Estimated earnings up, then down the same day - Panda gone wild

[shallow]

I feel like Panda has me in it's jaws and is forcefully shaking it's head from side to side. It's not a good feeling.

The past week, there are some days when I check my estimated earnings that the amount is almost 50% lower than when I checked the hour or two before. What's going on?

When Panda hit my site, traffic went down about 50% and earnings dropped close to 70%. Then on or about the 10th of June, there was some recovery. Traffic was up and Adsense income went up about 40% of the post-panda daily earnings. Now there is no consistency from day to day.

Everything is so erratic it's discombobulating to say the least.

[tedster]

Sounds like a reporting problem with Adsense (I assume you're talking about Adsense) may be in the mix - that's not something we track here in the Google SEO forum, but there is a thread in the Adsense forum that might be useful: June 2011 AdSense Earnings & Observations [webmasterworld.com]

Everything is so erratic it's discombobulating to say the least.

That's almost a perfect summary of this moment in Google rankings, at least for the entrepreneur. I wonder if things might even stay like this now (shudder!)

[shallow]

Sorry, yes, I'm talking about AdSense. Thank you for the link. I'm glad I'm not alone (I think).

That's almost a perfect summary of this moment in Google rankings, at least for the entrepreneur. I wonder if things might even stay like this now (shudder!)

Well, if that's how it's going to be for a while, I better hold on my seat.

Bottom line, I'm disappointed and a little shaken, but I'm still glad I'm making some money to pay bills.

[netmeg]

What you're talking about has nothing to do with Panda; Google recently made some changes to the way that they report AdSense and tally invalid clicks - and they announced people would likely see more fluctuations throughout the day. I know I have. There's an item about it here.

[webmasterworld.com...]

[shallow]

Thanks Netmeg. I missed that post.