Does anybody know if linked units compete with the contextual ads on a webpage? I know that if you have 3 contextual ads on the same page, then the one at the top of the page (first in HTML order) will be the higher paying one. What i would like to know is whether the linked units on the same page affect the contextual ads too ie if my linked units appear first in HTML, will it have higher payout than the contextual ad immediately after it?
LINK-units are in addition to your 3 ad-units per page link units can be more than highly profitable - i get around 25-30% of total revenue from link units, including high paying clicks around 1$ or so the absolute best link-unit placement i figured out is absolute top center horizontal link-units ( 5 links ) except on blog with banner i have linkunites just below banner