Amazon Ends Affiliate Program In Some US States

Amazon Ends Affiliate Program In Some US States

With the recession, some states are trying to pull in more revenue, and they are now going online to get it. One company Amazon, is handling the proposed sales tax levy by North Carolina by closing their affiliate program from the state.

Per Fox Business, Amazon has closed their affiliate program to residents of North Carolina due to the proposed change in sales tax for affiliate sales. Amazon told their marketing affiliates in the state "that the move was a direct result of North Carolina's push to levy a tax on purchases made through Amazon affiliates."
(Fox Business)

Are there any other states where affiliates may be closed out by Amazon. Consideration is also on the board for California and Hawaii (Rumor or Fact: Hawaii is said to be closed by Amazon).

Will other states follow? Time will tell.

Adsense-Font and Font Size Changes Available

Adsense Changes-Different Font and Font Sizes Now Available

Here's a quick note to a new change that Adsense is now allowing publishers to use.

If you have been wanting to have different font and font sizes for your blog or website, you're in luck. Adsense, after their own initial experimenting, has found that changes in font and font sizes does affect revenue. Thus, you are now allowed to change font and font sizes for your ads within your website or blog.

What's available?
For font sizes you'll be able to choose between: Small, Medium and Large, with font styles of Arial, Times, Verdana.

You will notice that the current default setting for your Google ads are typically set to small, but from a little experimenting they found that medium did perform better than the small. Thus, medium will soon become the new default.

If you are wanting to play around with your ads, you'll need to keep the following information handy:

When creating new ad units you can now choose:

1. the default font size
2. your new account-wide font size
3. Or a separate size


Updating existing ad units

To change existing ad units you will need to visit the "Manage Ads" page under the Adsense Setup tab.

Note: any font size change that you make to an individual ad unit will remain in place EVEN if you change your account-wide default in the future.