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Fun memory, I made like $40K selling Firefox downloads.... on google ads. Learned a lot about google ads and SEO. That was a lot of money for me as a poor kid

Fun memory, I made like $40K selling Firefox downloads.... on google ads. Learned a lot about google ads and SEO. That was a lot of money for me as a poor kid from the TL.

n1b0m 3y ago
Were you paid by Mozilla?
- cpeterso 3y ago
  What is the TL?
  - phendrenad2 3y ago
    Possibly SF's tenderloin neighborhood?
    - elkos 3y ago
      I thought it was Timor Leste still makes sense I guess.
- elkos 3y ago
  by Google, it was a special google ads program
  - vinhboy 3y ago
    Yep. Google paid like $2 per download of Firefox. It cost like 5 cents a click, for the "download Firefox" keyword, on Google Ads to bring someone to my website. Profit.
    - n1b0m 3y ago
      Was that a one off or does Google run other paid promotions like that?