CPC way down..?

Discussion in 'Publisher Network' started by greenflag, Aug 9, 2006.

  1. #1
    the 1st 4 days if august rocked for me - on the third I hit my higest earnings ever.... now yesterday and today so far have been miserable. anyone see this trend - cpc down .40 a click?
     
    greenflag, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  2. Red Thunder

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    Yea. Same shi*.
     
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    my CPC was cut in 1/2 yesterday. Frustrating.
     
    tpn87, Aug 9, 2006 IP
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    yes, my cpc also is in a downward spiral. Ugh, hate the summer!
     
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    greenflag Active Member

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    does anyone have any specific reasons why this might happen - or is it just a passing thing?
     
    greenflag, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  6. Pepsi Live

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    #6
    I don't know if this is true, but many people say August is a bad month for traffic and earnings.
     
    Pepsi Live, Aug 9, 2006 IP
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    Today mine is like 200% less then other days in Aug
     
    D3Si, Aug 9, 2006 IP
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    Earnings today are absolutely pathetic. At these levels, it's less than I get with adsense.
     
    tpn87, Aug 9, 2006 IP
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    At least I am not alone on this - mine has been like 30% - 40% down in the past few days. I thought maybe they were punishing me for a particular day in last week in which I saw like 100% rise.
     
    andy11, Aug 9, 2006 IP
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    #10
    It's not just you. Had a couple of great days beginning of the month when the per click rate was up 50% from normal (of last 2 months), then dropped to less than half of that the next 2 days, yesterday seems to be going back to normal. Traffic and number of clicks has been consistent here so it's not that.
     
    tinnitus, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  11. bluegill_catcher

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    You guys are kinda reporting what I posted yesterday, glad but sad to see that it's not just me. I have actualy had two days this month where Adsense has beat ypn earnings, and I have ypn on 90% of my sites......... :( I have never seen such a drop
     
    bluegill_catcher, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  12. Pepsi Live

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    #12
    In September instead of people starting threads of bad earnings there going to start threads on skyrocketing earnings. At least i hope.
     
    Pepsi Live, Aug 9, 2006 IP
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    so before september start making 100 or site with YPN on it :) hahaha
     
    D3Si, Aug 9, 2006 IP
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    Yea the EPC is falling
     
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    Yeah mine went down also, I am getting 40 to 60 percent less just in the past 3 days.
     
    web-rocket, Aug 10, 2006 IP
  16. Pepsi Live

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    Today is not a good day for me either.
     
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    This is getting ridiculous, yesterday was bad and it looks like today will be even worse.... Not good.
     
    Chrisal67, Aug 10, 2006 IP
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    #18
    New month, advertisers are blowing their wad too soon? Not surprising, that means PPC will be cheaper at the end of the month :)
     
    Blackbeard, Aug 10, 2006 IP
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    #19
    Aug 11 2006 18:13 PT

    Hello xxxxx,

    I apologize for the confusing experience. As you may already know, one
    of our main goals at Yahoo! is to provide the best user experience not
    only for you as a Yahoo! Publisher, but also for the searcher and the
    Yahoo! Search Marketing advertiser that provided the ads displayed on
    your website. Balancing the three can be a challenge at times, but in
    order to properly do this, we are constantly refining the search results
    within our distribution network in order to ensure that only the
    highest quality ads appear within our distribution network. In certain cases
    such as this, you may experience a reduction in your CTR, and RPC that
    you noted in your e-mail. This accounts for the reason you have
    received lower that expected impressions and revenue. Overall, this effect
    will provide higher quality ads with higher relevance that are
    contextually matched to your website so that you may generate the revenue you
    come to expect from your Yahoo! Publisher account.

    Should you have new questions, you may reach the Yahoo! Publisher
    Network support team at (xxx) 555-1212.

    Our hours are Monday - Friday: 5:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Saturday: 5:00
    a.m.-5:00 p.m., Pacific Time.

    We look forward to hearing from you.

    Sincerely,

    xxxx xxxxxx
    Yahoo! Publisher Network Team
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    no matter what the CPC ypn's customer support is amazing compared to adsense - I got this reply within 2 hours!
     
    greenflag, Aug 11, 2006 IP
  20. edgistics

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    The funny thing is...they days I've gotten high cpc (50% higher) I've also gotten 20% more clicks.
     
    edgistics, Aug 11, 2006 IP