Is anyones revenue so far today absolute crap?

[TheNetCode]

Originally Posted by yo-yo

One of my sites with a CPM of over $2,000 (for the last couple months) has fallen below $400 for the month of Feb....

Now that is a heavy hit. I would be upset also. Have you checked what the advertisers are paying for their ads? Just to see if that has changed at all. Judging on that though I would say they decreased the payouts.

[yo-yo]

Originally Posted by TheNetCode

Now that is a heavy hit. I would be upset also. Have you checked what the advertisers are paying for their ads? Just to see if that has changed at all. Judging on that though I would say they decreased the payouts.

It's a very competitive market for PPC ... they're paying the same they've been paying for a year. The only thing that's changed is my CTR (fallin by 2%) and the amount they're paying me per click (decreasing each month)

[www.AmCy.org]

I think it's important to remeber that the YPN program is in beta mode right now, and that YPN hasn't forced anyone to join the program. It's beta, and participation is completely voluntary. We all have option of using other programs for now, and wait for YPN to go out of beta. As beta particpants, we are helping Yahoo! to test their nascent program, so I think we should all keep cool and provide as much useful feedback to the YPN team as we can.

As always, IMO.

AmCy

[hdpt00]

Originally Posted by yo-yo

One of my sites with a CPM of over $2,000 (for the last couple months) has fallen below $400 for the month of Feb....

One of my sites with CPM of $200+ and several thousand impressions per day has dropped to $60, not happy.

[yo-yo]

Originally Posted by www.AmCy.org

I think it's important to remeber that the YPN program is in beta mode right now, and that YPN hasn't forced anyone to join the program. It's beta, and participation is completely voluntary.

I agree 100%.

[wentworth]

Originally Posted by hdpt00

Are you out of your god damn mind. "system glitches"??? I've lost several thousand over the past two days b/c CPM dropped by over 50%! Fix this shit and credit my account with what it should be. I can't care if this beta is actually an alpha, don't F with people's money and say sorry.

I have to agree.

I'm getting more clicks and more impressions but the earnings have dropped more than 200%.

It does not make sense. If the advertisers are paying the same thing, what is happening to to it? We are getting 10 cents clicks from the SAME ads?

Subtract 10 cents from $2 and who is getting the $1.80 per click?
Where is our money going?

Please know that if we wanted to get paid 10 cent clicks we would still be with Adsense.

YPN, this "missing money" is a disgrace!

[wentworth]

Originally Posted by www.AmCy.org

going to get better over time, as bugs get ironed out.

AmCy

I would not call going from $2-$10 clicks to 10 cents clicks a "bug".

[hdpt00]

Originally Posted by wentworth

I would not call going from $2-$10 clicks to 10 cents clicks a "bug".

And that is where my frustration lays.

[wentworth]

Originally Posted by www.AmCy.org

I think it's important to remeber that the YPN program is in beta mode right now, and that YPN hasn't forced anyone to join the program. It's beta, and participation is completely voluntary.
AmCy

Right and its important for them to pay us our money and not some BS 10 cents clicks.

I know for a fact the SAME ads from a week ago are paying more than 10 cents because I talked to someone who is selling the ads.

The question is where is our money going?

[yo-yo]

Originally Posted by wentworth

We are getting 10 cents clicks from the SAME ads?

For these last couple days my sites stopped showing relevant ads. They were showing wheel chair ads on a business site.

[www.AmCy.org]

Originally Posted by hdpt00

And that is where my frustration lays.

I understand the frustration that being expressed in this forum, but it's a temporary problem which will be fixed soon enough.

It's human nature to get angry if you go from making $$$$$$ to making $$$. But we can all agree that the earnings have been good up to this point--and I think good enough that even temporary glitches can't take away from the fact that many YPN beta program participants have earned more than they would have earned if they had stayed with that other contextual advertising program. So, bottom line: if you look at the big picture, YPN has still done great things for publishers, despite the glitches.

I recommend that we all stick with it. I'm betting that earnings will be back as soon as this week, and you don't want to miss out.

As always, IMO.

AmCy

[r32faisal]

Originally Posted by hdpt00

Are you out of your god damn mind. "system glitches"??? I've lost several thousand over the past two days b/c CPM dropped by over 50%! Fix this shit and credit my account with what it should be. I can't care if this beta is actually an alpha, don't F with people's money and say sorry.

Clown, if you're going to be so negative towards the many positive things we see going on here, then go back to adsense.

[TheNetCode]

I agree with you AmCy. That was the intention of some of the posts. Yes Yahoo has been good to alot of people and as I said Google would not have posted here to let us know what was going on. Also as said yes there is frustration over it, but I am sure it will be straightened out. Even if not then Yahoo is still a better option with higher paying clicks than Google at this time and it is still a much better option.

Originally Posted by www.AmCy.org

I understand the frustration that being expressed in this forum, but it's a temporary problem which will be fixed soon enough.

It's human nature to get angry if you go from making $$$$$$ to making $$$. But we can all agree that the earnings have been good up to this point--and I think good enough that even temporary glitches can't take away from the fact that many YPN beta program participants have earned more than they would have earned if they had stayed with that other contextual advertising program. So, bottom line: if you look at the big picture, YPN has still done great things for publishers, despite the glitches.

I recommend that we all stick with it. I'm betting that earnings will be back as soon as this week, and you don't want to miss out.

As always, IMO.

AmCy

[djp]

atleast they have come here to tell us that there was a problem with the system. Google would never shown there faces here to defend themselfs

[phpbbforfree]

so far for me it seems to be much better then the past 3 days. Its not back back but it is sunday and people aren't up as early like during the week.

[SEO Jeff]

So are you seeing increased payouts per click phpbbforfree?

[phpbbforfree]

i dunno I'm seeing more money at this time then I did yesterday at this time.

[YahooSarah]

Hi everyone,

I received more information this morning, so I hope I can provide a bit more clarity now. Last Friday we launched some new code into production. Several complications occurred during the launch, and as a result overall system performance was impaired. We've stabilized the situation now and expect to continue to make improvements over the next few days.

On behalf of the entire YPN beta team, I apologize for the inconvenience. Please continue to let me know how your sites are performing -- your feedback is really valuable to us as we continue to refine our beta program and work through our growing pains.

YahooSarah

[gamma]

Sorry, I don't feel comforted at all. Having to go to a forum, read a thread where people are discussing their dramatic drop in earnings, and then seeing a post by a Yahoo representative does not invert my dissatisfaction or make me feel elite.

And yes people, google does the same thing, with AdSenseAdvisor popping up after people start talking about switching their providers.

It's weak and it's unprofessional. Please send me an email next time.

[andy11]

Sara,

My sites felt the complications and today's stabilization. I even reverted back to adsense briefly yesterday. Now, I can

andy