Referral buttons

Signing up for Adsense does not mean you benefit only from the context-targetted ads. This besides, Google search exists. But, one of the most attractive options is the referral buttons. Google as of now offers commissions for signing up referrals for Adsense, Adwords, Firefox and Picassa.

The commissions vary depending on the program. Among them, I feel Adsense is the most difficult to monetize because, Google pays you only when the referral makes a $100 himself. That is a tough ask as any webmaster capable of making $100 of money, which is not that easy for a newbie, will not be most probably hear about Adsense from your website. Most often people start making websites only for Adsense, so expecting this to convert is kind of unrealistic.

Adwords is better than Adsense in the sense that not everybody signs up for Adwords and since the advertising program most often turns to be a regular feature for such websites, it is pretty easy for them to spend $100 on advertising and hence you making your commission.

Firefox is getting very popular and this referral option will work only for some more time. By then , almost everyone would have tried Firefox and you might not be converting enough.

Finally Picassa is a kind of software that lets people with technology and photo related websites to monetize from. This can also be high paying for blogs with extensive images. With proper promos, Picassa can be expected to make a good conversion.