AdSense Publishers Furious Over Referral Changes

Google has made two changes to its AdSense referrals program, removing whole countries of publishers for the program, as well as rolling back and cancelling most of the payments publishers have come to rely on. The two changes:

The payment system, which had been expanded to make it more complicated and more lucrative, has been rolled back to the way it used to be. Google is now using the old system, paying out $100 if you refer a new AdSense publisher who earns $100 in the first 180 days. Under the improved system, you not only could earn that, but $5 if the referred publisher earns $5, as well as a monster $2,000 payment if you refer 25 people who earn $100 each. Those payments are now completely gone.
Most of the countries in the world have now been removed from the AdSense referral program. Everyone is […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg