Forum Moderators: martinibuster

Message Too Old, No Replies

October Earnings Calculated

         

Blue_Fin

8:00 pm on Nov 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Your October earnings now appear in your Payment History.

Mario

8:26 pm on Nov 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Not displayed for me yet.

CPCretirement

8:30 pm on Nov 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Not for me either yet.

div01

8:48 pm on Nov 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I see 'em.

onfire

8:57 pm on Nov 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Yea i can see it as well.

However I just noticed that the sent out date for Sep was the 27th, but in fact the cheque was dated the 29th Sep & the postmark was also the 29th Sep.

So how can they say that the cheque was sent out on the 27th Sep when the cheque was not even printed?

loanuniverse

9:47 pm on Nov 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



So how can they say that the cheque was sent out on the 27th Sep when the cheque was not even printed?

The process of sending out might involve the start of the process, which in turn might involve third parties.

For example, data file indicating payouts is sent to third party used for check issuing on the 27th.

The check is printed by this third pary on the 28th.

The check is postmarked the 29th.

This reminds me of how contracts are deemed to be accepted. Lets suppose that you sent a proposal giving them until the 10th to accept, but without noting that it must be postmarked by the tenth , if they sign off on the tenth and dropped off in a mailbox, but it doesn't gets postmarked until the 11th and you don't get it until the 14th, it is still considered accepted.

Of course this is me remembering stuff from college ten years ago so I might be wrong.

onfire

12:16 pm on Nov 7, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Fair point loanuniverse

Its not a big thing just something i noticed, however to most of us when we see and read that cheque was sent on this date, to me this means it really was sent out and its when the clock starts and we switch to the waiting and waiting (some much more than others) and are very anxious for it arrive like its Christmas day ahaha :-)

Take for instance that some of the cheques were dated 29th like mine, but some have reported theirs were dated the 31st, so already 4 days gone with most of us expecting the cheque to arrive in 5 days.

But like all things with Google, you need to wait and see, but in the end all normally goes well, Fingers crossed.

Mentat

9:31 pm on Nov 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



Hello!

I'm new here and at Google Adsense

In My CP it says:

Thursday, November 6, 2003 Earnings calculated for Oct 1, 2003 - Oct 31, 2003

My question is:

When will they actualy send my check for October?
It will be this month or in December?

Thank you!

Jenstar

9:35 pm on Nov 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



If you look in your account right underneath where it says
"Thursday, November 6, 2003 Earnings calculated for Oct 1, 2003 - Oct 31, 2003"

it says:
Note: We will mail you a check for your account balance within 30 days of the end of every calendar month that your earnings amount to $100 or more. We will also pay out all accounts at the end of the year, regardless of balance.

They will likely take most, if not all, the 30 days.

Mentat

9:52 pm on Nov 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



There is much more than 100$ :)

I was living with the impression that in my Adsense CP it will be another announcement like:

Payment Send... blah, blah

For me Earnings calculated is not the same with Check sent on...

$$$ for christmas :)

Jenstar

10:14 pm on Nov 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



It will include a payment sent line, but this seems to show up at odd times, sometimes well before the checks are mailed, and othertimes after checks have been received. Until there is a consistent pattern, the "payment sent" date isn't too reliable. But generally count on your check hitting the mailbox by month end.

Blue_Fin

12:03 am on Nov 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I think it's more likely that checks won't start arriving until the first week in December.

Jenstar

12:06 am on Nov 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Oops, I should have specified that the checks wouldn't hit the mailbox on Google's end until about the end of the month. Depending on where you live it can take days or weeks to arrive in your own mailbox.

alexandra

1:05 am on Nov 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



well, how does it come that the check amount is different from the cp showed amount?

Mentat

12:33 am on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



Well, it is 24.11.2003 and no sign from google

Keeping my fingers crossed

Jenstar

12:53 am on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



They have until the 30th to mail out the checks, as per their terms. No need to worry for a few more weeks ;)

Vec_One

3:25 am on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Mentat,

G cheques are always late. I suppose this is a cashflow issue.

