AdSense Terms Altered
According to a blog called Google Operating System :
AdSense silently adds a 90-day time limit on AdSense referrals. A thread over at DigitalPoint points out that Google AdSense has quietly added a new term to all AdSense referrals generated by a publisher. They have now instituted a 90-day time limit on that referral, meaning a referred publisher must earn the $100 within the first 90 days, before the referring publisher is eligible to earn that $100 for a completed AdSense referral.
Google uses the asterisk trick at the bottom of the Referrals page.
The blog then links to this page which contains part of a screenshot. No date, no URL. I went to find out myself, but couldn’t locate the page or any similar notifications. Any help?
The screenshot says : ” * An AdSense referral is counted when a publisher, who has never previously enrolled in AdSense, creates an account and earns at least $100.00 within 90 days of sign-up. The referred publisher must be eligible for payment to qualify as a successful referral. ”
Google has an update message up on the AdSense files that says they have made revisions to this agreement in the following sections: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 of the Google AdSense terms.
I can confirm that, i find the text inside my Google account too (under referrals)…
Comment by BloggingTom | January 28, 2006
The page where you can find the message is https://www.google.com/adsense/referrals-settings (you need to login to AdSense).
It’s strange that you can’t find other pages from AdSense help that contain this clause.
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I read it at Philipp’s blog, I assume it’s true…
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-01-28-n18.html
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