Yup, wendy got it. I use AdSense Google Search for about a month or two now, and did not yet make one dollar . But well, I broke the 200visitors/day bareer just today, so I anyways don't get much revenue from AS. I broke the payout just today (after about 5months the first time... YEEHHAWW )
don't despair... you see, just be patient and then, one time, you'r patience will be rewarded with a big check
How does it matter to you, the affiliate link, if people wish, they can use it or they can just remove the ID and then sign up... If I am using blog-explosion and netbux LOL, I would give my aff link too. And its pretty fair. If it pays me something, why should I use my adsense search and then restrict me not to click on the results or ads. Rather I would use the net bux stuff, and earn few cents per search... its matter of individual.