You spent $500 on AdWords just for Adsense clicks???? WHAT??? You could've spent $500 on adwords and (playing your cards right) made well over $1000.00 profit with affiliate sales.
Investing that much big money just for web site looks very costly. You can plan some thing better. A web site shall make money based on content and quality but not just by giving publivity. ALL THE BEST.
I really don't agree with people who use adwords for adsense. Earning in adsense is quite easy, all it needs optimize optimize optimize optimize & optimize your website seo friendly. Read my latest thread...you will be amazed with my service
LoL funny thread : Adsense + Adwords + MFA = Arbitrage. A+A+MFA= A+ Very Risky and it's a large investment to risk, if you were banned from Adsense you would loose the lot. And the "You could have done better" "if you use an affiliate" posts etc. if it was that easy .... everyone would be doing it, why aren't you guys doing it then ?
If could convert some of the $500 worth of visitors with CPA or Affiliate offers in addition to making it all back with Adsense, then it's great.
Isn't this the arbitrage that Adsense BANS ? IE you are not allowed to drive traffic to adsense from adwords ?
I believe that profit is profit, whether it is $1 or $1000, So, keep it up, $50 profit is not that bad...
I don't think is allowed to advertise with Adwords and have Adsense on your site ,is better to ask the Adsense support
Do you think Yahoo's recent change in how they handle keyword bidding will affect your success with using them for arbitrage? $5 campaigns - do you mean $5 per day or $5 total? Thanks.