CTR dropped to <1% from >10% and amount of visitors is the same :(

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by Bram Wenting, Apr 23, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi everybody!

    Im really confused. On 1 of my websites, the CTR dropped from over 10% to below 1%.
    I used to make an average of $8 / day with this website, and now its below $0,2. (The statistics were stable for 2 months...)

    I really didnt changed anything, the amount of visitors was still the same, and even get higher. I also tried Bidvertiser, but no better results...

    Does anybody knows what to do to get my daily rev back :(
    (I already tried to change the layout)

    Thanks!

    Bram Wenting
     
    Bram Wenting, Apr 23, 2007 IP
  2. infonote

    infonote Well-Known Member

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    Did you check your stats. It may be due to a lot of returning visitors.
     
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    Probably you need to blind the ads :)
     
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    liquidmedia Active Member

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    some weird reason this has happen to me today im not sure whats going on there.
     
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    somedays before, my ctr reach 10%, but now drop to 3~4%, and the price drop down too.

    but i think that is normal.
     
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  6. ReadyToGo

    ReadyToGo Peon

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    #6
    Depending on the number of impressions, CTR could vary widely.
    In addition, how long has it been since your CTR has dropped? You may want to give it some time if it's been only a couple of days.
     
    ReadyToGo, Apr 23, 2007 IP
  7. Bram Wenting

    Bram Wenting Active Member

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    its almost heading to 2 weeks.
    My impressions are still the same and the amount of returning visitors has risen 5% (So couldn't be the problem IMO)

    @ottodo: What do you mean by: Blind your ads
    ?

    Thanks
     
    Bram Wenting, Apr 23, 2007 IP
  8. Fka200

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    It could be that an advertiser stopped publishing a specific targeted ad. If you didn't change anything, that really might be the reason.

    Is it a forum/content site/???

    PM me if you want some specific help but don't want to post the URL.
     
    Fka200, Apr 23, 2007 IP
  9. Fka200

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    He probably means blend.
     
    Fka200, Apr 23, 2007 IP
  10. Bram Wenting

    Bram Wenting Active Member

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    if they weren't blended, i probably wouldn't have a CTR of >10% :)

    Ill send you a PM FKa200...
     
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    internetmarketingiq Well-Known Member

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    If everything is basically the same (Nothing is exactly constant; as you have competitors and algorithm changes constantly) you should consider that a major advertiser or group of advertisers have changed. Or Google is simply displaying different ads now for reasons that you'll never figure out.

    This happens for a number of reasons. Perhaps a good advertiser - or group has decided to pull from the content network, perhaps the industry really is more seasonal than you think, etc.

    The best thing you can do is install a 3rd party Adsense Tracking Script and see for yourself. See what users are clicking on and where they come from. These kind of stats can really surprise you.

    I made a typo (or spelling error) on a very common word - turns out a lot of other people made that same type of error and suddenly my traffic went up. I would have had no idea had I not seen this in the stats for the script I use.
     
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    Some how I've a same here today and yesterday... My revenue suddenly drop but statistics were stable...
     
    bluetalk, Apr 23, 2007 IP