Fairla - 5:48 am on Dec 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

It's great that Adsense works so well for many webmasters, but doesn't Sally have a right to point out that it's not working for us all? Why get offended and attack her for that?

If Adsense were really the be-all and end-all, wouldn't it be able to work well on all types of webpages?

Why can I make money from Fastclick or affiliate programs but Adsense can only offer me a few pennies a day?

One possiblity is that AdSense advertisers aren't creating ads that would work on a site like mine. However: (a) that isn't true because I've seen plenty that would work, and (b) if it were true, shouldn't AdSense be trying to lure all types of advertisers that would work on all types of sites?

I got so disgusted with Adsense that I started experimenting more with Fastclick's CPC ads, which I avoided before because I didn't expect a high click-through from my niche content site, and what do you know -- some of them do quite well on my site. Why is it that Fastclick can find ads that match my site content and appeal to my visitors, and Adsense can't?

Well, for one thing, Fastclick lets me identify my site's category for advertisers who want to target that category. Adsense doesn't even do that simple thing.

And when I do get clicks, why is the pay so low? I sell some quite expensive items through affiliate links, so I know my visitors have money and are buying. I do feel AdSense is treating me like a peon.

Adsense is clearly good for some sites, but it could be much, much, much better.