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AdSense Smart Pricing, One Bad Placement Can Devalue All Clicks
JenSense has an interesting piece on the inside workings of Google AdSense's Smart Pricing, which rewards publishers with higher or lower payouts based on quality of conversions.
One of the most notable revelations gleaned from an AdSense support member is that:
Smart pricing affects an entire account. It is not on a per page or per site basis.
Which means you should be careful about where you stick your AdSense code, it could be counter productive and actually lose you money across your entire account if placed anywhere it performs poorly in the eyes of Smart Pricing.
Google Clarify Google Base
Google have responded to rumours on the purpose of their upcoming Google Base service in their blog:
You may have seen stories today reporting on a new product that we're testing, and speculating about our plans. Here's what's really going on. We are testing a new way for content owners to submit their content to Google, which we hope will complement existing methods such as our web crawl and Google Sitemaps. We think it's an exciting product, and we'll let you know when there's more news.