This perplexes me. Why would anyone who wants the customer to buy something from their website put adsense on the site also lowing the chance of a sale? I even found adsense on a single product sqeeze page Just crazy if you ask me, a meager click might land you a few cents but the loss of a sale is $$$. Oh yeah here is the squeeze page example: http://www.laptopbiz.com/ (no affiliation I assure you)
Can be many reasons. Maybe he is not able to sell enough products? Maybe he is looking for extra income and Adsense targeted it well as whole content is regard laptop repair niche.
Well if the visitor is really interested to buy the product he will not be distracted by ads,but if the visitors isn't interested that much he will try to find a way to get away from that site and he will probably click on ads,maybe he gets a decent amount per click so adsense is also a good money maker here.
He hoped that those who do not wanted to buy should at least click the ads and so have some extra income.
Yeah ok, I see your points here. I still find it a bit strange I can understand any other type of site but a one page product site should be intently focused on selling the product and now having visitors click away. For example, lets say the visitor is interested in the product and as they are reading the sales pitch they discover another similar, maybe better type product in the google adsense ad, they click on it and buy that product instead, this guy just lost a sale!
some are just plain ol' nutts. others might not be able to convert well enough to substitute adsense income.
To me, income from adsense far more better than commission of being an affiliate. If a visitor refuse to buy any of your product, they will look for other source, right? Adsense tend to be an alternative choice for visitors.
Sure but this guy selling this product is asking $59 and even if he only gets half thats almost $30 for a sale VS maybe .10c if he gets a click!
My thoughts exactly, and in addition I would not become this person's affiliate either. Can you imagine sending your customers to this person's sales page? Only to have them click away on a google ad
It's not a very smart strategy to make sales, adsense is great in websites with very good content and lots of articles but it's not good if you sell your own products or in a video or community site.
Your both expressing opinions as bloggers/webmasters, general web users want to seek information and a few extra ads will not make a difference to them. Back to the general question: not all traffic to a web page is targeted and not all web users are willing to commit to buy today. Makes perfect sense to me that those that aren't buying today would consider leaving the page via an Adsense ad, perhaps seeking further information on the topic that they have looked up. With the "snatching commissions" tag, you have the opportunity to write an in-depth product review and if a two line Adsense ad can snatch a sale for the same product then you must be a pretty lousy internet marketer. Maybe the blogger/webmaster would also like to earn some money from Adsense CPM ads, which means that they will earn money each time an impression is made for any specific product review. I don't understand the issue, it is simply a case of not putting all eggs in one basket!
It's idiotic if you ask me... unless the cost of each click is incredibly high! I never put ads in my landing pages because they simply just distarct visitors... which will result in loss of sales :/
I think, it is a new site and his owner is trying to earn money as much as he can even if he didnt sell anything
Because they want to make more income, and not all the adsense ads is product site, some might be review site to give more information for the visitor
Exactly, it's such a cop-out to blame additional advertising as a distraction. If you are good at affiliate marketing than you will be able to convert the buyers. If additional advertising is a distraction, it is because the product review is lame and is not engrossing the reader. As noted, not everyone wants to buy on every visit. What's wrong with setting up a "second net" for the window shoppers? Nothing, it actually makes logical sense.