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This is my highest traffic day ever. I've surpassed my record day already, and it is very early in the day.
My EPC is the lowest it has ever been today. The source of my traffic is an article that got posted on several very large forums. Is the crappy EPC a result of "forum" referrals? Are referrals from forums looked down on by G?
I'm flustered.
But, it might be an ad inventory issue. Sometimes, in some topic areas, the higher paying ad inventory seems to get used up early when you get a significant traffic increase.
That could leave you with lower paying ads, or PSAs, which would account for what you are seeing.
That's surely something I must consider.
Thank you for that.
Sometimes it looks like a very good story on a page generates low EPC because people think about what you wrote and are not interested in ads. On the other side, when you write a short article about a topic and people want to know more about it, the related ads could cause a high EPC.
Possible?
Possible?
The situation you are describing could result in a lower eCPM (earnings per 1,000 impressions), but isn't [as] likely to affect EPC (earnings per click).
I just love seeing clicks in the triple digits early on, only to find that I've made less than enough to purchase 2 value meals at a fast food resturant.
On any other day, where traffic is normal - I make equally as much, if not more.
It makes me sick to my stomache to see this happen, like clockwork, every single time I have a spike in traffic. G, please stop "gaming" me.
Right now, I'm having a high traffic day and the last 400 pageviews have generated NO clicks according to adsense. I have just put up another thread on that topic.
I just wish they would pay us fairly and allow us to do our jobs, which is creating and maintaining quality web sites.
[edited by: fearlessrick at 10:01 pm (utc) on Sep. 29, 2005]
In my case I think it has to do with the fact that people who visit my site right now have slightly different interests than he people that visit my site on a regular basis and maybe for them the ads are more interesting, that's the only reason I can think of.
It is really very aggravating. Why in the hell can't an abnormally high traffic day be an abnormally high AdSense day? Obviously it can, as someone just stated that they are seeing exactly that.
Today, I have literally DOUBLED (nearly tripled) my number of clicks for the day compared to average. My CTR is spot on... what's keeping me from financial success.
This is what can make or break me as a publisher. My primary site is at a point where I believe it could be making more than I make at my crappy, life sucking full time job. I'm eager to become self employed, and as such have been dedicating 100% of myself to my various websites. I put a lot of hard work into the articles, and the information is original. I pour myself into my sites, and as they improve in terms of traffic, and quantity of content - AS just keeps crapping on me.
I've increased my SE traffic by over over 1,000% this year, and my clicks have obviously increased as a result - however, I find myself making only 3-4 times as much as I was making this time last year. Do I really have to result to stuffing my articles with higher paying keywords to get a worthwhile return? I don't currently, as I am going on the golden rule of "keep the visitor happy". I don't want to throw in useless words to try to eek out higher paying advertisements, but I need to start to focus on this as a business venture instead of a hobby.
If anyone would be interested in "taking me under the wing" and possibly providing me some guidance as to what I may be doing incorrectly, or what I could be doing better/more/less of - I would be all ears, and more than willing to show and tell. I obviously have a lot to learn, as my success has been "sub-par" compared to what I consider substantial growth in my website in terms of content and traffic.
Does AdSense eventually just give in and say, okay - you deserve it you poor SOB, here's the click value you've been trying to get back to since the days when your site was a baby. I literally take 3 steps forward, and 2 steps back. (3 steps forward in traffic, then 2 back in click value).
All of my traffic is natural SE traffic, or from links posted on other sites/forums/etc by readers.
I need guidance.
However, if your visitors are suddenly coming from an article you wrote that they see on another site, there are some issues that make that kind of visitor fundamentally different (possibly). First, a lower percentage were in "active" search mode. So each visitor is more of a passive visitor to your site from that perspective. I would think more of them would be content to see what your site's about and then close the browser or hit the back button to return to the site that originally drew their attention (where your article appears). Second, depending on how closely that article you wrote conforms to the overall theme of your site would have some bearing. For example, if I wrote an article about some canine medical issue, but my site is really about dog toys, it's marginally related but maybe not closely enough. Hope that makes sense.
