I guess being in Asia is an advantage at all when it comes to making money on the internet. Firstly, we were geographically segmented out by some networks and now Adsense is kicking us out, except if you are staying in Japan. The referral program is not working for us anymore as according to the latest payout structure by Adsense:

- If you’re outside of North America, Latin America, and Japan, AdSense referrals will be retired.

So, what do you think about this?

For publishers not located in any of the three regions detailed above, we’ll soon be retiring referrals promoting AdSense. We’ve found that this referral product has not performed as well as we had hoped in these regions. Again, please keep in mind that you can still generate referrals for the other products listed under the ‘Referrals’ section of your AdSense Setup tab.

Soon, you’ll no longer see the option to create a referral button for AdSense in your account, although existing buttons will display as normal. This specific referral type will then be retired during the last week of January – any users who meet the conversion criteria (reaching $100 in earnings within 180 days of sign-up and removing all payment holds) before the change will generate earnings of $250 for the referring publishers. Any conversions which occur after this change is made will not be recorded in your account. You may wish to begin replacing any existing referrals promoting AdSense with referrals for another product or an AdSense for content unit.

I’ve removed all my Adsense referral buttons and links this morning. No point wasting my blog space on something which is dying soon.