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But I ran a short calculation today. If the eCPM keeps dropping like it did since September, I will start to =pay= Google by April/May timeframe.
(I won't because I will pull Adsense mid/end-January if revenues have not improved by then.)
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anyone else seeing just terrible stats today ?
Not just AdSense, a total lack of traffic today aross all my sites, Thanks Giving looked positively busy compared to this.
That's a part of it but doesn't explain what's happening today. I think Atomic may have identified the issue. It's fairly consistent that important sporting event days in the United States correlates with unusually low traffic and earnings.
I don't worry about down days anymore, I only worry about the monthly numbers.
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I thought I'd been bombed from the SERPs but no, a check on all my keywords and phrases look normal, simply a total lack of traffic.
How about you?
But today... impression way down! And I've made 31 cents so far! Either stats are waaaaaaay off or I'm in deep s**t. At this rate, there's no point giving my prime real estate to Adsense blocks.
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I can't blame Google, CTR is a little down and EPC normal, I've simply so little traffic across the sites from every country!
Even my spam's down today...huh?
People are getting tired of the internet...guess that fad is over!
Interesting comment. Many truths are spoken in jest. Not tired I imagine, but the novelty is wearing off. People actually use it now, rather than play with it just because they can. Certainly, my own behaviour towards the net has changed in recent years compared to when I first got access. I no longer surf here, there and everywhere for fun but only go to a few sites selectively that I need or use.
After losing a spreadsheet a few months ago (through not backing up and then losing a hard drive), I have just been through the exercise of putting all my Adsense figures into another spreadsheet.
When I look at the numbers from a year or two ago compared to now it is enough to make me weep.
My Adsense figures correlate directly to my stockmarket portfolio, both of which peaked in May 2007. After that, both started on a downward trend which - despite the odd bout of optimism - continues.
The world economy is bad, the net is maturing, people are out Christmas shopping, and my main sites cater to unnecessary travel - a real luxury at the moment that many will not even be thinking about.
I'm not over optimistic about 2009 either but think that things will start to get better in 2010.
Even my spam's down today...huh?
The BBC reported last month that a spam company called McColo had been closed. It was around that time that I saw spam plummet.
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Comparing the first 7 days of December to previous years may seem a little pointless since last year, like some others, I had been hit by the Glitch, all the same it is interesting to note that my income is almost the same even though CTR is down considerably my EPC is much higher, however comparing aginst 2006 really does make me wonder what DID happen to many of us to experience such a huge reduction?
People are getting tired of the internet...guess that fad is over!
I've been wondering that myself for quite a while and Jaideemaak makes some valid points. I use it less myself and as for my daughters, 21 and 25, it is mainly a work tool now apart from the occasional social networking site and even those they do not use like they used to.
Guessing out aloud here, could smart phones also have had some effect? I do know quite a few people that do not bother whatsoever with the "traditional" access devices threse days.
It was around that time that I saw spam plummet.
I saw that for a couple of days then it returned more or less to its previous levels however I do feel this last week has possibly seen less. It's quite difficult to be accurate since we've recently had some e-mail filtering upgrades on the servers and they have undoubtedly helped.
We had some of our best Adsense days of the year this first week of December.
for example, one site that used to make $10-$15 a day for the past 2 years is now struggling very hard to make $4 or $5 a day. each click is now only earning me $0.03 to $0.10. Only one out of many sites was able to keep it's high ecpm, it's in an ultra competitive niche though.
i wonder if people will start steering away from adsense because of this...
[edited by: directwheels at 8:40 pm (utc) on Dec. 8, 2008]