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Don't know how long it's been like that.
Adwords is unaffected as far as I see
[edited by: nomis5 at 2:19 pm (utc) on Mar. 31, 2009]
My hunch is that stats are not real time (the actual numbers are probably spread out over several days) in part to foil those trying to game them. As such, I gave up taking my daily stats too seriously a long time ago.
Regards...jmcc
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I think the system is just constipated.
Anybody got any cyberlaxative?
[edited by: Khensu at 6:47 am (utc) on April 2, 2009]
On the other hand, averages have changed little, and earnings for March are up only slightly less than traffic - pretty good in the circumstances.
I would have expected fluctuations to dampen with high traffic (because a few extra clicks here or there would be averaged out sooner).
I am inclined to agree with Play_Bach. It is not in Google's interest for us to get reporting that is too accurate.
Regards...jmcc
My own logs show nothing unusual, not a good start to April Google!
I've almost given up caring or trying to do anything about it.
Google you god damn stink :-)
Something was definitely wrong, I had my lowest Clicks day of 2009 on one of my normally busiest days of the week therefore easily my worst CTR however my EPC was completely normal. My own logs show nothing unusual, not a good start to April Google!
I would go along with that for my figures for yesterday. However the fact that not too many people are moaning about it presumably means that the problem is not universal though!
I know I'm not the only person, I have a few friends having the same problem.
I recall when adsense started that publishers criticised those CPM banners available at the time for paying less than $2 ECPM for sites decent content.
Having fallen behind that mark my new years resolution for this year was to actually sell stuff rather than rely on advertisers getting the knack of adwords and advertising their stuff in a manner that would benefit both them and me. The alternative would be for me to train them or do direct advertising.
I'm hoping to blow advertisers out of the water with my new scheme of selling things myself. It ought to equate to at least 5 times the CPM. The problem for me is advertisers aren't internet savvy, and I don't expect them to become so.
This isn't about stats - they don't seem to recover from the glitch days, and recently those glitch days have become frequent. Doesn't feel like delayed reporting unless it's delayed to next year.
That said - as an advertiser, I'm having a heck of a time with the Content Network, just getting new campaigns to *run* - and so are others, judging from some of the posts in the AdWords forum. So maybe something is borked in AdWords.
It's 50% below usual revenue.
Yep, diabolical, something is clearly glitched again.
I'm having a heck of a time with the Content Network
If an AdWords Pro is having problems then the amateurs have no chance!
From my perspective, it's eCPM which is significantly down. Clciks are down a bit but not that I would notice if I wasn't becoming paranoic. CTR is also down, but again it's eCPM that is falling like a stone down a well.
If that is correct then surely Adwords people should be able to buy top quality ad space at knock down rates. Netmeg, I see is playing the game from both sides. What's your view on that? And other Adwords people?
This is a serious and probably deteriorating and long lasting decline in advertising spend.
I'm pretty sure that in my case that this is a glitch since this happened, literally, over night.
My metrics are very consistent except when there are GGs (Google Glitches) and this stands out like a sore thumb furthermore my EPC has not been affected at all which obviously does affect the eCPM however only by CTR not by EPC.
This is lost data...again, me, it's always me!
Ok, looks as though a few others are in the same boat:-(
If that is correct then surely Adwords people should be able to buy top quality ad space at knock down rates. Netmeg, I see is playing the game from both sides. What's your view on that? And other Adwords people?
Go ask in the AdWords forum; I can't speak for others, and I've always thought there should be more mixing between the two - you will never ever ever ever ever really understand how AdSense works unless you also get a handle on how AdWords works (and maybe not even then)
Not to toot my own horn too much, but I've never had a problem getting quality ad space at knock down rates. It's what they pay me for.
My problems, at the moment, are getting new campaigns in the Content Network to even *run* - and there's nothing new or unusual about these campaigns, we're using the same ads, and targeting the same sites we've been delivering millions of impressions to for years. We just wanted to break them out separately, because they convert for us so we're willing to pay *more*. But we're stuck in some kind of weird Google approval process hell.
If they're taking this long to approve a long established account with a long established account manager, I can only imagine how many other campaigns may be on hold.
Or maybe it's just me. I dunno.
as soon as google fix it we'll all be rich.
[edited by: martinibuster at 9:02 am (utc) on April 3, 2009]
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Can anybody with normal earnigns for april2 please chime in?
I'm having above normal earnings today, April 2.
FarmBoy
I'm at 25% of normal - easily the lowest clicks/earnings day in years.
About 50% of normal here so far, way below any normal fluctuations for me, it could be my worst day in years.
