Firefox

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by Microsoft, Jun 19, 2006.

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    Someone decided that the entire school district in your town needs firefox on every computer. They use the link on your site and install it on over 300 computers. You get credited for $1 for each computer, totalling $300. What do you do?
     
    Microsoft, Jun 19, 2006 IP
  2. Tearabite

    Tearabite Prominent Member

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    you probably get banned because all they all came from the same IP, and/or same geographic location..

    Maybe i'm just paranoid, but it would not be worth $300 to me..
     
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  3. KevinJB

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    #3
    You explain the situation to Google, pronto.
     
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    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    Sounds like someone who is in charge of computers in a district decided to upgrade all of them to firefox, using his referral id.

    Think google will not pay.
     
    iowadawg, Jun 19, 2006 IP
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    anurag_online Well-Known Member

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    Google wont pay.. may be our explanation to them make your account not get banned... so explain to them
     
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    You mean your not using IE?!?!?!?!
     
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    You'll probably get paid for just one referral. What does your referral stats say? 300 "conversions" or just 1?
     
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    Honestly why would a tech support person not just have the Firefox install on a CDR is beyond me.
     
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  9. Tearabite

    Tearabite Prominent Member

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    Cuz a CDR dont get you $1/install
     
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    Just one question: Would Firefox with Toolbar be installed
    without the google payment?

    If yes, I would try to talk to Google before installing Firefox,
    maybe they donate the $300 to the school district.
     
    gmeyer, Jun 19, 2006 IP
  11. sizzler_chetan

    sizzler_chetan Prominent Member

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    Yes Of Course FF with Toolbar is installed without google payment.

    And Why Would G donate 300$ For the district?
    Are They Doing the right thing by Installing by referrals ???
     
    sizzler_chetan, Jun 20, 2006 IP
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    The whole purpose of Google's partnership (i.e. swallowing up of) Firefox/Mozilla is to undermine Microsoft's IE Browser dominance. They could care less about giving away $1 for each install. They would probably give away more if they weren't 100% sure there are plenty of webmasters who will anxiously slap "Download Firefox!" buttons everywhere for the $1 they're offering.
     
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  13. RuDeDoGg

    RuDeDoGg Well-Known Member

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    You should also try and get the school district to use a search portal made by you. I made one (http://www.technobound.com/). Assuming you talk to google about it and make sure they won't ban you for all the searches from the same IP range, you could make a lot.

    PS: I don't make anything from mine, because I haven't bothered to get schools to adopt it. Theres not much money in it unless you get a HUGE volume of searches, and IMO it's easy to make money from content based ads.
     
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    may be you can talk to google
     
    coolwater, Jun 20, 2006 IP