I updated my spreadsheet that tracks the following information: Daily Impressions Daily Clicks CTR Page eCPM Earnings CPI eCPC I use these numbers to calculate the following numbers: 7 day average impressions trend 30 day earnings total 7 day earnings total 7 day earnings average 7 day trend Difference from this week to last (day) Difference from this week to last (entire week) Expected earnings based on ECPC Guess what I found? In the month of December, from November 25 to November 30, I made less than I had in the week before. From December 1 to December 21, I made more than the previous week. From December 22 to December 27, I made less than the previous week. From December 28 to January 24, I made more than the previous week. From January 24 to January 31, I made less than the previous week. From February 1 to February 2, I made more than the previous week. This shows in two months that the last weeks are definitely lower than the other 3 weeks of the month in terms of growth trend. I wish I could post my numbers so people could see other insights into this oddity that we've seen comments on in the past. I'll continue to report my findings to see if it is consistent with February's month end and the future. I have only been actively running AdSense since November, so I can't go back further.
In case anyone wants a copy of my spreadsheet, you can download it here. You need to go through your AdSense reports day by day to get the 3 columns you need to enter (Page Impressions, Number of Clicks and Daily Earnings). Once you enter it all, you'll see some interesting trending data. I have a more specialized spreadsheet that I use myself, but I didn't want to give it away until I know that it works right. It contains graphs and lets you break down by channel too. http://www.unanimocracy.com/trend.xls If you use it, share some of your trending data if its ok with the AdSense TOS
ur being "smart priced" happened to me was getting $0.50 per click on avaerage as traffic increased the it went down to $0.05 join the club
I disagree, this has nothing to do with Smart Pricing. I'm not sure people are using the term correctly, even. Smart Pricing has to do with conversion from a click to a sale. Those who create real customers get paid better, those who trick people into clicking get paid jack. Smart Pricing has nothing to do with the various payouts throughout the month, as far as I can tell. What my 3 month history is showing me is that the CPC drops the last week in terms of my payouts. After the last week, it jumps right back up. Because I can't disclose exact numbers, I can't show you the payout trends, but I compare week to week figures and only the last week of the month is in red in my spreadsheet, meaning it is lower than the previous week earnings (third week).