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Google AdSense is rolling out a major feature to their AdSense referral program promoting more products besides their own. This is being referred to Google AdSense Referral Beta and Google is opening up beta sign-up’s for this referral program.

Sign-up for Google AdSense Referrals Beta here

For a lot of blogs and websites, Referrals constitute a bigger source of advertising income, more than contextual ads. Now, with the new AdSense Referrals Beta program, you can select products and services from Google’s base of AdWords advertisers and refer products that match your site’s content better. You can also customize these referral units to match the look and feel of your website or blog, which not only would fit seamlessly with your site’s design and content but also give you higher click rates making you more $$$.

Previously, AdSense referrals program consisted just of Google AdSense(Ad revenue for web publishers), Google AdWords (Targeted online advertising), Google Checkout (A faster, safer way to shop online) , Google Apps (Communication and collaboration tools for businesses and organizations including Gmail and more), Firefox plus Google Toolbar (Improved web browsing) and Google Pack (Collection of essential software).

As with the current units as mentioned above which you might be referring, you will generate earnings when your visitors click through an advertiser’s website and complete an action as defined by the advertisers which usually means your visitor has to complete a sale or maybe a sign-up. The good news is that since these actions involve more than a simple click or impression, advertisers pay more for these referrals, which also translates into higher earnings for you.

So, how do you find the best products to refer. According to the AdSense Blog, Google can help you find and display the most relevant and best performing referral ads on your site. All you have to do is provide a few keywords to describe your site and your users’ interests and you will see ads automatically displayed that perform best for your site. You need not worry about having to constantly update or rotate these referral units. This whole process can be completed in three simple steps as shown below.

Step # 1: You select the ads you want to appear on your site. You can in turn leverage your knowledge of your users to choose ads that will interest them and perform them. Visit Google AdSense Referral Beta start up guide if you have questions

Step # 2: Your users click on ads and perform a specified action. This specified action as mentioned earlier can be a purchase or a sale, a lead, a signup or some other advertiser defined action. Visit Google AdSense Referral Beta Frequently Asked Questions.

Step # 3: You get paid once the user completes the action. As soon as the user completes the action as required by the advertiser, your AdSense account will be credited.

Once, everything is up and running, in your Google AdSense reports, you will see something like this.

NOTE: According to Google

The non-Google referral advertisements in our Beta test come from a limited group of high-quality advertisers that are interested in displaying ads on a pay per action (PPA) basis,” adding that, “For the time being, the referrals beta test is currently available only to English-speaking publishers located in the United States. (…) please note that you will not receive payment for conversions that occur for users outside of the U.S. unless explicitly enabled by the advertiser.

List of categories and keywords that are currently available to promote via Google AdSense Referral Beta:

Automotive - cars car-rentals used-cars reviews
Business - sales automation performance-appraisal health-plans
Computers & Electronics - computer laptops pc parts magazine trade publishing business media industry
Entertainment - hollywood rental movie game games video-game video-games rental online
Finance & Insurance - credit loans mortgage home bankruptcy life-insurance health-plans
Food & Drink - coupons coupon grocery-coupons
Games - games video-game rental
Health - health-insurance health-plans weight-loss lose-weight
Industries - renovation bathroom renovations renovating industry
Photo & Video - gallery photo-gallery photo-album image
Recreation - backpacks camping
Shopping - coupons coupon shoes computer laptops
Telecommunications - cell-phones wireless routing internet router phone
Travel - travel adventure trips vacations

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