garyr_h - 3:07 am on Feb 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

gordele, that's the problem. They aren't. For the past week or so Adsense has been paying more for many of us. The 'glitch' which you spoke of did exactly this and it hasn't exactly recovered.

Sarah stated that the glitch is now fixed, but my earnings have improved 0% today.

That's not exactly fixing something.

Now if I wake up tomorrow and my earnings show differently, I'll be impressed, but so far this past week YPN has shown me nothing to stay with them.

Banning people who show ads to non-US visitors, major decrease in earnings, unreliable ad inventory, lack of choices within the control panel for alternative ads (such as a place where we can put a url to show that page within the javascript instead of just a color, like what they have), and lack of communication.

Did I just say lack of communication? Yes.

Sorry to disappoint you YPN and some members here, but not everyone wants to speak on the telephone with a representative whenever there's a simple problem.

I would rather just be able to open up Thunderbird and see their response. It's more conveniant for many of us. And those who have clients would probably say the same.

Why tie up the phone lines talking to a YPN representative when a client is trying to call or when you need to talk to your client.

I have never gotten an answer by email from a YPN representative. I have sent over 5 emails and nothing! A few days wait would be better than this.

I can't say Adsense is much better. Infact, I'm not. For the past week Adsense has been much better earnings wise, but that's all. I have only received maybe two or three responses from them by email, with many more not. But their control panel and stability, yes it's stable at least somewhat, is much more reliable.

As I said earlier I will stick with YPN for a little longer, and perhaps even when/if I do turn to Adsense I will be checking back in with YPN every now and then... but to stick with a company just because they were good to you a few months and stunk since? Please.

If you are making $50,000/year for two years, but then suddenly had to take a $30,000 pay cut, would you stick with them or go to a different company which will give you $40,000/year so you can feed your family and get that new computer you always wanted?