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Another 'tip of the hat' to Google! Always leave it to Google for new ideas and innovations that benefit the user... and Google's profits! I'm talking of course about Google's announcement on Monday that it is now offering current AdSense publishers a monetary incentive to refer new AdSense customers to Google's already very successful program. Google's AdSense are the ads you can see at the left of this screen. Advertisers that are part of Google's AdWords PPC program can choose to have their ads placed on other sites, which will drastically increase their visibility. In exchange of placing the ads on their sites, AdSense publishers share a percentage of the ad revenue with Google. But Google isn't alone in this sector anymore. In August, Yahoo launched its Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN for short). The new YPN works essentially the same as Google's AdSense. You can also expect MSN to come up with something very similar real soon. Now that Google is a public company, it has to answer to shareholders and has to continue delivering strong profits, especially now that its stock is hovering near the $400 a share mark! Don't get me wrong. Google's initiative of offering AdSense publishers up to $100 for each referral that comes from a referral banner similar to the one above this paragraph is a great one. But I suspect its in direct retaliation to Yahoo's new YPN program, and the few more that are probably soon to follow. To qualify, referred publishers must earn a minimum $100 of revenue in any given period of time before Google credits the respective AdSense site that made the referral. Like all of Google's new ideas this one is a great one too, so here's a "tip of the hat" to you Google. Update Jagger 3 is all over Judging from some of the posts I've seen in other forums and discussions boards, not all webmasters or site owners will agree with me. For some, I'm sure it was a brutal update, with some sites taking a beating on the results pages. According to some of the things I've read, there is a fair number of websites that saw large downgrades in their overall rankings in the reults pages, some of them being very relevant "white hat" sites, where most of them haven't even engaged in any link exchanges or link buying programs. Some call this "collateral damage" and they are hoping it will be corrected in Google's next update. When will that be? My guess would be around the Dec. 28-30 period. According to past years, Google likes to start the new year with a newly-refreshed index. The same usually goes with its PR rating system also. As always, you can count on me to keep you posted on any new developments that will happen next. If it's about search engines, SEO or search engine marketing, you will see it here! Well, that's it for today folks. Thanks for being here and I will see you all next week. Have a great and safe weekend! Serge Thibodeau, editor Please note that I am available for SEO consultative work or to help you optimize your website for the major search engines. Feel free to contact me for an honest and fair assessment.  Note: Although I always try my best to answer each individual question that I receive, there are times when it's just impossible for me to answer every one I get, as the amount of emails sent to me keeps increasing all the time. Also, please note that, for confidentiality reasons, the names of people writing to us are never disclosed. Please send all your questions, comments or general enquiries to: questions@rankforsales.com Subscribe to the free Rank for Sales Weekly Newsletter <<< Previous page Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 14 15 16 17 18  Bookmark the RFS Newsletter by simply clicking here. Search engine industry news corner:  About Rank for $ales Rank for $ales can be reached via email at info@rankforsales.com or you can call from anywhere in the US or Canada, via our toll free number at 1-800-631-3221. Our offices are located near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Visit our web site at www.rankforsales.com About Serge Thibodeau Pagina+™ is offered by Rank for $ale's parent company: GCIS Inc. Besides serving as editor and CEO of Rank for $ales, Serge Thibodeau currently writes professional search engine optimization articles in some of the following publications:
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