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Earn More This Holiday Season [Video]

source from Hello! Did you know that 29 percent of people start their holiday shopping before Halloween?  With this in mind, we are adding another piece of content to our  Holiday Resource Center . Check out both our white paper and short video where we've compiled our favorite tips and tricks to make sure your 2015 is the best one yet: Plan ahead and save the (right!) dates Let your content do the talking, but do the research to be on trend Are you optimized for mobile? Know your audience's mobile usage Make your holiday visitors year-round readers Click the video above for a recap or  download the full white paper here  and stay tuned for more!  Happy Holidays, The VigLink Team

Prevent malware in ads

source of Google is actively working with trusted advertisers and partners to help prevent malware in ads. All publishers, ad networks and ad operations teams should follow security recommendations detailed at http://www.anti-malvertising.com . Google has developed proprietary technology and malware detection tools to regularly check creatives. We also forbid fourth-party calls or sub-syndication to any advertisers or vendors we haven't certified. Our automated malware checker scans all creatives. Any ad that we detect distributing malware will be pulled to protect users from harm. Any Ad Exchange buyer whose creative is found to contain malware will be subject to a minimum three month suspension. Find out more about  how to avoid malware  or  report abuse and illegal activity .

How the Google ad auction works

source from The system that makes Contributor work is the same auction system used by advertisers to run advertising on the web. Instead of bidding on behalf of an advertiser, Contributor bids on your behalf, with the budget you set up. The Google ad auction determines when a thank you message will appear in an ad space, and how much it will cost. In the ad auction, advertisers and Contributor bid for a given ad space in real time. Advertisers specify criteria that must be met, along with how much they are willing to pay to show an ad. An ad space might be more or less valuable to an advertiser depending on a number of factors, including what site it appears on, where a person is geographically located when they visit a page, even time of day. The maximum amount that Contributor bids on your behalf for a given ad space depends on a number of factors, including your remaining account balance for the month and the cost of the ad spaces where your thank you message has shown in the pa...

Watch videos ad-free & uninterrupted with YouTube Red

source from Meet YouTube Red, another way to enjoy the videos and music you love. Ad-free videos Enjoy videos and music without interruptions while still supporting creators Save offline Save songs and videos on your mobile device to watch offline Background play Keep your videos playing while using other apps or while your screen is off $9.99*/month. First month free Restrictions apply * $12.99/month when purchased through the YouTube iOS app

How the Google ad auction works

source from The system that makes Contributor work is the same auction system used by advertisers to run advertising on the web. Instead of bidding on behalf of an advertiser, Contributor bids on your behalf, with the budget you set up. The Google ad auction determines when a thank you message will appear in an ad space, and how much it will cost. In the ad auction, advertisers and Contributor bid for a given ad space in real time. Advertisers specify criteria that must be met, along with how much they are willing to pay to show an ad. An ad space might be more or less valuable to an advertiser depending on a number of factors, including what site it appears on, where a person is geographically located when they visit a page, even time of day. The maximum amount that Contributor bids on your behalf for a given ad space depends on a number of factors, including your remaining account balance for the month and the cost of the ad spaces where your thank you message has shown in the past...

Blogs or Announcements and Stay in touch

source of Blogs or Announcements Another way to introduce your site visitors to Contributor is through a blog post or announcement. If this approach interests you, here are some facts that your audience might find useful: Contributor works on lots of sites; when users sign up, they’ll get the Contributor experience on your site and all other compatible sites. Contributor only works on Google ads, and is subject to the same auction mechanics as any other advertiser. So we don’t guarantee users a 100% ad-free experience, even on sites that only run Google ads. Stay in touch To get updates about Contributor, join the Google Group  Contributor-Announcements .

Set up House Ads

source of Set up House Ads You can also place house ads on your site that promote Contributor to your visitors. Sample house ad: How to show house ads Instructions for showing house ads Choose a specific  house ad size . Link your ad to the Contributor site, using the following URL: https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/?utm_source=publisher&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign= your_pub_ID , where an example pub ID is  ca-pub-1234567890 .

Show the Contributor Badge on your site

source of Show the Contributor Badge on your site Add a badge to your site template. The Contributor Badge tells visitors to your site that they can help fund your content through alternative means. There are three available color themes: “light,” “dark,” and "white." The badge will adjust to fill the space you designate. (Want more options?  Let us know .) Sample badge: How to display the badge Add the badge tag script to your page, following the instructions below. Instructions for displaying Contributor badge Add the following script to your page: <script src="https://www.gstatic.com/xads/publisher_badge/contributor_badge.js" data-width="88" data-height="31" data-theme="light" data-pub-name="Your Site Name" data-pub-id="ca-pub-00000000000"></script> You can specify the following variables: width // int (size in pixels) height // int (size in pixels) theme // string: ("...

Share Contributor with your visitors

source of Contributor unlocks a new way for users to support publishers like you—helping you thrive and focus on what you do best, creating content. Tell your users that your site supports Contributor! Here are three ways you can help promote Contributor to your visitors: Show the Contributor Badge on your site Set up house ads Post an announcement on your blog We look forward to partnering with you to help you generate more revenue from your site and keep your visitors happy. Stay in touch with us and get updates about Contributor by joining the Google Group  Contributor-Announcements .

Contributor—A new revenue source for your sites

source of What is Contributor? Contributor is a new source of revenue for your sites, funded directly by your site visitors. With Contributor, users pick a monthly contribution level (either $2, $5, or $10) and those funds are used to pay for your site—instead of ads. The result is that users see fewer ads and you still get paid. Here’s how it works: when Contributor users visit a site in Google’s network, their monthly contribution is used to bid on their behalf in the ad auction—so they end up buying the ad slot rather than a traditional advertiser. The more they contribute, the fewer ads they see, and you still get paid.