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Last Wednesday, Google AdSense reported a drop in traffic of about 22%, which I didn't think was significant. But every day since then, Google's reported traffic has been LESS THAN HALF of the reported traffic for that day of the week during the prior three weeks. My site logs do NOT reflect any significant drop in traffic, and Google's response to my inquiry was a "boilerplate" reply that did not address the issue at all.
The number of clicks counted has also dropped, but much less dramatically. However, actual earnings have dropped significantly, so that this week my earnings are only HALF what I was earning in prior weeks.
Relative traffic:
78% Wednesday
40% Thursday
31% Friday
30% Saturday
34% Sunday
28% Monday
26% Tuesday
Relative earnings:
93% Wednesday
90% Thursday
54% Friday
90% Saturday
37% Sunday
39% Monday
37% Tuesday
Has Google AdSense changed the way it counts adviews and clicks? Or is there some technical reason why I am seeing this change (for example, would any client software updates affect this -- such as updates to Symantec/Norton or McAfee internet security software?)
Is anyone else seeing changes like this? If not, I'm sure I need to check my server logs more closely, and monitor server performance to see if something else has changed.
I only show one ad block per page, so that change should not affect me.
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[edited by: Jenstar at 2:10 am (utc) on Oct. 1, 2004]
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