I would tend to agree in most situations but the upside of CJ is higher than adsense. Although I have adsense on every website that I own, my main goal for the visitor is to do business with the CJ people for whom I publish. My earnings with adsense is about 10% of what I earn from the affiliates which includes CJ. Once you get your feet wet in the industry, you will see it's not hard to earn from CJ or some of the other affiliates. It's mainly a matter of writing decent copy, relative to the products advertised, that gives the view a reason to check out your CJ advertisers. If you are able to generate targeted visitors, have an attractive looking site and write compelling copy, you can make a decent buck with CJ.
Yes really !!! My CJ earnings are slipping, my Adsense earnings are slipping. I'm getting ready to pull the plug on both of them and drown myself.
For newbies it is prob true. But if you know how to market it, then you can make tons more than Adsense. I love CJ!! haha
adsens make more if you have no idea what your doing, but if you know how to market online adsense doesnt come close to affiliat marketing in my opinion. unless your one of the big adsense earners of course.