A $50 Million AdSense Check?!? - GoFuckYourself.com

minusonebit · 01-03-2007, 09:51 PM

How the Mozilla Foundation made $50 million from Firefox in 2005. Apparently, its an AdSense thing. Jesus Fucking Christ it must be nice to be them.

http://www.thetechzone.com/?m=show&id=662

starpimps · 01-03-2007, 09:53 PM

wow ...new plan
im going to make a crazy browser

tehHinjew · 01-03-2007, 09:55 PM

ya i saw that on digg

WiredGuy · 01-03-2007, 09:55 PM

Wow, incredible.
WG

johanng · 01-03-2007, 09:58 PM

so, unbelievable!!!

eZe · 01-03-2007, 10:00 PM

it is for the firefox home page. they get adsense money for every paid search coming from the home page.

Jace · 01-03-2007, 10:00 PM

wholly shiznit

Jace · 01-03-2007, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by eZe

it is for the firefox home page. they get adsense money for every paid search coming from the home page.

did you read the article?

it is the google search box installed in every firefox browser

Fat Panda · 01-03-2007, 10:01 PM

that is amazing.......i am starting a porn browser right now

SmokeyTheBear · 01-03-2007, 10:02 PM

the funny part is people want the google bar on firefox. so even if google didnt pay them a penny it would still be there

SmokeyTheBear · 01-03-2007, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by eZe

it is for the firefox home page. they get adsense money for every paid search coming from the home page.

not likely.. i bet 90% of it is from the search bar not the start page

tytyguy · 01-03-2007, 10:03 PM

eze got it. Their homepage is the google search bar. When people use it they get money, and a lot of people use it and dont change their homepage

Jace · 01-03-2007, 10:06 PM

jesus, do you all even read?

yes, the start page does give them money

but

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You see that little Google search box on the upper right? If you use that box to make a search and click on one of the Google ads from the results page, Firefox gets an estimated 80% of the money. In addition to the search box, Mozilla also makes money from searches made on the Firefox start page .

clickhappy · 01-03-2007, 10:09 PM

They deserve it though. The browser's interface is superior to everything else including IE, and I use that search constantly

minusonebit · 01-03-2007, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jace

jesus, do you all even read?

yes, the start page does give them money

but

No shit, how many times has it been pointed out already and people still say "Yeah, its the home page." Fuck, I have used that damn search bar 1000s of times. And I'm just one user. Thats a pretty good little stunt, I do have to admit.

Jace · 01-03-2007, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by minusonebit

No shit, how many times has it been pointed out already and people still say "Yeah, its the home page." Fuck, I have used that damn search bar 1000s of times. And I'm just one user. Thats a pretty good little stunt, I do have to admit.

oh man, I use that search bar at least 20-30 times a day easy

madawgz · 01-03-2007, 10:19 PM

yeah thats crazy!

Spunky · 01-03-2007, 10:23 PM

The rich get richer

RawAlex · 01-03-2007, 10:23 PM

Google is, in a business sense, total fucking idiots for paying for that particular traffic. Not paying for it wouldn't greatly reduce the number of searches that google gets, and they have plenty of thier own toolbars installed on firefox browsers (I have one, example).

Most importantly, I don't think they would lose 80% of the firefox user searches... so they are over paying for what they would have gotten anyway.

Good on firefox, but if you are buying adwords, now you have another indication that Google is using some of the most expensive traffic aquisition methods around.

Scottish Guy · 01-03-2007, 11:01 PM

The thing is though RawAlex google have money to burn to why not spend it?

CaptainHowdy · 01-03-2007, 11:09 PM

Shit !! Good for them !!

SomeCreep · 01-03-2007, 11:14 PM

very leet

datatank · 01-03-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by RawAlex

Google is, in a business sense, total fucking idiots for paying for that particular traffic. .

Total newbies

datatank · 01-03-2007, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RawAlex

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Good on firefox, but if you are buying adwords, now you have another indication that Google is using some of the most expensive traffic aquisition methods around.

What does google care how much traffic costs if it has a line of buyers willing to pay more?

How does buying something and selling it for more make them idiots?
More clicks = More $ and we have no idea what the relationship is with them also paying out on firefox downloads with the google tool bar installed

pornguy · 01-03-2007, 11:35 PM

I know I got them paid quite a few times.

minusonebit · 01-03-2007, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by datatank

What does google care how much traffic costs if it has a line of buyers willing to pay more?

How does buying something and selling it for more make them idiots?
More clicks = More $ and we have no idea what the relationship is with them also paying out on firefox downloads with the google tool bar installed

Exactly, they aren't the idiots. We are, because we keep feeding them money.

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tytyguy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anywhere u want Posts: 983	eze got it. Their homepage is the google search bar. When people use it they get money, and a lot of people use it and dont change their homepage

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RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Google is, in a business sense, total fucking idiots for paying for that particular traffic. Not paying for it wouldn't greatly reduce the number of searches that google gets, and they have plenty of thier own toolbars installed on firefox browsers (I have one, example). Most importantly, I don't think they would lose 80% of the firefox user searches... so they are over paying for what they would have gotten anyway. Good on firefox, but if you are buying adwords, now you have another indication that Google is using some of the most expensive traffic aquisition methods around.

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