Web Marketing Strategy Update

I seldom republish articles these days (although considering how short on time I’ve been recently it might be a good idea to re-think that!), but thanks to her making the effort to drop me a message via the NowSell.com contact form, I found this good piece by Kim Roach that shares some fresher, rarer tips on article marketing:

Confessions of an Article Marketer

I have a slight confession to make…

I am highly addicted to article marketing. You can try and entice me with a number of other internet marketing strategies, but article marketing will always be my favorite.

You probably know about the many benefits of article marketing. Syndicating your articles will increase your targeted traffic, turn you into an expert in the field of your choice, brand your name, and help build your opt-in list. However, article marketing boasts a number of other benefits left mostly undiscovered and I want to share them with you.

Get Your Article and Your Photo Into Google News

Want to get your article and even your picture into Google News? Well, your entrance stands only a few clicks away. The key is getting published on a website that is syndicated on Google News. American Chronicle is one of those web sites.

In AdSense changes the referrals from 90 days to 180, Jen reports on Google.com changing the AdSense affiliate program referral acceptance period from 90 to 180 days. This is after having quietly slashed it down to 90 days at the end of January from the original unlimited period.

She points to this post on the Adsense blog:

You may have noticed today that the time limit for AdSense referrals is now 180 days. Based on the feedback we heard, we agreed that 90 days may not provide enough time for your referred publishers to complete earning $100. Therefore, we decided to double the window. This change is retroactive, so it will also apply to AdSense signups that occurred more than 90 days but less than 180 days ago.

If this supposed to be Google being generous, it isn’t. It’s just less stingy.

The cat was out of the bag as soon as Google cut the accepted referral period to 90 days. There’s only one major reason I can see for reducing it from unlimited.

Money.

By shortening the referral period, Google pay out less commissions.

Simple as that.