Why have my Adsense earnings suddenly dropped?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by shuandrew, Sep 9, 2008.

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  1. #1
    Hi guys,

    Since starting a blog with Adsense ads in April, my earnings have steadily increased. Last month I was earning an average of around $5 a day and at the start of September it was over $10.

    Over the past few days, however, the number of clicks have dropped dramatically - despite the number of impressions being higher than ever.

    Sept. 5 - Page impressions 1871, clicks 76 ($13.48)
    Sept. 7 - page imressions 2592, clicks 32 ($5.80)

    What is the reason for this, does anybody know?

    I haven't changed my ad layout much at all and some 80% of my visitors are new each day, so I doubt it is blindness to them.

    Any ideas?

    My blog is at www.balanceboardblog.com
     
    shuandrew, Sep 9, 2008 IP
  2. ken123

    ken123 Peon

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    That still looks good, I get all the time.
     
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  3. pipes

    pipes Prominent Member

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    #3
    Are they repeat visitors? are the same ads being served a lot? wheres your traffic from?
     
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  4. shuandrew

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    Hi pipes. Thanks for replying. :)

    Not many are repeat visitors, nope. As I mentioned in my original post, usually over 80% daily are first-time visitors.

    Typically, over half (55%) of my traffic comes from Google (organic), 10% are direct hits, and the rest are via links from other websites.

    The same ads do repeat over a lot, but they match the keywords of the site.

    Any ideas? :s
     
    shuandrew, Sep 9, 2008 IP
  5. 93civEJ1

    93civEJ1 Peon

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    #5
    interesting. Do you think your revenue is stead because of being direct clicks??
     
    93civEJ1, Sep 9, 2008 IP
  6. JSG

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    I've noticed a significant drop in traffic and earnings ever since the last adsense maintenance. I'm wondering if they changed the algorithm and if I got smart priced? I can't explain why this is happening to me?
     
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  7. phyza

    phyza Well-Known Member

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    #7
    You still having not bad and if you think your earnings dropped suddenly then you must try to get more backlinks for it
     
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    Have you changed any keywords?

    Maybe a high paying per click page has suffered, whilst a poorer one has risen for impressions that doesn't pay so well?
     
    simstar, Sep 9, 2008 IP
  9. Onera

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    They go up and down like the waves on the sea. When it is up, we are happy and when it is down, we cry. That this the life of AdSense worshippers. :)
     
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    kloop Well-Known Member

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    it still looks ok, people just clicked less the next day
     
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    hmmmm i have also noted that google is paying less then preview months now may be Advertise is paying less to google
     
    faran100, Jun 10, 2009 IP