As you continue further into your journey into the world of online blogging and monetizing through affiliate programs you are going to see hundreds, if not thousands of different Affiliate programs that all look very tempting to join.
Over time it is best to try various affiliate program to see what works for you and you site, be very careful to make sure that the TOS (Terms of Service) for each program do not conincide with the terms of another service. An example of this (although this isn't the case anymore) is that it used to be you could not run IntelliTXT and Adsense on the same site/page because Google's TOS would not allow for another contextual advertisement to run alongside it. By contextual, they mean that their service bases their ads on the context of your site; you run a tech site, you get tech ads. By running the two services they are in a sense competing with each other, however, the rules have changed recently. In competition with YPN (Yahoo! Publisher Network) Google has loosed it's TOS to allow this as long as the competing banner is not near, or does not in any way directly resemble or compete in the same visual realm as Adsense, therefore you can run Intellitxt and Adsense side by side, YPN banners on the other hand, look just like Google Adsense banners.
This is just a basic rule to remember as you try out various affiliate programs. A great resource for affiliate comparison and value is a personal blog run by internet mogul John Chow. On Chow's site in a previous post back in December of 2006 he runs a recap of his earnings with various affiliate programs, remember however, he takes his time and runs great articles hence a large number of page hits. See his article by clicking here. For a list of other affiliate programs also check out his post listing various programs that should be a great resource to assist you. If you are ever confused by the terminology Wikipedia is where I went and quickly learned the meaning behind such terms as CPM, and CPC.
If you have any other questions, or would like to post some additional information that I may have missed, please feel free to comment and I will try to attach it or create a new post down the road. Enjoy!
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