Christmas Gift From Google - Part 2
written by John Chow
I had just finished making the post about the Christmas gift Google sent me when the FedEx man came knocking on my door with another gift from Google! This gift is the long awaited Google picture frame. Not only does it display photos from your SD card, but it also plays MP3 and MP4 videos as well.
I can tell the Google AdSense team is trying to be very politically correct with this gift. There was not one mention of Christmas anywhere in the greeting card, which contain “Happy Holiday” and “Season’s Greeting” in over 20 languages.
This is the gift Google is sending all their domestic and international publishers. The picture frame includes an adapter plug that works in every country in the world. I’m going to place the frame on top of my living room fireplace. It should compliment the other picture frames and make for an interesting conversation piece.
No word on how much AdSense volume you must do in order to qualify for a gift from Google. Maybe the readers can help out on this one. If you received a gift, maybe you can tell us your monthly AdSense volume. It would be interesting to find the cut off level.
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Those are some really snazzy gifts!
Is google sending this gift to all publishers?
Nick - no, per the post “No word on how much AdSense volume you must do in order to qualify for a gift from Google.”
It’s for publishers that are doing large volumes….we’re just unsure of exactly where the cutoff level is.
free gift!! sweeeettt!! i got a long way to go..
I got the card from Google, but there was no Fedex anywhere? I’m going to check if they somehow shrinked my picture frame and put it in the card.
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I make around $125/mo. and haven’t received one.
Still waiting for mine. I’m sure the minute they start emailing you on a semi-regular basis to work with you on stuff means that you’re on the right track
Anyone know if google send out card to all publisher? If they do, I havent receive mine so I still have a chance of getting this gift
Can you take a photo of it in action?
I’ll do better than that. I’ll take a video of it in action. Will later it later today.
Nice!!! That thing is pretty sweet!
“There was not one mention of Christmas anywhere in the greeting card, which contain “Happy Holiday” and “Season’s Greeting” in over 20 languages.”
In Swedish it was.
God Jul och Gott Nytt År = Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.
Nice gift, i also have a picture frame like that (from philips though)
most of the time i use it just to show some pictures to friend, you dont have to print them or use your pc.
Actually, it does say “merry christmas” on the card. 7th down on the right in Japanese it says exactly that in Japanese “Meri Kurisumasu”.
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No picture frame for me (mope mope), unless the Italian postal service ate it. But I only got up to $100 a month recently.
Oh, to be one of the “big fish” and get this kind of holiday treatment!
hehe good to see the dutch phrase is on top left
I agree with skitube that the Katakana in the card says “Meri Kurisumasu”. John may have come into that conclusion since both the simplified and traditional Chinese versions are politically correct versions. Just wonder what are those words in that greeting in Korean?
Oops, sorry. Misspelled the skintube as skitube.
Well I haven’t received a card nor a gift but then my adsense just passed $2
Woo me!
Can’t wait for my invite to those crazy GoogleParties I keep hearing about!
Last year I got one… this year didn’t…
Anyway, I see from the card you received that the greeting is not added in the official language of my country… so maybe this is the case. They worried that I won’t understand what they mean.
I am from India and I earn about 10K but no gift since last 2 + years
I am from India and I earn about 10K pm but haven’t received a card/gift. I guess it is meant for US and European clients only or place where XMAS is mostly celebrated. No other Indian publisher received the same.
But I will say ‘thank you’ to google as I make good money from Adsense
$300+/month, but haven’t received anything
… very sad, since the frame would look great on my desk.
Update: Just received my gift with card. This is first time they send to me :). However it went through custom and they did open by box and again repacked heh
From what I have read and experienced they also send it to people that spend big money on Adwords, so not only Adsense Publisher get it.
// Andreas Bard
I received the picture frame as well, I made around $100K with AdSense during 2006.
I don’t like this gift. I prefer to have better share-revenue! instead of sops….
a note about AdWords, yes I spend a lot of money on AdWords as well… So maybe this has nothing to do with AdSense income.
Still Waiting for My Gift
Not expecting anything though - a AdSense check would be nice