Ok. Even though I don’t make a hell of a lot from having google adsense on my website, it does cover the hosting costs — so why not, right?

Now there are referrals for firefox, adsense, and adwords available to anyone with an adsense account. But Google just announced it’s new Beta Referrals Programs, and they’ve explained in detail on their Inside Adsense blog:

With our new referrals beta, you can select products and services from our base of AdWords advertisers. This is good news for those of you who have wanted to use referrals in the past, but couldn’t find a product to match your site’s content. With the referrals beta, you can search for products that match up directly with your site’s content. And you can customize your referral units to match the look and feel of your site, making it easier than ever to find a referral ad that fits in seamlessly with your site’s design and content.

What’s more, Google can help make sure you find and display the most relevant, best-performing referral ads on your site. Simply provide a few keywords to describe your site and your users’ interests, and you’ll see ads automatically displayed that perform best for your site. No more constant updating, rotating products, or guesswork.

By the way, it seems as though blogspot blogs are blocked once again, at the whim of the Chinese firewall demons. If you have trouble accessing them - like you might with Inside Adsense, as it is a blogspot blog - I recommend you subscribe to it using bloglines. It’s a newsreader, and you can use it as a way to bypass the firewall — and well, it’s just way more convenient than regular internet surfing.

Anyway, for anyone who’s blogging in China, and using Google Adsense on their site, you may want to consider applying for this Beta program. China related ads seem to fall into the category of “chump-change ads,” and your only consolation for low revenue is that it’s not paid in Chinese RMB.

Having the ability to choose the product that you refer might make a small difference to your income. Because every little bit helps, doesn’t it?

China Stolen Media of the Day

I spoke of this show before, but I think it deserves another mention. I think it’s showing on CBC back in Canada, and I highly recommend it. It’s called Hustle, and it’s a really neato show from the BBC. Check out the entire first season of Hustle via tudou.

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