Not sure if it's just my sites but the last week the impressions seems very low and the CTR is really low = relly low $$$ I can't figure out what is going on. It seems as if the ads are not showing up at all. I can check my stats and pageviews and everything but it doesn't match up at all with Googles stats.... Anybody else seen this lately?
Is there a dip in your traffic? Or are you maintaining the same level of traffic, but is making less money from it? If that's the case, it could be smartpricing has taken affect on your account.
yes there is a dip, but what kind of bothers me is that when I cross check with my stats programs there is no correlation between Google page impressions, clicks and my stats numbers. With the latest downgrades of Google (I refuse to call it upgrades anymore!) I have gone from $200+ a day to about $50 a day so it's been really bad for me. The last big hit wa the infamous Black Tuesday (June 27th)
You're concentrating on the wrong things. Forget about the CTR or what your third-party software says about how many clicks your'e getting. Those doesn't matter. What matters is what Adsense says. And is it saying you are getting less clicks than before, and does this correlate to your dip in traffic? If the number of clicks remain about the same, then you've been smartpriced. If your clicks has fallen as well as your traffic, then well, there's your answer to your lowered earnings.
Well, there's definitely something wrong. Sunday's earnings were a good 35% less than the day before. 45 minutes into Monday, I see 0 impressions and 10 clicks and $0.76 earnings.... the 10 clicks are across five of my channels.