Last night, after market close, I received the following email from Google’s AdSense team:
The Google AdSense team would like to invite you to test a feature that provides you with a new way to earn revenue from your website by hosting ads that are compensated based on a Cost-Per-Action [CPA] basis. These ads are very different in that you will be able to choose amongst a selection and you will also have more flexibility in promoting them
In other words, Google is launching a fully-fledged cost-per-action otherwise known as affiliate marketing network. Internet Stocks Google Launches ValueClick Killer