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November 9, 2005

Google and their Referral Program for Firefox

As you know, Google has launched a referral program for Mozilla Firefox. Being a member of Google Adsense myself, I'm interested in this, however, I asked many people and they said, "I never download from a banner. If I want to download the program, I'll go to their website or Download.com." For every person that visits the Mozilla website and downloads Firefox on a Windows computer without Firefox will get one dollar.

I like that you get paid for your efforts, unlike the SpreadFirefox referral program (but inturn gets you hits to your website). However, I thought to myself that since so many people told me that they won't even bother to click on banner ads, I think that it isn't really worth it. Don't get me wrong, I love Firefox to pieces (even though I listed some problems with it) and I'm always telling my friends and family to use Firefox (and I've gotten a lot of people to download i too!), however, this can either bring Firefox to total mainstream, or kill it. I personally do not like the Google Toolbar for Firefox (I like the Yahoo! toolbar). However, being there is millions of Google Adsense publishers, Firefox will get millions of free advertising. I'm interested to see how the partnership came about and if Mozilla pays the one dollar or if Google does. Anyone have any info?

Along with the launch of a referral program for Firefox, Google has started a program for Google Adsense. Rumors were going around even before the launch, however. For every person that signs up for Adsense via the banner of your website, (when they reach their $100) you will also get #100. I think I prefer the Google Adsense program over the Firefox one...

Posted by AlexM at November 9, 2005 6:07 PM

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