I've been running my own sites for the last 4 1/2 years in adult. I'm wanting to do something different and try new things. So I'm getting into what I consider "mainstream" meaning non adult. I have lots of experience marketing my own sites and I have a pretty good grasp on web marketing. So I have no issues building traffic and feel confident I can do the same in non adult environment. I looked to get into mainstream a year or so ago, but I wasn't sure what to sell. So for that reason I put it on the back burner until I did better research. With adult most of my income is generated via affiliate sales, and honestly I want to get away from that. Seems more and more ways for people to steal your affiliate sales (ie malware and so on). So my thoughts are this.. I plan to build a network of sites that will provide up to date news and info on my chosen topics. Each of the sites will be different but they will of rotate around the same general theme, but each covering it's own sub topic. It's very likely my users will find more than just one of the planned sites useful. So I figure my average book marker, will likely visit at least 2 of my network sites somewhat routinely. My intention in setting the sites up like this, is so I can sell network wide advertising and also make it easier to build traffic overall. So I'm just curious what others whom run networks, you feel it's better to push affiliate products or do you think it's better to sell advertising? Assume these sites are "fan based" information/community portals on specific topics. So it's not like I'm building a site to sell a specific product.