I stuck adsense on the blog and directory parts of my site without much thinking about them and don't make money with them at all. I *do* make my living with my website, and I'm not inclined to change it to make money with adsense, since, as you said, I'd have to send them away to do that, and I'm making my money by KEEPING people on my site long enough for them to see what I'm doing.
I may try it out on some other sites I'm developing for myself but I will NEVER build a website JUST to maximize for adsense. I expect I won't make a lot with adsense but in the areas I'll be working in I'll make something. Something is okay.
Since the sites I'll be developing are regional, I expect to make a lot more from local advertising I sell directly once the sites are built and have traffic.
I'd rather have a fun site than an adsense splog. And I'd rather get my linkbacks the easy way by creating content people want to link back to.
Good post!
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