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Google AdSense Powered Social Network Pays Members 100% Advertising Revenue

Posted on: Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 06:19 CDT

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Flixya.com, a social media network, announced that they are pursuing new strategies for the monetization of online media in the release of Flixya 2.0. This new release, fully integrated with Google AdSense(TM), seamlessly allows content producers to claim all available advertising revenue associated with their content contributions.

Built with the Google AdSense API, Flixya displays Google contextual ads which are integrated around member-submitted content and provide an improved end user experience. By offering similar elements of popular social networking sites and combining a monetization method for content producers in one solution, Flixya.com enables any individual who qualifies for Google AdSense a rapid and powerful method to publish and monetize their online content and keep all the revenue.

Finding an effective method to reward the content producers and the community of social networks is an important step in the advancement of social media.

"Social networking is quickly becoming an important outlet for sharing new and interesting content online," said Kim Malone, Google's director of online sales and operations. "We're pleased that Flixya's incorporation of Google AdSense will enable its community to earn revenue from the relevant ads on their web pages and help advertisers reach the social networking market."

Flixya continues to make strides in building strategic business relationships to reshape the traditional social networking business model.

"Our belief is that the true value of social networking is the community, and we continue to strive to promote member ownership with our platform," said Adam Oliver, CEO and Flixya co-founder. "Working with Google provides an effective and relevant method of monetizing member content. By rewarding the community of contributing members at 100%, we feel Flixya represents the second generation of social networking and raises the bar by setting the standard for the future of online social responsibility."

In addition to the latest release of the Flixya platform, new features to be released include: an adaptive ad optimization algorithm, a mobile application suite, media storage widget, private groups, geotagging, and Facebook API integration.

"Flixya features and functionality have matured to the level where the end user experience for our members is an integral part of the equation," said Ivan Wong, Flixya 2.0 co-founder and chief operating officer. "Our focus is to continue to offer innovative tools for our members to consume, distribute, and monetize digital media."

About Flixya, LLC.

Founded in July 2006 by co-founders Ivan Wong, USC graduate student and Adam Oliver, former director of Stubhub, Inc., Flixya, is a social networking platform where members keep all revenue generated through Google AdSense for their content. Flixya is a privately owned company based in San Francisco with a satellite office in Los Angeles. For more information, visit http://www.flixya.com/.

Flixya, LLC

CONTACT: Ken Schwartz of Flixya, +1-415-637-3307, pr@flixya.com

Web site: http://www.flixya.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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