Not crazy about the user experience using Google's auto ads. Gave it another try and the ads were really messing with the user experience.
gatormark
7:50 pm on May 5, 2020 (gmt 0)
@Sissi Adsense approves every one of my new websites.
@ember, I 100% agree
immrrobot
2:38 am on May 6, 2020 (gmt 0)
When I thought things couldn't have been worse, rankings are down by 30%. Major ranking keywords that was holding 1st position for over 6 months is in page 2 all of a sudden. This is going crazy. Any one else seeing massive fluctuations in serps as well?
nubchai
3:52 am on May 6, 2020 (gmt 0)
Ember, I agree. I just worry that consumer confidence is going to take many months to rebuild. Some US cities are reopening, but will customers patronize businesses if the virus is still out there? Will the early reopening make the pandemic worse? I think we may have to wait for a vaccine before there's a full recovery. JMHO.
Sissi
7:52 am on May 6, 2020 (gmt 0)
There is a revenue cap for each publisher You can see it in the morning and in the evening This explains the clawback as well
engine
8:19 am on May 6, 2020 (gmt 0)
I'm in a niche which has traditionally done well at this time of year. That niche is now devastated, traffic is way down, and the ads are now irrelevant. Earnings in the toilet.
What am I doing about it? I'm not sitting around moping about the poor figures. I'm planning for the up-tick, even if it's going to be slow and low. I've already started creating new content relevant to a post-covid-19 world, but have not yet released it. I'm not sure when i'll release it, but it'll be ready in a few weeks.
Sissi
8:54 am on May 6, 2020 (gmt 0)
Click for 2 USd are still paid
worker
3:13 pm on May 6, 2020 (gmt 0)
OMG. I have a few searches that I run as benchmarks to watch for specific search result positions. I ran it today and found about 40%-50%+% of the search result links in the first 3 pages of results leading to (literally) broken pages or to 404 pages or to pages that have nothing to do with the search term or to pages that redirect to 'adult' sites that have zero to do with the search phrase. The results were so bad that it looks like the part of the algorithm that is supposed to match the phrase to the results has been inverted to make sure the absolute worst results possible would be displayed. These results are so bad, it looks like sabotage. It could not possibly be worse than what I'm seeing now. I'm beyond shocked.
System
11:59 pm on May 6, 2020 (gmt 0)
redhat
The following message was cut out to new thread by engine. New thread at: google_adsense/4994883.htm [webmasterworld.com] 12:48 pm on May 8, 2020 (utc +1)
gatormark
1:42 am on May 7, 2020 (gmt 0)
@Sissi, It does seem as though there is a revenue cap for each publisher. It’s almost as if Adsense looks at your site and says, this is how much you should make let’s keep it around that amount. I can’t imagine them doing this, but it sure does SEEM like it. Every time my website starts to takeoff in revenue, they say, oh no that’s enough for you.
gatormark
4:31 pm on May 7, 2020 (gmt 0)
...and the carnage begins.
Runfun
6:45 pm on May 8, 2020 (gmt 0)
RPM yesterday was promising, today almost cut in half. With a few visitors I would understand huge fluctuations but with 4K unique visitors a day it should be more stable.
gatormark
8:01 pm on May 8, 2020 (gmt 0)
As I’ve mentioned previously, a depression is coming and everyone will need to think differently about our industry. It’s going to be bad and this is just the beginning.
Unemployment surged to 14.7% in April, highest since Great Depression, as coronavirus triggered 20.5 million job losses [foxbusiness.com...]
Runfun
9:20 pm on May 8, 2020 (gmt 0)
Well it's obviously not the greatest economy ever ;-) In Western Europe most people didn't lose their jobs so far. I'm lucky with my website that direct advertisers and affiliates are doing well but the left overs I fill with Adsense are performing bad.
Saver
12:56 pm on May 9, 2020 (gmt 0)
Totally agree with you Gatormark that our websites are being limited ATM.
My earnings are back up from the bottom of the pit where we were last month at $30-$50 average. Starting to approach $100 now. But nowhere near the daily norm of $200-$300.
CPC for me is still down 2/3. Which is making up for the majority of the loss in revenue here.
But I am with ya on the thoughts that our sites are being limited, especially when we send large amounts of traffic.
kireb
4:41 am on May 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
Did someone turn the light off on Saturday. RPM slashed by 60% for all countries.
ChokenBako
2:45 pm on May 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
Wow... did anyone see this on his website?
There is an Auto-Ad placed at the bottom of my content asking the visitor "How satisfied are you with the experience of this homepage?" You can then chose from "Frustrated" to "Very satisfied".
What the heck is google doing with this survey?
Has anyone experienced that?
diancala
3:32 pm on May 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
My RPM has dropped from $ 3.5 to $ 1 since the beginning of May. And I was also seeing a satisfaction survey at the bottom of my site.
not2easy
3:34 pm on May 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
@ChokenBako - Sounds like a survey ad, not a google survey. Especially if it is referring to "this homepage" when it is not on your site's 'homepage'. I would think about a closer look - not clicking the ad but using the AdSense instructions to determine whose ad it is. Do you see the same ad from your Previews? Easy to check it from there.
gatormark
6:56 pm on May 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
I am using auto ads and Google puts a lot more ads on my website than I would. Don't you think that drives DOWN pricing?
christianz
8:26 pm on May 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
AdSense has been absolutely awful of late. They just erased 50% of today's earnings. In two steps ~25% each with couple hour interval. It doesn't even look like invalid clicks, as the click count stays the same / goes up.
It did something similar yesterday and then gave back about 25% when day was finalized.
To me it just looks like they are stealing.
gatormark
10:55 pm on May 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
All small business advertising is drying up. COVID-19 is killing small businesses in the USA.
gatormark
2:13 am on May 11, 2020 (gmt 0)
Adsense has literally taken most of my money today. This is getting ridiculous. What the heck is going on?
christianz
6:16 am on May 11, 2020 (gmt 0)
Google needs your money for their bottom line to drive the share price.
frostitomik
8:22 am on May 11, 2020 (gmt 0)
About 60% of drop in revenue here. Are you guys prepared for the biggest depression in our lifetime? I am, with 40 ounces of gold and a stack of cash...
Sissi
9:17 am on May 11, 2020 (gmt 0)
Or stats are down
MayankParmar
10:45 am on May 11, 2020 (gmt 0)
Turned off automatic optimization. Useless.
thetitan72
1:03 pm on May 11, 2020 (gmt 0)
Weird. I had a very good weekend, best 2 day stretch since Covid, which cut me down 50% for the past 2 months
primax
8:16 pm on May 11, 2020 (gmt 0)
Had a very good week, I really can not confirm what some users a saying in this thread. It sounds like the world is ending, pahaha
diancala
12:14 am on May 12, 2020 (gmt 0)
@primax+ Did you really have a good week?
kireb
1:10 am on May 12, 2020 (gmt 0)
What can I do about Adsense ads loading slow. Some ads take like 5 seconds to load and are slowung down my pages. Anyone else having this problem?
Bizar is that Google is tellng me that my pages load to slow, and its clearly their own ads that are responsible for that.
Is slow loading a possible reason for low ad coverage? My US coverage dropped from 99% to 91 the last days.
