Did Google turn mean?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by Martyn, Jan 8, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hey

    I am not sure if any of you have noticed but it seems a few people that i have spoken to here have had a BAD drop in earnings over the past couple of weeks? I used to earn around $2-6 per day on one site i own now its a mere 0.20 at best with the same clicks..?

    Also, 2 of my sites have not been indexed for over a month. Both have STRONG back links from busy sites and being in the SEO business myself i usually get my sites indexed within weeks. Now its taking months.

    I think google has turned mean.. whats wrong guys? you didn't make enough money last year selling your car stickers? :(

    I love you really don't ban my sites. <3
     
    Martyn, Jan 8, 2007 IP
  2. netjobs

    netjobs Banned

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    Probably some publishers gets some low paying click for couple of weeks, but for me its going as usual, better I think the answer should come from google..
     
    netjobs, Jan 8, 2007 IP
  3. LiquidWebTravis

    LiquidWebTravis Peon

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    Could it be related to the holidays / End of year? Business buying activity tends to dip around this time of year in my experience.
     
    LiquidWebTravis, Jan 8, 2007 IP
  4. joecool6101

    joecool6101 Well-Known Member

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    What is was... GOOGLE GOT GREEDY!!

    So people are still paying the same ammount per click. But google is taking a larger percentage then what they where before. So you are going to be making much less. These are my thoughts.
     
    joecool6101, Jan 8, 2007 IP
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    Burta Well-Known Member

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    My earnings per click have actually been going up in the last week or so, and I have generally had a fairly solid increase of 10% in earnings per click since the New Year, I'm quietly confident the decrease in earnings is just isolated to your niche, sites or account.

    As for Google indexing I will agree that I think the indexing process has slowed down a little in recent times it used to take a couple of days to get my new pages indexed now it is taking over a week which is unusual.
     
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    It's probably just the holiday season, I saw a drop over Christmas... it could also be that the advertisers are paying less per click. Could be anything.
     
    Ch3W, Jan 9, 2007 IP