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/ And I thought *I* was a high earner.
anyway, yeah nice 'token'.... dont really need one, but you never know:)
No thumb drive or scarf :(
E-cards would have presented Google with an opportunity to not only wish us a happy holiday and a prosperous new year, but also to thank us for being pioneers with their new service... helping to test it, offer feedback, and hold tight despite a few wrinkles.
In contrast, I sometimes worry that -- in getting particularly big and successful -- Google may be increasingly overlooking the little niceties that help cement and sustain relationships. Some of us, indeed, may earn for Google 1/100th what the 'big guys' do, but in the aggregate, I'm sure we're providing quite a hunk of change for them... not to mention word of mouth.
So anyway, I'm going to be a surrogate Google for a moment, and wish a wonderful 2004 to all of us, including Google :). Here's to a new year in which we find or maintain not only financial success, but of equal importance, success in current and new relationships... online and offline!
*when* my site is top of its category and pulling in millions of visitors per day I shall throw the gift back in their face and say "where was the gift when I was starting out!?"
Bad practice not to send everyone a gift if your sending any IMO.
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No card, no goodies, no complaints. I got my check on time, and that was enough to put me in a holiday mood. :-)
Ditto here.
I am not sure why anyone would "expect" to get card, goodies etc for being a publisher.
The way it normally works is that you send the goodies to your customer, that is the person who pays you for supplying a service. Presumably to thank them for their custom, and in the hope that they will continue to buy your service in the coming year
I shouldn't think that many AdSense publishers sent the nice person in Google a card, let alone an inscribed coffee mug or whatever. :)
I shouldn't think that many AdSense publishers sent the nice person in Google a card, let alone an inscribed coffee mug or whatever. :)
I wanted to, but that "nice person" is a large team of anonymous people using a shared e-mail address, and a coffee mug wasn't scaleable. :-)
>>I didn't get anything for being a publisher.
I am not sure why anyone would "expect" to get card, goodies etc for being a publisher.
Just to be clear - I didn't expect anything for being a publisher.
[Hawaii 5-0 voice]Just the facts ma'am.[/Hawaii 5-0 voice]
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Maybe Google uses a randomizing function in places we would never suspect -- they don't want their competitors to know too much. ;)
The plot thickens.......
I wonder why Google would send these gifts randomly, if they know that there is something like an Adsense Forum on Webmasterworld, where all hot topics about Google/Adsense are discussed?
If that is true, it's not a smart move IMHO.
I got two - one from Adwords and one from AdSense, because of the slight variations in how each was addressed
Time to modify me address slightly... ;)
CPC I think you got your shows mixed up ;)
" Just the facts ma'am " was Joe Friday from Dragnet.
Hawaii 5-0 was " Book-em Dano "
But what we really need to solve this mystery of who got cards and why is Columbo.
But what we really need to solve this mystery of who got cards
Does it really matter ;)
If you didn't get anything, spend your time figuring out how you can improve your CTR and increase your traffic over the next year, so that next December you will get something, or get something even better. I doubt Google will send out belated holiday greetings.
They could have sent goodies to those over a certain $, those with more than X number of page views, to those who signed up prior to a certain date, or even based upon how frequently (or infrequently) someone checked their stats ;) Who knows, but I would definitely guess $ each publisher earned for Google is key.
CPC I think you got your shows mixed up ;)
LOL You're right. Too funny.
