gross earnings, but not any specific AdSense
statistics such as clickthrough rate or eCPM.
4. Feel free to talk about your site, but don't advertise or encourage
users to visit your site and click on your ads.
5. By posting your video you give Google the rights to display,
reproduce, and distribute your content.
6. Your video must adhere to both YouTube and AdSense Terms and
Conditions. These can be found at http://www.youtube.com/t/terms and
https://www.google.com/adsense/static/en_US/Terms.html . Google has
the right to remove any video submission that does not comply with
these terms.
Submission deadline is October 31st, so what are you waiting for?
Create and submit your video at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/request.py?contact=youtube
today!
Posted by Sunil Subhedar - AdSense Publisher Support
From: Inside AdSense
Askthebuilder.com's Tim Carter is one publisher who's been able to do
great things with AdSense. Here's his story on moving from building
houses to building websites and how AdSense has helped him along the
way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve-6yFHvZ6M
Now that you've heard Tim's story, we want to hear about your
experience with AdSense. We've heard from publishers who've been able
to keep their site free to users, quit their jobs, and even pay for
their wedding! What have your AdSense earnings enabled you to do?
Whether you have a blog, a small website, or an entire company, we
want to hear your story. There's no need for a production crew or
studio; you can create the video at home with a webcam.
Here's how it works:
1. Shoot a video (2 minutes or shorter) about your story with AdSense.
2. Fill out the submission form at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/request.py?contact=youtube
and submit your video as a video response to Tim's video on YouTube.
3. We will review your submissions and pick a few videos to be
featured on the AdSense blog in the coming weeks.
In your video, you may want to answer some of the questions below, but
feel free to include others.
* Where you are from and what you do for a living?
* Why did you create your site, blog, or forum?
* Who is your intended audience?
* How did you hear about AdSense?
* How has AdSense helped you?
* What are some useful AdSense tips you would give to other publishers
so that they can see the same success?
When creating and submitting your video, here are a few important
things to remember:
1. You need to have a YouTube account to participate -- you can sign
up for one at http://www.youtube.com/signup .
2. Be creative! Use props, backgrounds, and sets; however, please do
not use any trademarked logos, images, or copyrighted material for
which you don't have permission to display in your videos.
3. You can disclose gross earnings, but not any specific AdSense
statistics such as clickthrough rate or eCPM.
4. Feel free to talk about your site, but don't advertise or encourage
users to visit your site and click on your ads.
5. By posting your video you give Google the rights to display,
reproduce, and distribute your content.
6. Your video must adhere to both YouTube and AdSense Terms and
Conditions. These can be found at http://www.youtube.com/t/terms and
https://www.google.com/adsense/static/en_US/Terms.html . Google has
the right to remove any video submission that does not comply with
these terms.
Submission deadline is October 31st, so what are you waiting for?
Create and submit your video at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/request.py?contact=youtube
today!
Posted by Sunil Subhedar - AdSense Publisher Support
TOPIC: Celebrating Blog Action Day with Mongabay
Date: Mon, Oct 15 2007 11:10 am
From: Inside AdSense Team
It's Blog Action Day, a day when bloggers around the world take time to
write about the environment. So, we thought it would be fitting to
feature an AdSense publisher who has focused their site on increasing
awareness and appreciation of the environment -- specifically, wild
lands and wildlife.Mongabay.com, run by Rhett Butler, originally
focused on providing information about tropical rainforests, a topic
Rhett is personally familiar with through his travels to a Borneo
rainforest that has since been destroyed. In recent years, however, the
site has expanded to include environmental news on numerous topics
ranging from climate change to green business. He's also added a kids'
version of the site aimed to spark interest in youngsters to learn
about and appreciate rainforests. Rhett hopes through his work with
Mongabay that more people will become aware of the beauty and
importance of the environment so they'll be motivated to preserve our
remaining biodiversity for the future. On Mongabay.com, Rhett describes
the concept of TREES, which are five basic steps we can take to saving
rainforests: Teach others about the importance of the environment and
how they can help save rainforests.Restore damaged ecosystems by
planting trees on land where forests have been cut down.Encourage
people to live in a way that doesn't hurt the environment.Establish
parks to protect rainforests and wildlife.Support companies that
operate in ways that minimize damage to the environment.The revenue
Rhett's sites generate through AdSense has allowed him to quit his 9-5
job and focus on growing his environmental effort: traveling around the
world to gain a connection to the efforts he is passionate about,
garnering hands-on experiences, and looking for conservation
opportunities. This travel also enables him to take these experiences
and add valuable content to his website and further educate his
readers.Thanks, Rhett, for raising awareness about the importance of
rainforests both to the global ecosystem and to people
everywhere.Posted by Julie Beckmann - AdSense Publisher Support
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/15/2007 11:09:00
AM
From: Inside AdSense Team
It's Blog Action Day, a day when bloggers around the world take time to
write about the environment. So, we thought it would be fitting to
