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Google's Shadow Payroll Is Not Such a Secret Anymore

Bob Tedeschi writes in The New York Times:

FEELING depressed because you missed out on Google's stock bonanza? Not to worry. Just get on the company's shadow payroll.

Hundreds of thousands of people have essentially done just that by starting blogs, forums or other informational sites and getting paid for posting ads on Google's behalf. And while the money they earn might not be enough for them to buy, say, a share of Google's stock, such revenues are growing.

The trickle-down effect from Google does not stop at fledgling entrepreneurs. A growing number of rank-and-file contributors to Web sites are also profiting.

posted by Fergie @ 1/16/2006 10:38:00 AM