Google AdSense API details leaked

May 30 2006 16:57:12
Source: ace

RateItAll.com just sent out a press release titled Online Social Network RateItAll.com Integrates Google AdSense via an API to Deliver Revenue Sharing to its Members.

This press release is interesting for three reasons:

* It's dated May 18 but was sent on May 30
* It keeps referring to AdSense as "Adsense" (I hate that)
* There is no word yet from Google on the existence of an AdSense API, though we've had clues about its existence

I don't normally do this, but I've included the full text of the press release at the bottom of this message in case it gets pulled because it was sent out prematurely.

The press release does not yet appear on RateItAll's own site, I've only found it on the PRWeb site.

Here's the key phrase from this release:

By leveraging the Google Adsense API, RateItAll has enabled its members to create Google Adsense accounts, earn cash for their content contributions, and track their earnings without ever leaving the RateItAll.com Web site.

That sentence succinctly describes what the AdSense API is all about: it's a way for content-driven membership sites, especially social networks, to allow individual members to drive revenue from their efforts.

Unlike Squidoo, which is the AdSense publisher and splits some of its earnings with its members, it appears that the AdSense API allows the individual members to become AdSense publishers in their own right.

RateItAll already lets members insert their AdSense publisher ID into the system and earn money.

But they had to leave the RateItAll site to apply for AdSense. Now they don't.

I imagine that RateItAll would get a referral bonus at a minimum for this, but I wonder if they also get a kickback based on the new publisher's earnings?

I also wonder if AdSense approval will be automatic for RateItAll members, and members of other sites using the API? Will Google Base offer this as well? And Google Pages?

The entry bar for becoming an AdSense publisher is getting lower and lower.

When I joined, you had to have a functioning site with many pages. Then you just had to have a blog on Blogger.

Now it looks like you just need an account and maybe one entry (or maybe not!) on a site that exploits the AdSense API.

I'll talk some more about this when I know more.

We may get an official announcement shortly. I'm sure JenSense will have the full scoop for us, too.

Eric Giguere is the contextual advertising expert who wrote Make Easy Money with Google and Uncommon AdSense.

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