I'm considering trying adsense. What are the Pros and Cons with AdSense? Earning potential? Is it worth the effort? Will it take AWAY business from my site/store? Any help/comments will be appreciated Thanks in advance
Dont add third party ads to your site if you have you are selling your own products there. If you have no products try adsense. You can lose nothing.
Yeah it is better to concentrate on your selling products. Ofcourse google is the very powerful online advertising program. You can earn some money if you have good customors or visitors to your site. But you may loose huge sales because of your competitors.
It is kind of obvious really if you think about it. A visitor comes to your site and is attracted by the advertisement of a competitor (because Adsense is contextual, the ads served will most likely be your competitors'), clicks there and you lose a potential customer. If you are selling your own products, it isn't a very good idea to have Adsense. Just for a few cents, you are potentially losing hundreds of time that business.