My payrate during the last two days has been dropped considerably. Usually I would get about 5US$ a day, I could get merely 1US$ or even lower... What's going on? Anyone got the same issue now?
I see my earnings swing fairly widely from day to day, which could be attributed to many factors -- changes in advertisers bids, advertisers reaching daily budgets, number of advertisers coming and going, changes in traffic and visitor mix to my site, and changes in Google's ad inventory and placement algorithms. Therefore, I think it's better to focus on making improvements to your site that will increase traffic and create long-term earnings increases rather than worry about day-to-day changes.
I agree. I've seen my Earnings Per Click drop considerably yesterday for all channels. They didn't drop equally but they did all drop. Then today, 2 channels went up, but still not to the levels they WERE at. All of the other channels are still low or even dropping more. One channel had about 80 clicks for $0.72 when a couple of days ago 80 clicks were generating about $30.00. I have no clue what the heck is going on because as AHEARN said, there are a ton of factors to consider. You can just keep doing what you're doing... or screw Google and move to YPN. I'm not quite at that stage yet but it is getting close. I already have a YPN account but haven't placed their ads on my site yet. I can only choose one or the other.
For me, the amount of clicks varied, but it's been zero $$$. Inquired Google about it already, but waiting for the reply at the moment.