(2014-11-21) Google Contributor

Google has today launched a new platform that aims to reinvent how content creators on the Internet make money. It’s called Google Contributor, and it involves readers committing to a certain monthly payment of $1-3, which will in turn give visitors an ad-free browsing experience on some sites... This contribution only happens when you actually visit websites, so the cut of your monthly contribution level will get split up depending on which sites you visit most often. (Business Models For Information)

Sept'2015:

• April article on changes to program - now millions of publisher sites?
• July article by Chris Kane.
• options are now $2/5/10 per month. At $2/month "a typical person will see 5-15% fewer ads" - is that across your whole experience, or across AdSense sites, or Contributor partners, or what?
• you have to turn on Personalized Ads
• as a Publisher/Creator you have to be using AdSense, Ad Exchange, or DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP).