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Article: Google's shadow income isn't stock but isn't bad
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2006
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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 trickle-down 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, which publishes an online forum ...