I saw this via a tweet by GigaOm:
Google launches Contributor, a crowdfunding tool for publishers
Excerpts (shortened and partly re-worded) from the GigaOm article:
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... Google Contributor, which is designed to allow web users to pay sites that they visit a monthly fee, and in return see no Google ads when they visit those sites.
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the new feature is launching with 10 publishing partners, including Mashable, Imgur, WikiHow and Science Daily
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the user who goes to the Contributor web site sees a list of participating web sites, and can decide to give them $1, 2 or 3 per month.
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The site gets paid when the user actually visits it. The formula for payment is not specified in the GigaOm article.
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Earlier, Google also launched a contribution system for YouTube video creators called “Fan Funding,” which allows viewers to donate anywhere from $1 to $500 to the channel of their choice.
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Here is the Google Contributor site.
Based on the article, Google Contributor seems like a potentially good idea for web publishers, such as big sites as well as small sites and blogs. Time will tell, though, how useful it turns out to be. I signed up for an invite, and if I get invited, I'll try it out and may write about my experience with it, here on this blog.
Update: Here is another article about Google Contributor, by NextWeb:
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