Smart priced for my freebies section?

[flyerguy]

I have a year old site that sells digital art. Added a freebie section, and although traffic is up, I have most definitely been smart priced.

Is smart pricing on a per-site basis? Could my 0.03 cent click section be affecting my more lucrative multi-dollar click section?

I really am reaping the rewards of the free section as traffic is up to 2100 uniques a day compared to 400 or so without it.. but I need to know if is blowing my 'rep' as a publisher because i'm attracting the cheapest consumers on the net.

[howiejs]

Great question. In my little niche - it seems page based and not site based.

When I have seen "free" etc on a page - the EPC seems to go down . . .