Google Referrals 2.0: CPA For Adsense

**BamaStangGuy** · 06-28-2007, 03:33 PM

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This past March, we launched a referrals beta to test the feature and iron out some wrinkles. Now that we've finished our testing, we're pleased to announce that referrals 2.0 will soon be available to all AdSense publishers.

While some of you may already be familiar with referrals for Google products, this launch will greatly expand the inventory and functionality of referrals for AdSense publishers. Below we've highlighted a few of the key benefits of referrals 2.0:

* Expanded product inventory: While many of you have had success referring one of our Google products, some of you weren't able to find a product that fit the context of your site. Referrals 2.0 offers products from thousands of AdWords advertisers, so you can find the right ads for your sites.

* Category and keyword targeting: With thousands of products available, it can be difficult to decide which ads will perform best on your site. That's why we give you the option to refer products by category and keyword. You can narrow down the types of ads you want to display and let AdSense figure out which ones will perform best on your site. Whether you want ads for a specific category, advertiser, or product, referrals 2.0 will give you the control to decide.

* Ad unit optimization: It can be tricky picking the best ads for your site, so we've included ad unit optimization for referrals. When you create a new referral ad unit, simply select the Pick best performing ads option. We'll then compare your selected ads to other relevant ads, and serve the ads we expect to perform best on your site.

* Better targeting for pages with multiple themes: With standard contextual targeting, ads may not match up directly with the text around them if there are a number of themes on the page. With referrals, you can select unique “keywords” for each ad unit to narrow the targeting directly to the theme you want. Better targeting means higher earnings for your site.

* Greater compensation for high-quality traffic: Since referrals are paid on a cost-per-action (CPA) basis, your traffic matters. If the traffic you send to advertisers is more likely to turn into a completed sale or lead, you will earn more with referrals.

* Add your seal of approval: Unlike AdSense for content ads, our program policies allow you to make specific references to referral ads on your site. If you endorse the product that you are referring, feel free to let your users know. By adding your personal review of the products you refer, you can help your users make more informed choices.

To get started with referrals, click the AdSense Setup tab in your account, then click Referrals. If you don't see referrals 2.0 right away, please check back in a few days, as the feature will gradually become available in all accounts over the next few weeks. Please also keep in mind that for some languages, advertisers are just getting started so ad inventory may be limited at this time. We encourage you to check back frequently to see new offers.

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If you have any questions about how to add a new referral unit to your site, be sure to check out the updated referrals section of the Help Center.

Inside AdSense: Referrals 2.0 launches to all AdSense publishers

**Romestar** · 06-28-2007, 04:32 PM

sweet! can't wait to start using this...

**john546** · 06-30-2007, 09:14 PM

It will be nice when they have activated it on my account. I just hope advertisers do not abuse this system. I know there are some advertisers that pay $0.15 per lead. You would get around that per click and to get that $0.15 lead you will probably give the advertiser about 2 - 15 clicks, which seems rather low is you send 15 clicks.

It seems that so far some people have it activated and some do not. I am one of the ones that don't currently have it.

**briansol** · 07-19-2007, 01:53 AM

i went through nearly 50 campaigns, laughed, and carried about my day.

their cpa is a joke IMO. they payouts are pathetic. their comissions are like 1% on most things.
some $1000 items have a comission of $7.59. what a joke.

**Lucas3677** · 07-20-2007, 02:08 AM

There's a lot of easy money in those CPA offers. I have a feeling that the more people start using it, the lower the rates will go because some of them have unreasonably high ones as well ($11.00 for a free dating site signup?)

**xboxundone** · 07-20-2007, 12:10 PM

many are a joke but some are killer. I will be giving a few of them a try!

**Mike** · 07-20-2007, 04:35 PM

Well, giving them a try now, as we speak.

One thing I already don't like is that I keep getting a stupid "penny stocks" ad along with the ads that I selected. Hopefully, that is very temporary, othewise, the ads will be gone as quickly as they came.

**Frito Pie** · 07-20-2007, 05:30 PM

Its been turned on in my adsense set up but its confusing to me. Yes, I can browse the products. Yes, I can click "add to shopping cart" and it tells me I can have up to 15.

But then when I click continue it takes me to a code which only includes the last product I selected.

I had *thought* that I could go through, select the products I want on my ads and they would go into rotation for one of my ad units. I'm guessing this will take up one space, removing a CPC unit?

How do I get multiple products rotating through one unit?

I'm having a duh, old brain moment.

**Mike** · 07-20-2007, 05:54 PM

select the link for "choose more products"

One thing to note. If you select multiple products, rather than have them showing up seperately, you will have them showing up at the same time.

for instance, if you select an ad size of 468x60, once you have multiple products selected, your ad banner will have two ads in it.

**xboxundone** · 07-20-2007, 06:10 PM

Yea I also don't like that, If that ad isn't available or budget is gone temp they show one of the other offers that could suck.. i would rather them not show an offer at all... I think they have a long way to go....... but still worth the tests and trials.

**briansol** · 07-22-2007, 04:16 AM

0's across the board for me. not 1 click. lol

**moneygod** · 07-22-2007, 04:46 AM

I've joined the program like one week ago.
Not many "big" companies are joining, are there?

**briansol** · 07-23-2007, 02:42 AM

i've pulled my campaign.
2 weeks, 0 clicks, 0 income, good bye...

**Mike** · 07-25-2007, 10:28 PM

I am having absolutely 0 luck with this program. Probably doesn't help that the ad displays "referral ads by google".

**briansol** · 07-26-2007, 02:01 AM

yeah, i pulled it. 0 clicks, 0 conversions. nothing. not a 1.

and my site usually pulls 3-4% CTR on adsense blocks....

**FEAR** · 07-26-2007, 06:05 AM

its not doing much for me either had a few clicks 1 conversion and 0 earnings so far lol
i think i`ll leave them up a while longer though :lol:

**DaveB** · 07-26-2007, 09:59 AM

2.0 Referrals - I have had 19 clicks - 0 Conversions - 0 earnings... very disappointing since my other google adsense ads are doing well and I get paid for each click. I think I will be removing google's referrals at the end of this month.

**Frito Pie** · 07-27-2007, 09:36 AM

I couldn't find an offer that I thought my visitors would be inclined to click to view much less purchase. Unless they expand and alter this program I don't think i'll be using it.

**Mike** · 07-27-2007, 07:55 PM

I am pulling the referral ads. Haven't earned anything worth mentioning with them.

**xboxundone** · 10-17-2007, 11:23 AM

I am still playing with the referal ads. I can say that it still has a lot of work to do on both ends but over time it will improve.