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Article: Trickledown payoff from Google Firm is sharing its ad wealth with bloggers and Web sites
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- International Herald Tribune
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- January 18, 2006
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Bob Tedeschi
International Herald Tribune
01-18-2006
Feeling depressed because you missed out on Google's stock bonanza? Not to worry. Just get on the company's shadow payroll.Hundreds of thousands of people have essentially done just that by starting blogs, forums or other informational sites and getting paid for posting ads on Google's behalf. And while the money they earn might not be enough for them to buy, say, a share of Google's stock, such revenues are growing. The trickledown effect from Google does not stop at fledgling entrepreneurs. A growing number of rank-and-file contributors to Web sites are also profiting. Consider Digital Point Solutions, a software company in San Diego, ...