Same thing here. It seems to be a major problem. Lot's of people complaining about it. My dashboard is showing me earnings from last month but when i go to payments page it says that they are pending. Never experienced that, Thanksgiving or no Thanksgiving. Also massive drop in traffic.
Thevanak
8:44 pm on Nov 23, 2018 (gmt 0)
Payment is still pending. Also never experienced. Do you have it okay or still also this problem? I am a bit stressy about it.
Mentat
6:07 am on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
It’s a no banking period in US. Monday it will be back to normal.
MayankParmar
6:31 am on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
It's a holiday period in the US but my payment is processed in Asia.
Perhaps there was a technical glitch + holiday that delayed the payments.
It's still pending.
tryingtogrowsite
10:35 am on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
Pending here as well.
tryingtogrowsite
10:36 am on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
UK. Our payments are processed next door in Ireland.
allhearts
3:51 pm on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
So you got paid @tryingtogrowsite?
Still pending here in Canada as well.
Nazhahp
4:50 pm on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
still Pending for me and for my friends as well.
nomis5
6:57 pm on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
Google's not going out of business this month! Payments will arrive soon.
breeks
7:30 pm on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
Mine was deposited to my bank on 11/21
broccoli
9:28 pm on Nov 24, 2018 (gmt 0)
Hey guys! I have a question for those of you who have been struggling with your adsense earnings this year, perhaps since around either late December 2017 or perhaps March 2018.
Have any of you considered that Adsense might be checking your pages for quality and trust signals? Like checking your keyword percentage isn't too high, or that you have adequate contact or company information on the page that makes you look like a legitimate business? That perhaps it might put different pages or sites in different trust brackets before deciding what kind of ads it serves to the page?
It's just a theory, but I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has seen a change in RPM after adjusting those factors.
rspwfaq
6:13 am on Nov 25, 2018 (gmt 0)
Although we haven't discovered if we're ever getting paid again, on the bright side this week has been the biggest by far in the history of my website. In fact, Friday set a record on its own, and then tonight doubled it.
MayankParmar
8:42 pm on Nov 25, 2018 (gmt 0)
Yep, good month.
Ironside
10:50 pm on Nov 25, 2018 (gmt 0)
Looks like this month will definitely finish on a high. My CPC is 27p today and page RPM £3.86. So with 29 clicks so far today it shouldn't be too bad because I've still got a good five or six hours of good earnings in the US
Ironside
1:25 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
Having a stellar day, already into double figures for today. 32p CPC and £4.19 p page RPM. I also noticed that page views have increased by over 1000 and my bounce rate has decreased by over 10%.
Thevanak
8:06 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
Hello, my payment is still pending. What about yours? :)
foreverlearning
9:21 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
Finally, payment came in just a little while back :)
Thevanak
9:26 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
Where are you from? I mean country? For me still nothing :O
foreverlearning
9:26 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
India.
Thevanak
9:57 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
Ah, I am from Europe, Czech republic. Still nothing but I hope it will be soon. I am little bit worried about my account.
WhoKnows111
10:07 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
It's 9pm November 26 in Australia and still nothing
They can't be even bothered to tweet or something?
broccoli
10:15 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
I still haven’t been paid. I have £30 left in my bank account.
Thevanak
10:26 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
Ah its so stressfull. You know what is weird? That someone got money and someone not.
Bobb11
11:22 am on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
I am from Czech and got money on friday 23/11
MayankParmar
12:46 pm on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
I still haven't been paid. No emails.
Thevanak
2:06 pm on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
Me too. I am stressed a lot :D
NickMNS
2:12 pm on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
RPM has been really good lately for me. I haven't been paid yet either.
I saw a new spam ad strategy this morning during my ad review. The ad pointed it's link to Google organic search result for the website, instead of the website directly. To be clear the website spammy-example.com takes out an ad. When the user click the ad it takes the users to google.com?search=spammy-example.com instead of spammy-example.com.
I'm not sure what the goal is, is it to avoid getting your url blocked or is it to drive traffic to the SERP in an attempt boost organic results. This specific ad was for a product that is against AdWords TOS. The ad's content was very much designed to obfuscate the true nature of the ad. It is possible that this strategy was used to avoid tripping AdWords filter for the product.
allhearts
2:48 pm on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
Still no payment for me either here in Canada.
Thevanak
3:24 pm on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
In adsense manual is written that they have to send it between 21st and 26th. What if they dont do that? I need it this month. No next month. Is there possibility that they move this payment to next month?
allhearts
3:51 pm on Nov 26, 2018 (gmt 0)
I read that as well @Thevanak, I hope not, I really need the money as well.
