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Now we've had one full week of March I therefore decided it may be a good idea to analyse the last few days and the effects the recent turbulence wreaked on my sites and I was most surprised!
March 1st - March 7th v February 1st - February 28th
Impress__Clicks___CTR___eCPM___Earnings
-1.76%__-6.55%__-4%__-5.09%__-6.73%
However the interesting statistic is a comparison between:
March 1st - March 7th v January 1st - February 28th
+2.96%__-4.17%__-6%__-1.46%__+1.47%
Are your figures similar, better or worse?
January and February were both record months for me (mid $0,000) therefore to see that my figures are actually holding up is pleasing since I had been expecting a drop at some point.
Hopefully the rollercoaster is over for this month/quarter.
my fear is google is trying to please stockholders....
and when a company tries to please stockholders...they tend to forget of where they came from... a bonus to this is that msn and yahoo have entered the market and google makes a huge amount of money from the adsense pubs so hopefully they keep feeding us well
my fear is google is trying to please stockholders....
Why do you assume that, just because your earnings are down? Like Optirex, January, February, and now the beginning of March have been very good, with some ups and downs.
Why would Google try to "please stockholders" at your expense but not at the expense of Optirex and me? I think you need to do a little more analysis and not just blame Google, or you might really hurt yourself. Read this thread for evidence that Google is doing the opposite of what you fear" [webmasterworld.com...]
But, I've reduced the number of pages with AdSense ads in the past few weeks, so it's understandable that my March AdSense numbers would be down slightly even with growing traffic.
A better comparison might be March 1-7, 2005 and March 1-7, 2006. For that year-to-year/same-dates comparison, I see a 15% increase in eCPM this year (due to an 11.7% higher clickthrough rate) and almost exactly the same EPC (down 1.3% in 2006).
On the whole, I don't have any complaints about AdSense's performance this year (and I certainly haven't experienced any "rollercoaster ride"), though AdSense growth hasn't been anything like what I've seen in affiliate bookings from my editorial travel site.
1. Everyone's checked their stats and found similar to myself and realised they were over-reacting and panicking?
OR
2. Most do not know how to do percentage comparisons?
This may appear to be presumptuous however I would have expected at least one post with disastrous statistics.
Come on...feedback, so many of you were complaining!
If it was not for the poor weekend I would have higher earnings. Because of the last four days (awesome earnings) I will probably see record earnings this month.
The variance in all areas is actually less than 0.1%. This month is averaging 28,000 impressions per day with monthly earnings in the $00,000 range.
Most do not know how to do percentage comparisons?
Maybe it's just easier to vent than to calculate. :-)
Maybe it's just easier to vent than to calculate. :-)
Aha! Correctamundo:-)
And just for an extra dolloping of fresh double cream, yesterday was my highest Wednesday ever and today's looking extremely bright for a Thursday too.
All standard deviations appear to be chugging back to "normal"...well, mine and 21_blue's normal SD:-)
>>>March 1st - March 7th v February 1st - February 28th... Most do not know how to do percentage comparisons?<<<
most people know that comparing a week's worth of stats to a month's worth of stats isn't a valid basis for drawing any conclusions.
could you please get back to us with this thread at the end of march? and do include your epc percentage comparisons next time.
most people know that comparing a week's worth of stats to a month's worth of stats isn't a valid basis for drawing any conclusions.
Tell that to all the forum members who draw conclusions about a day's statistics at 10 a.m. :-)
At 9am this morning, my stats said to me...
...things are looking pretty good
At 10am this morning, my stats said to me...
...300% growth signals a new trend
At 11am this morning, my estate agent said to me...
...I can have that new mansion
At 12 noon today, my solicitor said to me...
...the deal is done
At 1pm today, my stats said to me...
...this morning was an OOPS (Out Of Pattern Score)
At 2pm today, my stats said to me...
...everything is back to normal now
At 3pm today, my solicitor said to me...
...where's the cheque for the deposit?
At 4pm today, my banker said to me...
...I can't give you a mortgage based on one morning's data
At 5pm today, my solicitor said to me...
...I've pulled out of the deal for you
At 6pm today, my solicitor said to me...
...the seller is going to sue you, but before I defend you, can you pay me my fee
At 7pm today, my solicitor said to me...
...goodbye
At 8pm today, my wife and kids said to me...
...goodbye
At 9pm today, I drank my last ever bottle of wine. And today has been so bad, I couldn't even make the above rhyme. Stats turned out normal in the end, though.
