I'm actually considering stopping my Google ads as well! I don't make any money and I'm always hearing stories like this as well. Would this make Google a better company to advertise with seeing they don't pay so many people? Saved clicks?
The vast majority of my sites are mixed. Widget bucks, adsense, cj, and many other affiliates. Around 60% of my income is adsense. Yes it's good to be diversified but even better to have a game plan for WHAT IF. If my google account gets banned which it won't because I am on a good talking basis with them and follow the TOS, but if they ever tick me off or any other affiliate I already have something to take it's place. The code and placement are on file for easy swapping. Having multiple steams of income each month is nice. About a month ago an affiliate ticked me off because I was getting no sales and sending plenty of targeted traffic their way. After sending 3 e-mails and no responce I pulled their code and simply placed my backup affiliate in place.
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