And here we go with another month of confused data?
ranjitbhar
1:48 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
Yep its a pretty bad start for Aug, I hope its just a normal adsense glitch, I have to say these glitches are become very frequent these days.
Wondering whats up at Googleplex!
con771
2:03 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
I'm also seeing the earnings jump around a lot this morning. Perhaps it is a glitch
YesMom
2:14 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
Completely and abnormally stuck here... came to see if I was alone!
YM
andrewshim
3:34 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
Yep... completely abnormal confuse-ticated data.
nrep
3:55 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
Phew, low here too.
HuskyPup
4:36 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
Comparing with my logs now I reckon I'm about up-to-date however I must say that traffic seems much lower than normal across all sites.
I'm assigning this to the first major European getaway i.e. many companies closing this Friday and next Friday for 3-4 weeks.
It'll be interesting to see how much effect this has to overall metrics at the end of the day.
HuskyPup
5:34 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
I've just checked my stats for the last 4 years for the comparable Friday and each one of them showed a significant reduction in PI/clicks/earnings.
con771
7:22 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
HuskyPup do you mean a friday which was the first of the month? Or the first of each August?
anxvariety
7:41 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
Same here.. noticing -50% average CTR.
HuskyPup
8:07 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
do you mean a friday which was the first of the month?
Friday 6th August 2004 Friday 5th August 2005 Friday 4th August 2007 Friday 3rd August 2007
Each one shows 20-25% across the board reductions whereas a Friday is usually -10% of my Monday to Thursday average.
Overall traffic is still slow for me today therefore maybe it's happening again?
skweb
8:21 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
Earlier today I thought it was low cpm (first day of month in summer, ad campaigns ended yesterday, US economy on the verge of recession, etc.) but as I checked the mid-afternoon numbers I am also noticing lower impressions to some extent.
I guess we will find out by tomorrow morning if it was a glitch or that advertisers have taken the summer off.
HuskyPup
8:25 pm on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
advertisers have taken the summer off.
Visitors more likely:-)
HuskyPup
2:23 am on Aug 2, 2008 (gmt 0)
I'm obviously writing a load of trash since I have already had my best day in more than a month!