Personally, I'm more worried about the amount than the arrival date of the check. Has anyone else noticed a 25%+ decrease in the revenue-per-click? Is G getting greedy, or did I do something wrong?

Blue_Fin

3:41 am on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



G cheques are always late.

This is simply not true. Late would mean they were mailed more than 30 days after month end, which has never happened.

Jenstar

3:45 am on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Why do you say Google checks are always late? If they are late, it is due to the postal service *after* they mail them. They are in the mail within 30 days, which is exactly when Google says they will be mailed. And their thirty day terms are far better than most, which offer sixty or ninety day terms.

I am sure it is not a cashflow problem. They have already been paid for those click throughs by the advertiser.

As for the decrease in EPC, there have been many recent threads on this to get your started. Revenues decreased by 90%, but impressions constant [webmasterworld.com] is a good place to start.

Vec_One

7:45 am on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Sorry, I stand corrected. I should have used the word "slow", as opposed to "late". It's true that G pays within 29 + 9999/10,000 days. :>) I'm sorry if I sound a little cheeky. I just want to make it clear to newbies that they shouldn't waste their time checking the mailbox. If they expect the check late/slow, they won't be disappointed.

IMHO, though, G is getting too greedy. The distraction factor of the AdSense ads doesn't justify the meager revenue on my site. If things don't change within the next week or two, I'll drop out of the program. I suppose some other publishers are probably thinking the same.

Jenstar

8:09 am on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



The distraction factor of the AdSense ads doesn't justify the meager revenue on my site.

Very, very few people use meager and AdSense in the same sentence when referring to AdSense income. Unless your site is on something so niche there are hardly any ads for, I would definitely check into whether or not there is something else at play which is resulting in "meager revenue". ie. excessive PSAs (cause by trigger keywords; session IDs; etc) or even ad placement and appearance.

skunker

3:05 pm on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hi all,
I earned ****.xx last month and I have yet to see any mention of Google calculating my earnings to be sent as a check in my payment history. Does anyone know what's wrong? I filled out my Tax info correctly (i think) and there's no reason for them to withold this info.

Any comments?

Vec_One

3:34 pm on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Jenstar,

My site isn't in a narrow niche. It actually includes a number of topics that attract AdSense ads. I don't have a lot of PSAs.

Although traffic on my site continually grows, my Adsense clicks have actually gone down by about 10% over the last few weeks. I don't know what has caused this. Probably fewer advertisers I guess.

What really concerns me, however, is the $-per-click, which has gone down by about 25%. That's quite a drop and it seems unlikely that it would be caused by one or two advertisers pulling out.

2oddSox

3:53 pm on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



skunker,

As far as I know, the amount that you earned last month won't appear in the payment history until it's just that - payment history. As is being mentioned on this thread, G have up to 30 days to post the cheque, so I wouldn't stress just yet.

Nice earnings, btw.

2odd...

skunker

3:56 pm on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thanks 2oddsox, but I had one extra "x" in there then it should've been. It's only "****.xx" :(

skunker

3:56 pm on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Nevermind, it won't let me put in the "X"s that I want. Oh well.

2oddSox

3:59 pm on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



but I had one extra "x" in there then it should've been.

Here's hoping Google make the same mistake with your cheque ;)

2odd...

skunker

12:34 am on Nov 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hi I got a message from Google with the following:

Payment history only shows payments that have been sent; you can find monthly totals in the reports, using performance by date.

[edited by: Jenstar at 9:30 pm (utc) on Nov. 25, 2003]
[edit reason] Summarized email quote [/edit]

davewray

6:44 pm on Nov 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Vec_One...If a majority of your site's visitors are return visitors then it is quite likely and completely normal that your CTR is being diluted, thus you are making less revenue even though your impressions increase...And no, G is not getting greedy. I have not noticed a decrease in EPC at all. In fact, just the opposite is occuring. Could be an industry specific problem, but I don't think so.

Dave.

Blue_Fin

6:57 pm on Nov 25, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Many people have reported a declining EPC. Mine is down about 15%.
This 31 message thread spans 2 pages: 31