Do the Google AdSense ads on your site hurt the linkability of the site?

[mandy]

Many affiliate and AdSense sites make their goals so obvious that it likely hurts the linkability of their websites. Sometimes you can still get a fairly solid clickthrough rate on your ads while still having a site that is much easier to link at than the typical SpamSense site.

The few biggest keys I would suggest to increasing your income per pageview without hurting your linkability would be:

    * Build decent topical authority and a good link profile before worrying about getting as much money as you can out of visitors. Links are a currency, and without them your other options and earnings potential are at best limited.
    * Less ads on the homepage than the rest of the site...

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I’ve thought about this some in the past regarding AdSense oriented product sites and how actually not including advertisements and affiliate links on the site after its launch and initial linking, partnering, link bait phase AND THEN smothering the site with contextual ads after it gains popularity would be a much better splog business plan than launching with those ads from the get-go...

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