AdSense Referrals Are Being Retired

I received an email this morning from Google Adsense stating, in part, “…we will be retiring the AdSense Referrals.” and referencing this link.

If I understand this correctly, the “Pay Per Click” option is going away and will be replaced by a commission for items that are purchased using links from your site,  much like ClickBank or PayDotCom.  Below are part of the instructions to make sure your site continues to be monetized.

“AdSense for content ads: If you have less than three AdSense for
content ad units on a page, you may wish to replace the referral ad
units with standard AdSense for content ad units.  If you currently use
referral ads, either to promote Google products or offerings from
AdWords advertisers, AdSense Referrals code will no longer display ads
beginning the last week of August. We encourage you to take the
following steps before the product is retired:

• Remove the referral code from your site(s): Please take a moment to
  remove all referral code from your sites before the last week of
  August, so you can continue to effectively monetize your ad space.

• Run and save all referrals reports on your desktop: Create and save
  all reports related to the referrals program on your desktop, so you
  continue to have access to your valuable campaign information.Thank you
  for your support of AdSense Referrals in the past. If you have any
  additional questions, please visit our Help Center.Posted by Anuj
  Srivastava - AdSense Product Marketing.”

I’m sure Lockergnome will be adjusting anything needed to ensure we continue to make money from our blogs and give us instructions on anything we need to do.  Please check your other blogs and web sites to make sure you have everything in order before August.