For me, when payouts drop in Google, it is all because of the ad inventory. When my CPM drops, and I check the ads, it's because they've changed. If you are getting the same ads as before the drop, then the question is, "has traffic quality changed?" I get drops in CPM (if ads haven't changed), when the traffic increases substantially. So, check ad inventory and traffic patterns.
Wow, that is way too low, for that many clicks! Well then again, I only got 1 cent for 1 click. :-S. The earnings are very low now.
I think the rate isn't lower. It depends, I don't know. But sometimes I earn $0.48 per 10 clicks, and sometimes $2 per 10 clicks on my only 1 site. So I think no problem with adsense.
This chasing adsense has really become tedious, Google are really clamping down on Adsense earnings after a few high profile court cases where they got slammed. It's time to go else where!! I hate the lack of transparency, Google call it smart pricing but you never know exactly how much a click was worth only what you get, could it be that Google get the full wack but penalize you because their algorithm thinks your site is MFA? There is no set percentage it's win win as far as I can see it for Google!
i wish i had that dilema... my clicks are about 0.03 - 0.08.. i'm going to have to develop sites based on keywords pricing and not because i know about and like certain niche
hmm it's possible you have a crap load of huge ads on your website (all adsense) and 1) that's why you're getting so many clicks 2) googles seeing it as a MFA site 3) google thinks you're putting more ads than content so yeah
Imagine you profit if those clicks were on your affiliate link, join affiliate program and add your affiliate links instead of adsense ads.