Is Adsense a distraction for affiliate sales?

14 years ago

I do, and having tested both with and without, I can tell you that it does not appear to be impacting sales.

The way I figure it, the folks who click the ads were never gonna be customers anyway, and by giving them an "out," you're also giving yourself the chance to make a bit from them as they depart for...whatever it is that they're looking for.

I suspect of course, that opinions will differ, but that's been my experience.

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psresearch

14 years ago

To know for sure you'd have to determine the value of a page impression with and without adsense.

Someone else more technical than me may be able to explain exactly how to do that as I imagine there are some things within analytics that could skew that number incorrectly.

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Jeffery 14 years ago

I agree with transcontinental.

Your purpose is to make money with your website and anytime you create an avenue such as Google Adsense that sends your potential customer away from your website is non-profitable.

Also, when you send your visitors to external sites there is the risk that the external site violates Google Policy and as a result is banned from Google Adsense. When or if the banned site links back to your site - your website "might" be de-indexed and/or your own Google Adsense account terminated by Google. There are horror stories to that affect here on the forum if you search. This is "not" to say Google Adsense is unsafe. With that said - this is to say - be careful of your external links.

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Bellamy

14 years ago

You have to be funneling your visitors from every page, with a clear goal and a set direction. If you include Adsense ads, it does distract from this goal. Not just for your visitors, but for you. Stick to your main affiliate product, and streamline everything towards it.

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MR.MOE

14 years ago

Honestly I would not add Adsense to my site because if you but your shoes in any of your visitors shoes it shows that it looks ugly and just unprofessional in my opinion. I think I would rather loss a few cents and even a few dollars than loss sales that will make me customers and a higher amount of $$.

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aijaydan1

14 years ago

indeed over time i have always had google adsense added to my clickbank affiliate sites without knowing the implications till now.thanks you all for these contribution,it is worth more than the effort i have made in the past.i will go back to my sites and de-monetize the adsense there.thanks.

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bgmacaw

14 years ago

Originally Posted by transcontinental

Truth is: You're not going to make a boatload of money on adsense. This is not 1997.

Adsense wasn't around in 1997, it didn't become part of Google until 2003, and even Google was only a Stanford research project until September 1997 when the google.com domain name was registered and the corporation was founded.

Adsense makes money today when done correctly. Most people don't do it correctly.

But, yes, you should only use one form of monetization per site, in most cases, and target the site around that offer. If you're targeting a CB product, build your site/pages with that in mind. If you're targeting an Adsense niche, the same thing. Don't distract the visitor by offering too many choices because that increases the chance that their choice will be to click the back button.

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XFactor

14 years ago

Originally Posted by peetred

I am having a dilemma of whether or not to put adsense on my blogs that are built specifically for clickbank products.

On one hand, I see it as a bonus because I am making some extra change on visitors who perhaps weren't planning on buying the product anyway.

On the other hand, I feel as if it is a distraction and might potentially send a buy to another affiliate's website. :confused:

So, when you set up an affiliate blog, do you use adsense to monetize it? :rolleyes:

I would completely separate the two, without a doubt.

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peetred

14 years ago

Thank you so much for the replies! I can see that the majority agree that that two should be seperate. I had removed all adsense from my affiliate sites, and I'll keep it that way now

I agree that I will take a loss of a few cents or dollars if it means more sales.

I'd like to add that the niche I am in, the majority of adsense clicks will take them directly to a product exactly like the one i am selling, so I think I really would be losing a potential paying customer.

It is a hard decision, though, because you have to turn down that few darn cents! LOL

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mitchhyle

14 years ago

I do use both in my blog, adsense and affiliate link.. I guess there is a distrction but it depends on how you market your affiliate marketing.

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RobinInTexas 14 years ago

Google is going to deliver adsense based on the copy on your site. If you have a site or page on your site preselling PHONESRCH for example, and you have adsense on the page, Google is very likely to deliver some other affiliates ad, often cleverly designed to steal your customer, so instead of capturing $16 from your affiliate click, you get 25¢ from Google.
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