feature an AdSense publisher who has focused their site on increasing
awareness and appreciation of the environment -- specifically, wild
lands and wildlife.Mongabay.com, run by Rhett Butler, originally
focused on providing information about tropical rainforests, a topic
Rhett is personally familiar with through his travels to a Borneo
rainforest that has since been destroyed. In recent years, however, the
site has expanded to include environmental news on numerous topics
ranging from climate change to green business. He's also added a kids'
version of the site aimed to spark interest in youngsters to learn
about and appreciate rainforests. Rhett hopes through his work with
Mongabay that more people will become aware of the beauty and
importance of the environment so they'll be motivated to preserve our
remaining biodiversity for the future. On Mongabay.com, Rhett describes
the concept of TREES, which are five basic steps we can take to saving
rainforests: Teach others about the importance of the environment and
how they can help save rainforests.Restore damaged ecosystems by
planting trees on land where forests have been cut down.Encourage
people to live in a way that doesn't hurt the environment.Establish
parks to protect rainforests and wildlife.Support companies that
operate in ways that minimize damage to the environment.The revenue
Rhett's sites generate through AdSense has allowed him to quit his 9-5
job and focus on growing his environmental effort: traveling around the
world to gain a connection to the efforts he is passionate about,
garnering hands-on experiences, and looking for conservation
opportunities. This travel also enables him to take these experiences
and add valuable content to his website and further educate his
readers.Thanks, Rhett, for raising awareness about the importance of
rainforests both to the global ecosystem and to people
everywhere.Posted by Julie Beckmann - AdSense Publisher Support
--
Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/15/2007 11:09:00
AM
TOPIC: Getting more quality inventory for publishers
Date: Fri, Oct 12 2007 12:14 pm
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/5fefc86a41699002?hl=en
We're always working on new ways for you to get quality ad inventory,
as well as developing safeguards to ensure that the conversions
generated on publisher sites are valid. As you may know, referral ads
are paid on a conversion basis; a conversion is considered a specific
action defined by the advertiser. That action might be a sale, a
clickthrough to a specific page on an advertiser site, or an online
sign-up for a promotion. We've recently made a change to help make sure
that the conversions generated by referral ads are valid. For some
publishers who display referrals for non-Google products, the earnings
you receive for the ad may now be less than the maximum referral value
displayed for that ad. This is because our system will initially place
a restriction on referral earnings as we monitor click and conversion
data to determine that the conversions generated are valid. Once this
validation period ends, you'll begin earning the maximum value of the
conversions as displayed in your account.We can't say precisely how
long the validation period will last, but will make every effort to
ensure that it's as speedy as possible. It will vary by publisher since
site activity is different for everyone, and we anticipate that the
majority of you will be minimally affected. However, advertisers will
only be charged the maximum referral value once a publisher has
completed the validation period. Our goal with this change is to ensure
the long-term effectiveness of the referrals program for both
publishers and advertisers. By increasing the value and quality of the
referral network, we believe we'll attract more advertisers and provide
more opportunities for you to earn.Posted by Eva Woo - AdSense Product
Marketing
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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/12/2007 12:11:00
PM
From: Inside AdSense Team
http://groups.google.com/group/Inside-AdSense/browse_thread/thread/5fefc86a41699002?hl=en
We're always working on new ways for you to get quality ad inventory,
as well as developing safeguards to ensure that the conversions
generated on publisher sites are valid. As you may know, referral ads
are paid on a conversion basis; a conversion is considered a specific
action defined by the advertiser. That action might be a sale, a
clickthrough to a specific page on an advertiser site, or an online
sign-up for a promotion. We've recently made a change to help make sure
that the conversions generated by referral ads are valid. For some
publishers who display referrals for non-Google products, the earnings
you receive for the ad may now be less than the maximum referral value
displayed for that ad. This is because our system will initially place
a restriction on referral earnings as we monitor click and conversion
data to determine that the conversions generated are valid. Once this
validation period ends, you'll begin earning the maximum value of the
conversions as displayed in your account.We can't say precisely how
long the validation period will last, but will make every effort to
ensure that it's as speedy as possible. It will vary by publisher since
site activity is different for everyone, and we anticipate that the
majority of you will be minimally affected. However, advertisers will
only be charged the maximum referral value once a publisher has
completed the validation period. Our goal with this change is to ensure
the long-term effectiveness of the referrals program for both
publishers and advertisers. By increasing the value and quality of the
referral network, we believe we'll attract more advertisers and provide
more opportunities for you to earn.Posted by Eva Woo - AdSense Product
Marketing
--
Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 10/12/2007 12:11:00
PM
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