Newbie to the affilaite program

Hi All
I’m a total novice to all this so please bare with me on any silly questions that I may ask or have been asked already.
I have numerous websites, mainly real estate and just having a designer create a database driven real estate one to cover thailand.Theirefore im trying to make money on this site via affiliate programs to cover website costs if anything.
*Any advice on the best way between links/banners etc.
*Who should I join up with?
*Is it best for commission purposes to try and go straight through the normal company websites?
*Which network partners such as tradedoubler are best
*Having links on your site by the big boys such as expedia, does this increase traffic to your sites
Any helpful info will do as i mentioned totally naive and probably lost in a dark tunnel at the moment with this and my final question, […]

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