danieljean - 2:03 am on Aug 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hmm... a few people posted while I was composing my last reply.

Arubicus, you are making a logical mistake. Just because something makes me money doesn't mean it's the ONLY reason I do it. I might even choose not to do it at all if there was no money involved, and that still wouldn't prove that money was the only reason.

Also, contrary to what you claim, an optimized site is not necessarily equivalent to made-for-adsense sites. Most of us see a plain difference between a site as described in the first post of this thread, and others that could reach similarly high CTRs. Consider say, a product comparison site... search for what you want, either via Google or the site itself, and get a list of products that are appropriate- all aff links, with Adsense at the bottom.

The second approach is also optimized, but definitely ethical. Anyone using this would legimately worry if their CTR was down in the single digits. This is however in no way equivalent to the sites we were discussing...