I'm glad this thread was started, because as a newbie to the whole Adsense arena, I also have similar questions which is surely why I joined this board. some great tips so far
Both setups can earn money however a website does provide a bit more flexibility as it pertains to content and strategy for the site.
I think its dependant on the content. If its a blog then the tweaks u can do is limited. But u have a whole lot of other weaponry called "Plugins". If its a website then i think more than plugins its ur creativity that matters. generally speaking i think people prefer blogs and there shud be some valid reason for it. U wanna follow or try something different?
But blog will be much difficult to get search by other because it can't insert keywords isn't it. Most of the blog attached with some related site or visitor get introduce by someone.
I don't think so. Blogs are favorised by search engine. Most of the time, when I make a post for a targeted keyword, It takes me one day to be on the first page. and my blog isn't SEO optimized. actually, I did nothing in SEO for my blog. I can't do this for my websites.
I think blog is batter options , mean no need to go seo and other things blogs receive automatic traffic through search engines
But the biggest problem for blog is about blending the adsense add and its placements. I find it is more flexible for web site to do that....