Is it GoogleGift time yet?

Maybe this year?

[RonS]

Will there or won't there be a GoogleGift?
What will the cutoff be?
How many of us will get "stiffed" again?

PLEEEEEEEASE SantaGoogle, send me a GoogleGift! :D

[ashii]

I never received it in last 3 years.May be this time...

[TonysDesigns]

I got the Google Mood Light Radio, that was 3 years ago. I never received another gift from them again. :( *Prays that this year I will get one ;)

[HuskyPup]

A signed blank cheque would do nicely:-) or a boxful of decent sized flash drives wouldn't go amiss!

[naitsirhc26]

Google used to send out gifts around Christmas time? That's pretty cool...guess not anymore. lol

A larger LCD monitor would be a nice present for me...from Google. ;-)

[mayest]

A signed blank cheque would do nicely:-)

This would be the note:

Dearest HuskyPup,

We would like to apologize for ruining your eCPM in recent months. Please accept the enclosed signed blank check and fill in the amount that you think you deserve.

Happy Holidays,

Sergy

[grigoroo]

Back when we were doing Adwords for a large client we got two, yes two, Google mini-refrigerators. Power supply died on one though. This year, without said client anymore (client ran out of money), we'll be lucky to get an ice cube.

[RonS]

Two refrigerators? How cool would that be?

Sorry.

[WiseWebDude]

Shoot, and extra $1,000 bonus would be SWEET! Last year I got a preprinted card with happy holidays in EVERY language known to man, LOL. Yahoo sent me a hoodie, a COOL card where when you opened it up it said YAHOOOOO! LOL, and a couple other things in a nice Red Velvet box. Did no where near the amount I did for Google and they sent more! Google was grumpy I guess last year. I could see them printing out those cards laughing their butts off. C'mon, Googy, $1,000 won't kill ya...help a poor man out.

;)

[sailorjwd]

I'm wishing for a basket of high CPM days.

[Fuzzyfish1000]

Last year I got two mini LCD picture frames. I just received a bag of jelly beans from Microsoft, so hopefully, the companies are going to battle it out for the coolest Christmas gift :) Oddly, the jelly bean thing worked - I read the letter that came with it, even though it was *incredibly* dull, then I threw it away. But I *did* read the letter. Then ate the jelly beans.

[IanCP]

I think a Christmas Card should be about the best of our expectations this year.

The mood radio and the USB hub and drive were I think the last most of us peons will be seeing for quite some while.

Then you never know.

[ADDED]

With Google I now believe anything is possible including the truly unbelievable.

[edited by: IanCP at 4:26 am (utc) on Nov. 17, 2007]

[grigoroo]

There's a couple ways this could go. Given their recent squeeze on eCPM maybe their saving up to give us something really nice. Okay, maybe not. I am leaning toward them looking for us to give them something, not that we haven't given enough. I've got a dead refrigerator they could have.

[RonS]

Still no sign of SantaGoogle™ or a GoogleGift™ for 2007 here in Massachusetts.
Please oh please SantaGoogle™!
Last year I also begged in this forum, but no luck.

I even wrote some new lyrics to the song "Santa Baby", you know the one with Marilyn Monroe?

SantaGoogle™ just slip a Frame under the tree, for me
Been a white hat for you
SantaGoogle™ so hurry down with FedEx to me.

SantaGoogle™ A Wireless Accessory too, in blue
I'll wait up for you, dear
SantaGoogle™ so hurry down with FedEx to me.

Think of all the fun I've missed,
Think of all the Ads that I haven't clicked,
You would give me a real big lift
If you'd send me a GoogleGift™

SantaGoogle™ I want a Mood Radio too, from you.
Been without tunes all year
SantaGoogle™ so hurry down with FedEx to me.

[testing0]

i think they send those gifts to large dudes maybe 10.000$+ / month

[HuskyPup]

i think they send those gifts to large dudes maybe 10.000$+ / month

Nope, I think we worked out it's about USD 1,000~1,500 month, but not everyone, since I fell out of the UPS club a long time ago however have had one for the past two Xmas.

There should be a thread somewhere discussing it.

[mobilemaverick]

I got a scarf once with Google embroided on it. haha

[Khensu]

I think they should send out $500 vouchers, good for use with a local shrink. Mabye that would help sort out why they make us so crazy! What is their motivation? Yep, $500 of couch time would do nicely. I might even break down and cry, "Big G, why do you torment us so!"

[sutrostyle]

Our gift was on October 20: since then , our earnings are down by 60% daily.

[davewray]

I think it's a bit early to be worrying about this. If I remember right I didn't get my digital picture frame until the beginning of December last year :)

[RonS]

Showoff. ;)

Hey, they have to be getting ready to ship them now. I'm hoping they ordered one for me! :D

I really don't understand why I've never gotten one... although my first year they DID send me a little mini-spiral-bound-flip-thingy called "8 Tips to optimizing for AdSense" (or something like that).

I thought it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

[tim222]

I think a credit towards AdWords would be nice.

I think they should send out $500 vouchers, good for use with a local shrink. Mabye that would help sort out why they make us so crazy!

That would work...

[WiseWebDude]

I think a credit towards AdWords would be nice.

Count me in on that one! That's a great idea! Wouldn't cost Google anything right out of hand AND they wouldn't even have to ship those! Now, I would be very happy with $1,000 credit with Adwords, LOL. I would be signing and dancing this Christmas!

;)

[RonS]

Any sign of a GoogleGift yet?

[drall]

I expect little this year. Even though we are still a player I doubt Google will spend anything on gifts anymore.

[Kimkia]

I was sent a digital picture frame last year. But alas and alack, it never arrived.

Google confirmed they had sent it, via FedEx, but I couldn't get a tracking number to find out what happened to it. All I know is that my Google digital picture frame went bye-bye.

[iwannano1]

Not, yet but this year the highest earner for me; so I guess they should send something and reward my hard work :)

[rocker]

Google confirmed they had sent it, via FedEx, but I couldn't get a tracking number to find out what happened to it. All I know is that my Google digital picture frame went bye-bye.

As I recall there were instructions for FedEx to not return the item.

The instructions were something like this:
If undeliverable keep it and give it to your spouse, or kid, as a Christmas gift.

Or, sell on Ebay

[Kimkia]

The instructions were something like this:
If undeliverable keep it and give it to your spouse, or kid, as a Christmas gift.

Too tempting, methinks.

FedEx managed to deliver the gifts that I received in the two previous years - but not this one. What - they suddenly lost their way?

[rocker]

Too tempting, methinks.

Kimkia, sorry I thought everyone would catch the sarcasm in the last part of my post :)

The part about do not send back is true.