hunderdown - 1:44 pm on Oct 25, 2004 (gmt 0)

I was a long-time Amazon affiliate when I signed up for AdSense a year ago. Immediately, with much less work than I've had to put into Amazon, I was earning more than Amazon. They are the only two programs that earn any significant income for my informational site.

However, AdSense income has been dropping for my site since then, and Amazon has been growing, so they are now just about even. And contrary to webmastertexas's experience, I find that direct links to individual products convert very well for me--IF they appear in the context of a detailed review of a product which visitors to my site will be interested in, and which they don't already have. So I am adding more of those pages, which at the same time adds really good relevant content. AND these are pages on which I can run AdSense.

So for my site, the two work together nicely. There's no single "best method"--you've got to tailor your approach to your site, to your audience, and to your available time....