Did anyone else get a big dump of witheld clicks/$ today?

stats have gone a bit crazy

[Macro]

As discussed here before sudden spikes in CTR and earnings could be as a result of Google dumping clicks and earnings they've witheld from previous days.

On an account with very stable CTR and effective CPM I'm today seeing a jump much higher than on normal dumps. With normal dumps the CPM figure drops over the course of the day. That's not happening today. It started at 200% of the highest CPM ever. And it's going up.

Just wondering if I'm the target for something. :( Has anyone else had a er, dump today?

[swoop]

The reverse is happening here. Wanna trade websites? :)

[kempozone]

Macro - Wish I could say the same.

Lowest ever here and getting a little frustrated.

kz

[perfectlover]

Macro, you are right. It's really frustrating :(

[totter]

I always seem to have a day or two of forgettable returns before I get my dump.
Right now I'm getting some forgettable ads. I'm wondering if there is a link between the poor ads and the poor returns.

[Macro]

swoop, you wouldn't want to trade places if there's something funny going on and the account gets closed ;)

[jenkers]

I got one yesterday - about the third time its happened in the last week or so. V low stats then abnormally high cash per click.

I was thinking about this last night and wondered if maybe G have tweaked their algo for fraudulent clicks making it necessary for more manual investigations.

This is of course all supposition...

[europeforvisitors]

Nothing unusual in my stats today.

[Macro]

Thanks for all your replies, guys. CTR & eCPM have stabilised now at just over 200% of average. I have had about 10 days of slightly, ever so slightly underpar eCPM. I put it down to vagaries of advertisers. If that's not the case and Google is playing catch-up then my figures for the month are going to uncannily steady compared with previous months.

One other thing - it's just a guess but it may be the case that multiple "dumps" on the same day do happen.

Also, this is good news for anybody showing lower figures recently. You may have a bonus coming your way. :)

[edited by: Macro at 6:48 pm (utc) on Jan. 26, 2005]

[kempozone]

I certainly hope so :-P

kz