farmboy - 3:04 pm on Jan 4, 2008 (gmt 0)

I also made some changes back in December.

1. I decided that once you have the basics covered, all the tweaking, testing, etc. aren't worth the results (if any) - there are just too many factors not in the control of the publishers.

2. I haven't created any new channels since sometime in early December. I've created new ads for new pages, but no channels.

3. I now only view URL channels when I check my earnings report.

4. I haven't added any new URL's to my filter since December. I saw a few ads that were obviously written to take a visitor to a MFA page of some type, but I just left them alone.

5. I didn't go 30 days without checking reports like the OP, but I've probably only been checking about once per week on average.

Results: The end of December and early January were great from an EPC perspective. I don't think my changes had anything to do with that, but it seems to reinforce #1 above.

FarmBoy