I'm being smartpriced, right?

Will contacting Adsense help?

[mrtea]

I'm running a few websites and I think one of them has been smart priced. I think I'm allowed to post my stats from one day this week to give you an idea:

Impressions:
Clicks:
eCPM:
Earnings:

[edit: Hmm so I removed my stats... are there any "safe" details I can post to get my situation across? ]

This sucks. The clicks here are above average for me but this gives you an idea of how low my earnings are. That's not normal right? That's smartpricing?

I think I first got smartpriced after adding ads to a Facebook app (not 100% sure though.) I tried removing the ads for a month with no change.

Can I contact Adsense.... is there ANYTHING I can do? If not... alternatives anyone? I used to get a lot less impressions and a lot less clicks and I'd be making significantly more than this :(

Thanks in advance!

PS: Long time lurker.

[edited by: mrtea at 1:05 am (utc) on Feb. 1, 2008]

[koan]

I don't think you should post your stats like that. Well, it depends on your niche, but for many, $0.10 a click is considered decent, and acting all outraged about it won't bring you much sympathies. Sources of traffic other than search engines are also usually considered lower quality, as clicking on a link out of curiosity is not the same as actively writing what you are looking for.

Usually smart pricing brings EPC to low pennies.

[mrtea]

Thanks for the reply.

Hmph I guess I am overreacting then... I didn't realize 0.10/ click was great but really thinking about it that does sound pretty decent.

I guess I just expected my earnings to go up quite a bit as my impressions have been increasing. I had gotten used to 25-30 cent clicks. I guess I've been pretty spoiled.

Maybe same time next year I'll get those high priced clicks again.

Thanks for the reply; I got a wakeup call!

[annej]

My impression is that smart pricing is always being adjusted so a single thing you do temporarily won't affect it forever.