Google AdSense Referrals
Related entries in Making Money with BlogsI decided today to start testing the Google AdSense Referral program. What got me was that not only can you refer people to AdSense, but now you can refer people to Firefox. Since I’m a big Firefox user, this was enough of a push for me to start testing.
The message on my landing page, that Firefox referrals are now live internationally, definitely worked. Cause here I am.
So, it’s really easy to set up and get going. Under the “Referrals” tab, simply select either AdSense or Firefox to promote. Then, choose which size and message you want. It will produce some code you can then stick on your site.


Until I redo BloggingHelp, I’m just starting with Blogaholics. I might make a whole new section for it, like ‘Blogging Tips’ or something, but for now it’s at the bottom of a column. Not the best place, but a day or two will tell me if it’s worth shifting around.
About the Referral Program:
Referrals offer you a new revenue opportunity while increasing your users’ awareness of useful products and services. Adding a referral button to your website enables you to generate additional earnings by directing users to download or sign up for products such as AdSense.
Your earnings for referrals will vary depending on the product you’re referring.
When a user you’ve referred to AdSense first earns US $100, we’ll credit your AdSense account with US $100. When a user you’ve referred to Firefox plus Google Toolbar runs Firefox for the first time, you’ll receive up to $1 in your account, depending on the user’s location.







December 4th, 2005 at 5:45 am
This sounds like a pretty good program and easy enough to do. I will pass this along! I have already recommended this site to some of my friends.
December 6th, 2005 at 12:18 pm
Thanks!
April 21st, 2006 at 6:37 am
Excellent topic and you covered it nicely. Adsense is indeed a huge player in the online advertising world and I believe any tips and guides are appreciated. Of course, while millions of publishers are running Adsense, only a handful are making serious money off it. As far as I’m concerned, the best way to make money with Adsense is to develop a website or blog on a niche topic that should also be something you are interested in. Hobby-related sites have the best chances of keeping you, as their webmaster, happy and involved, and this will soon show in the number of visitors and the amounts of money you make.
Another vital thing to consider is ad style and placement. I prefer to use a similar structure for all my websites – one that was proven to work. I will share this with you as I believe in reciprocal help through free advice – I also learned A LOT from browsing blogs such as this and other webmaster resources on Adsense. Ok, so getting back to ad placement: I love the idea of placing a 120×90 or 160×90 adlink box on the left side menu of my sites, in the top left corner, just below the banner. Have a look at my website, and get more tips on How to make money with Google Adsense and look at the area below the graphic saying “Online money” – it will house a nice 160×90 adlinks box soon after my site receives enough traffic.
The second good spot to place a 250×250 or 300×250 ad box is in the article text. Loose the border and make the background of the ads the same as your web background (same is true for the adlink placement mentioned above. The final touch comes with a final ad placed at the end of each araticle. Consider the article a path that leads to the final conclusion – exactly where the ads are. You can also place a small graphic image to the left of the ads, so that they are more attractive from a visual point of view.
By using such an ad placement most of my sites get CTRs of 10%-15% all the time
Give it a try and let me know if this sort of ad placement worked in your particular cases – I am also doing a study on this which I will eventually publish on web2earn.com
Best regards,
Mihai