use google adwords to bring traffic and have non-adsense affiliates.

do you consider this 'MFA'?

[bajsapa]

i have one site which i have adword ads for. i pay a lot to adwords. too much really.....

on the site, all there is is additional informationa bout the service (its in the mortgage industry) and links to actually sign up at the affiliate. very simple, and i think i give useful additional info and a good overview for the user..

is this considered MFA? i dont have adsense ads on it if you come from adwords.. becuase the clicks pay less than an affiliate buy would...

so anyway i rely on this for my income. i get lots of visits throguh adwords but nobody almsot buys maybe 0.1% which is kinda lame.

the bids on adwords are sky high so it eats a lot of money...

how likely is it that ppl come back after a month or so and buy from the affiliate and my cookie id is triggered and i get paid? it seems like i get money from old affiliates even two months afterwards, but the apparent curve is that i basically lose money on adwords.

what are your comments on this?

[humblebeginnings]

It's hard to say if your site is considered MFA, depends on many things. However, buying traffic with Adwords to bring it to a page with (among others) affiliate links is a legitimate business model in itself. Nothing wrong with that in general. If you improve your site, and give people real good info about mortgages, you might increase the chance of people coming back to your site. Sometimes it also works if you add more affiliate links so that your visitors can make a choice. Best thing would be to somehow review the affiliate products you sell.
Anyways, this answer is not really Adsense related, sorry mods...

[pacman2]

problem is people dont trust your site so they will not sign up and pay for something. may be also bad targeting...

[moonkey]

i've also try clicksor to bring visitors but it doesn't show usefull.

i think advertiser have to be clear about services he offer thorough ads, have a nice layout which is first point of visitor impression and than quality content, easy-known domain (if visitor forgot to add page in favorites). This will also bring visitors back and back.