I’m in the process of building a bunch of new websites, and I’m trying something very different… for me, at least. I’m still focusing primarily on content with most of them, but the content is more focused on selling whatever the particular product is. I’m also not using AdSense on these sites.

This is pretty much a quick test of my skills. I feel confident that I can make these work, and it’s something I really need to get better at. AdSense pays some very good money, but I don’t want all my eggs in one basket. Besides, if people are earning enough to run those ads, I ought to be able to build a site that can earn from those same topics, except paying directly to me. If I can figure this stuff out, I believe it will prove to be far more profitable.

Now, don’t think I’m giving up on AdSense. Not at all. Once again, I refuse to have all my eggs in one basket, and that doesn’t mean quitting the use of something so profitable where it is appropriate. I am merely building a set of sites where AdSense is far from the focus. If things don’t work out well enough with these sites, adding AdSense is not that difficult.

I’ve always been curious about whether designing with both affiliate programs and AdSense was the right idea on my other sites. This experiment will help me to find out.

In a lot of ways, this feels very contrary to what a lot of people are doing. How often do you hear right now about easy ways to make AdSense sites? Isn’t that what a lot of the private label article sites promise you? I’ve seen a lot of people selling “AdSense sites” too. I hope that going against that trend will prove to be quite profitable.