On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 02:40:32 GMT, Mark Shell <markashell@REMOVEearthlink.net> wrote:
> I have a PR7 Russian/English translation site. This site comes up number
> 1-5 for all major search terms in all major search engines. I am reading
> about the AdSense program and thinking of possibly getting into it. The
> only question I still have is this: Google will be placing "relevant ads" on
> my site, so I will be, in fact, sending my hard earned visitors straight to
> my competitors. Am I gaining or rather losing here, I wonder?..

I have a couple of relatively popular sites, a PR7 cooldictionary.com
and a PR6 algebra.com. I run adsense on both. I find that most ads
are, in fact, NOT for my competitors in the narrow sense of the
word. They are for sellers of algebra software, tutoring companies,
etc. I do not consider them to be my competitors, as such. My
competitors are other algebra help websites.

Your experience may be similar. You may find that you are running ads
for Russian tour companies, sellers of language books, language
courses etc.

In fact, I am now thinking of adding freedict stuff to my site
cooldictionary.com.

igor