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Wondering if Ad budgets are low end of month ?
If this was true wouldn't a few savvy advertisers save money until the end of the month to take advantage? Perhaps more than a few?
Yes they would.
The same applies to the theories about advertisers turning off ads on holiday weekends, during the summer months, etc. This is why I take such theories with a grain of salt.
FarmBoy
Having written that today is absolutely pathetic, if the stats aren't stuck then I'm in for my worst day of the year with both CTR therefore consequently eCPM, nearly down by 50%.
My EPC is normal, just very few clicks and, I have to say, page impressions look several hours behind too.
I am convinced not all is well with their metrics' reporting.
Of course yesterday was a Thursday and purplecape got my earnings again!
And I think they gave me some of your Weds. earnings too. Mid-day yesterday, I checked the final numbers for Weds., and they were 100 simoleons. Today, they're 112 (made up numbers, but give the right percentage amount added). I like after-the-fact bonuses...
And I think they gave me some of your Weds. earnings too.
Nope, Wednesday was precisely where I would expect it to be:-))
To put it into context, today is so bad that I have not yet had 25% of an average day's clicks which means about 20% of an average weekday...messy, very messy, there will be blood on my desk top when I remove AdSense!
To put it into context, today is so bad that I have not yet had 25% of an average day's clicks which means about 20% of an average weekday...
messy, very messy, there will be blood on my desk top when I remove AdSense!
[edited by: encyclo at 1:48 pm (utc) on May 31, 2008]
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If this was true wouldn't a few savvy advertisers save money until the end of the month to take advantage? Perhaps more than a few? I know I would.
Not necessairly..heere is why..
For Starters lets say we are averaging 20 cents a click (for months)but everyday for the past 3 days we have lost about 3 cents per click . ..so here we are last day of the Month and around 11 cents per.. (all relationalhypotheticals) Traffic remains stable
The reason it could simply be an end of month low advertisor budget is we are in a very niche market..if we have 2 higher paying advertisors slowing their advertising end of month those spots are going to get filled by lower paying advvertisors..
Just an idea of what "could" be going on..at least in our situation
Guess I'll know after we get past the weekend
If this was true wouldn't a few savvy advertisers save money until the end of the month to take advantage? Perhaps more than a few? I know I would.
Not necessairly..heere is why..
For Starters lets say we are averaging 20 cents a click (for months)but everyday for the past 3 days we have lost about 3 cents per click . ..so here we are last day of the Month and around 11 cents per.. (all relationalhypotheticals) Traffic remains stable
The reason it could simply be an end of month low advertisor budget is we are in a very niche market..if we have 2 higher paying advertisors slowing their advertising end of month those spots are going to get filled by lower paying advvertisors..
Just an idea of what "could" be going on..at least in our situation
Guess I'll know after we get past the weekend
just had a 50% click dump
Was glad I'm not seeing a stat lag till I read this
Now I want mine too!
