naitsirhc26 - 5:17 am on Sep 6, 2007 (gmt 0)

I also run just one website with Adsense, and have found that the ads really do add a good amount of value to the website. They do a great job of being highly targeted as well.

As per your first post though, I would say that the question of whether or not people actually purchase products from an Adsense click would be better off asked in the AdWords forum, where there are more people that use AdWords.

Depending on what you would like to know, I think many of us are willing to answer your questions truthfully, and to the best of our abilities. I know that is what the members here have shown me in the past.

I'm trying to determine the true value of Adsense ads for the advertisers.

You also mention though in your post that you would like to determine the true "value" of Adsense ads for your user, so I believe I was confused with your first post before. Please correct me if I am wrong, but you would like to know whether or not Adsense would be a true benefit for your users, or just a nusance?

To me, that would all depend on how you use Adsense. In my opinion, I think that we just need to treat with Adsense with respect, and not abuse it. Yes, we would all like to make a lot of money with Adsense, but in the long run, not putting a ton of ads on each page will help us in the long run. Another tip (that I learned the hard way) is that you really want to have your meta tags ironed out. The more they are perfected to the content of your page, the more targeted your ads will become, and the great benefit they will have for your users.

So as you can see here, Adsense can have good and bad benefits for your users, just depending all on how you handle the program.

Hopefully I have been clear in my thoughts, and hopefully this post has helped a bit! I am still a newbie compared to a lot of people on this forum, but I am still glad to help any way that I can!

Christian