I am having a dilemma of whether or not to put adsense on my blogs that are built specifically for clickbank products. On one hand, I see it as a bonus because I am making some extra change on visitors who perhaps weren't planning on buying the product anyway. On the other hand, I feel as if it is a distraction and might potentially send a buy to another affiliate's website. So, when you set up an affiliate blog, do you use adsense to monetize it?
My simple answer: NEVER mix affiliate links and Adsense. Never. You've already outlined the reason yourself - there's a good chance that your Adsense links 'steal' some of the people who would otherwise buy the product you're promoting, effectively reducing your profit. And the same applies the other way around - if your site is optimized for Adsense (high CTR, high CPC) then it's usually not wise to promote products on this site.
What's are you looking for? Clickank sale or a few dollars from Adsense? You would be better to remove Adsense at your affiliate site immediately, if you can get 2 sales, it's much better than Adsense revenue indeed.
I would say just include 1 adsense ad at the sidebar will not hurt your affiliate. When visitor don't like your product, at least they have second choice.
Never mix up affiliate sites with adsense. You might be loosing your sales for Adsense $.01-$.5 clicks.
I would advice you to test it out for a week or two. You will never know if you don't give it a try.. I read somewhere that eZineArticles have implemented affiliate products on their article page with adsense but they did not experience any drop in Adsense. In fact, they have an increased in affiliate earnings!
This is good to know. I actually mixed my adsense with my affiliate products. I'm learning a lot. Thanks guys.
I say keep ad pages and affiliate selling pages separate. Simply don't put ads on those pages where you are linking to affiliates.
It does not matter if you have them mixed together. The reason is because when someone if looking for something in the Google SERPs, they do not care right away about the Google Ads. Every time someone clicks on a web page, they always either look for pictures or what they are looking for. If they can not find anything, they usually click on the Adsense ads rather than clicking the back button.
I do, and having tested both with and without, I can tell you that it does not appear to be impacting sales. The way I figure it, the folks who click the ads were never gonna be customers anyway, and by giving them an "out," you're also giving yourself the chance to make a bit from them as they depart for...whatever it is that they're looking for. I suspect of course, that opinions will differ, but that's been my experience.