Google announced that “Google Adsense referral program” is now retired and will be stopped during the last week of August.
If you are using Google Adsense referral units to promote Google products or Adsense referrals then you need to remove referral ad code from your site before August end, in order to effectively monetize your ad spaces. Also if you are using referral reports then run and save all important report data on your machine.
Google also suggested revenue source for publishers in order to fill the referral revenue gap. The two obvious options suggested by Google are:
1) Use Google Affiliate Network: Obvious since Google acquired DoubleClick’ affiliate ad network. In this Affiliate programs you will need to apply for advertiser programs and will get paid according to actions.
2) Increase Adsense for content ad units on your sites: Obvious solution to fill the revenue gap anyone can think first. If you are currently running two Adsense ad units then make it to three.
The first option is not good for many publishers outside US, as you will see very few good targeted affiliate programs to show on your sites having main traffic from other counties than US.
Many US publishers have good earnings from Adsense referral program and they are going to hit by this Google move.
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