Adsense statt Armut
Google muss nicht böse sein. Adsense, der Google-Dienst für Werbeanzeigen auf Websites, eröffnet armen Menschen rund um den Globus neue Verdienstmöglichkeiten:
For Agarwal, Adsense earnings now account for 90 percent of his income, about $1,500 a month. “Adsense has changed my life,” he says. “I can afford things that I was not able to before. I am planning to buy a new car. I can save for my future.”
He’s hardly alone. Since its launch in 2003, Adsense has revolutionized Web publishing in the developing world, turning blogs and personal sites into profitable enterprises. Mohamed Sallam, from Cairo, nets about $500 a month from ads on his Web site, a forum dedicated to discussions of Islam. In New Delhi, Jayant Gandhi uses Adsense to earn about $1,000 a month—the same amount he once took home working as a software engineer—from a Web site that offers free computer help.
Auch das ist Globalisierung. Wie Milton Friedman in diesem Interview richtigerweise bemerkt: “The Internet is the most effective instrument we have for globalization.”
