You can now make money with more than just AdSense signups and Google Toolbar/Firefox downloads. With Google Referrals 2.0 you now have access to a huge selection of products and services that you can promote and earn extra money with CPA payouts.

I’ve checked out some of  the offers so far and it looks like there will be a very nice selection of ongoing products and offers in pretty much any category. All you need to do is create custom buttons for each offer and place them on your site in the same way you would a normal AdSense javascript code. Yet ANOTHER reason Google continues to be the #1 provider of relevant text based advertising.

A lot of people swear by AdSense. They make big checks and are definitely success stories on their own, but, is AdSense the end all for online advertising? Lately I’ve started to think that maybe AdSense is the lazy approach to making money online. Now I use AdSense and definitely am a believer in it, but, consider this. If somebody is willing to pay you say $1.00 per click are you the one making the best money or are they? Obviously they would not continue to pay a set amount per click unless they were successfully converting those clicks.

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