Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google pay per action'

Some major news hit the presses last night, where Google announced on the AdWords Blog and AdSense Blog that they are retiring the pay-per-action program, putting an end to Google AdSense's referral program. I cannot say I am surprised, we...

Posted on July 1, 2008 7:43 AM

Google launched their Pay Per Action ads a little over a year ago. Since then they have tried expanding it and marketing it to publishers and advertisers. We have extensive coverage of the Google Pay Per Action product at this...

Posted on June 17, 2008 7:50 AM

Earlier this week we reported Problems & Solutions for Google Referral Ads via a WebmasterWorld thread. Since then, the thread has grown to a point where AdSenseAdvisor has come up with a nice list of features and fixes they would...

Posted on August 16, 2007 7:51 AM

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the problems publishers are having with Google's referral ads. Due to those discussions, AdSenseAdvisor started a thread over at WebmasterWorld providing some feedback and solutions to some of the problems. While...

Posted on August 13, 2007 7:57 AM

Google's referrals 2.0 ads, also known as Pay Per Action or Cost Per Acquisition ads have gone offline for a 24-hour period over the weekend. First reports actually came from a WebmasterWorld thread on Friday, August 3rd at 9:31 AM...

Posted on August 6, 2007 7:54 AM

Google recently launched pay per action for all US AdSense to try out. Reports from DigitalPoint Forums show that some publishers are being opted into the program automatically. One publisher said that Google emailed him saying he "has been selected...

Posted on July 26, 2007 7:48 AM

Now that Google has expanded referrals 2.0 (i.e. pay per action) to more publishers, more advertisers are giving it a try. A DigitalPoint Forums thread goes through some of the troubles some advertisers are having with the program. So, they...

Posted on July 18, 2007 7:35 AM

According to a WebmasterWorld thread, Google is sending out more Pay Per Action emails to numerous advertisers, including those in Germany and Australia. Thus, it appears that Google PPA is being rolled out to other countries since it is already...

Posted on July 16, 2007 10:30 AM

Search Engine Watch Forums moderator, Discovery, has been noticing weird conversions sent from Google's Pay Per Action model. He asks in a Search Engine Watch Forums thread if there are AdSense publishers gaming the referrals 2.0, i.e. Pay Per Action,...

Posted on July 16, 2007 7:00 AM

Google recently launched a version 2.0 of their referrals program, also know as pay for action ads. AdSenseAdvisor posted at a WebmasterWorld thread to clarify what Google publishers can and cannot do with these ads. Yes, you can encourage people...

Posted on July 3, 2007 8:18 AM

The Inside AdSense Blog announced that Google has launched referrals 2.0, or Pay Per Action, to all AdSense publishers who have the referrals option. Many people only had referral products for Google products, such as AdSense, AdWords, Google Toolbar, Firefox,...

Posted on June 29, 2007 7:20 AM

Remember I was complaining that Advertisers Still Want More Impressions from Google Pay Per Action? Well, they got it. As I reported at Search Engine Land, Google has officially expanded the Pay Per Action test worldwide. Google announced today the...

Posted on June 21, 2007 6:58 AM

Google Pay Per Action has been having limit beta testing since March 21st. Advertisers who have access to create ppa ads, want more publishers to offer them. A WebmasterWorld thread has the same tone. They simply want to be able...

Posted on June 18, 2007 7:45 AM

I have finally been able to find an advertiser who set up a Google Pay Per Action text ad through the help of Search Engine Watch Forums. The ad should appear as the next phrase " " and it should...

Posted on April 30, 2007 8:21 AM

Google Pay Per Action has now been out for just under a month now and I wanted to circle back and give you some early reports on the types of numbers both publishers and advertisers are seeing. Advertising With Google...

Posted on April 17, 2007 6:52 AM

digg_url = 'http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/012827.html'; I have finally found some screen captures of Google Pay Per Action in action from the AdWords (advertiser) side. A public photo at Flickr by webkidsan reveals the "conversion tracking setup" page. Here is that screen...

Posted on March 23, 2007 6:59 AM

With the launch of Google Pay Pay Action ads comes a new Google AdSense ad format named "text link." This has received a bit of buzz throughout the forums and the blogosphere. What is this new ad format? The ad...

Posted on March 22, 2007 6:51 AM

I covered this at Search Engine Land, Google Launches Pay Per Action Ads. Google is basically allowing AdWords advertisers to offer a flat dollar value to AdSense publishers, if the customer hits a desired goal. So instead of paying per...

Posted on March 21, 2007 7:19 AM