An interesting article about Google Adsense, digitalpoint ... worth a read

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http://news.com.com/Googles+shadow+...3-6027363.html?part=rss&tag=6027363&subj=news

what's funny is ......

Feeling depressed because you missed out on Google's stock bonanza? Not to worry. Just get on the company's shadow payroll.

Hundreds of thousands of people have essentially done just that by starting blogs, forums or other informational sites and getting paid for posting ads on Google's behalf. And while the money they earn might not be enough for them to buy, say, a share of Google's stock, such revenues are growing.

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and the interesting part ....

The trickle-down effect from Google does not stop at fledgling entrepreneurs. A growing number of rank-and-file contributors to Web sites are also profiting. Consider Digital Point Solutions, a software company in San Diego, which publishes an online forumfrequented by about 15,000 users.

and this ....

Google pays Digital Point about $10,000 a month, depending on how many people view or click on those ads, said Shawn D. Hogan, the owner and chief technology officer of Digital Point. Hogan said he started the revenue-sharing approach in 2004 "as kind of a marketing gimmick."

"But everyone seemed to think it was a cool idea," he said. "I saw a lot of other sites doing the same thing maybe six months later."

Hogan said it was difficult to say whether the financial incentives had made the forum's participants more active, because its growth rate was about the same before and after it started paying users. Either way, the payoff is meager. "In the best-case scenario, someone might make $50 a month, so they're definitely not quitting their jobs to do this," he said. "But it might be enough to buy a nice dinner."

 

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Saw this Article on Newyork times..