September 2014 AdSense Earnings and Observations

[RedBar]

I tried to post this yesterday however I kept getting a "flood prevention" warning!

[Play_Bach]

Bleak.

[MrSavage]

Pitiful.

[breeks]

Seasonal drop, September is usually one of the worst months for me and this year is no exception.

For the year up 40% over 2013. So can not complain, yet :)

[MrSavage]

Better.

[primoto]

completely dead today!

[netmeg]

Slow time of year for me, but better than last September, so I'm okay with that.

[MrSavage]

Horrific.

[Barrelroll]

Back on track

[MrSavage]

Barring a last minute miracle, I can say this will be my all time smallest earnings day. Probably I made this much when I was a 6 month newbie. I don't want to bother looking. I would suggest its stuck, but there isn't much suggestion of that around here. Things will turn around in the near future so I'm not completely upset. I'm shocked however.

[RedBar]

Dire EPC today and so far not one click from the US .!.!.!

[MrSavage]

Unstuck.

[eek2121]

I wish Google would give us a way to control the types of ads our users see. I KNOW what my users will click on (and convert on) and what they won't believe it or not. 'Download this app' isn't going to get any clicks from my demographic, they are too smart for this. Yet these types of ad tends to show on some days (I can block them all i want, they get replaced by more junk), and I notice my RPM takes a nosedive when they do. My RPM today was a quarter. My average (both all time as well as this year) is 20 times that. It's almost like Google intentionally shows low paying ads to keep people buying the cheap stuff.

p.s. the large majority of my traffic is the US or other high paying countries. All my clicks today came from 'high paying countries', but they paid pennies.

[RedBar]

Blimey, what on earth happened?

Easily my best day of the year and all because of the US with:

PVs 223%
Clicks 164%
CTR 70%
CPC 191%
RPM 135%
Earnings 302%

Will it continue? Doubtful, I'll enjoy it whilst it lasts:-)

[ember]

Outstanding day here.

[avalon37]

CPC prices have skyrocketed the last 2 days.

[RedBar]

And as expected it's fallen off the cliff edge so far today.

[RedBar]

Am I to assume stuck?

G's stats bear no resemblance to mine.

[weakpa2]

My CTR is good..I have no problem with it.

[greatstart]

Pennies on the Dollar.

[System]

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[eek2121]

My RPM fell off a cliff last week and hasn't recovered. Usually my earnings are much higher this time of year.

[RedBar]

A poor CTR on Monday especially from US, Poland and Italy, if they are seeing similar ads to me then it's no wonder.

[explorador]

Ugliest month, ugliest ever!.
Period.

[avalon37]

Decent month. CTR & CPC still down considerably from last September, but I've gained enough new traffic and lowered bounce rate a lot. So all in all, I'll make a little more than last September.

[MrSavage]

Shockingly fantastic.

[Swanny007]

September earnings so far... Average, not good, not bad. I'll take it.

[RedBar]

Horrible EPC from the USA yesterday at 57.5% of average, it just fell off the edge compared to the previous week...click volume slightly above average.

[jarviscoca]

My CTR has gone up but my CPC has never been this bad. Never.

[jpch]

September has been OK for me. Not great, not bad. The 4th Quarter should be interesting judging by how many emails I'm receiving each day from advertisers trying to get me to run their ads.

[MrSavage]

Like many things, I get the sense or the taste of rot. I don't recall seeing this thread so sparse. Three pages and near the end of the month? I can read into that. I can also see a general blah if I'm looking at the SEO forum. Are many of us beat up now? Seems like the motivation is lacking and the forums are an indicator of that fact.

I'll report that today was better than average. I hope this is tied into the new Panda rollout. I'm hoping.