Smart pricing, traffic from Asian countries and low paying niches generally contribute to one cent a click. Never say die and continue your efforts in the right direction...
hopefully everything turns for better in the next few weeks. the past three weeks is just so depressing.
Mm. That's 3.5 cents per click. As a rule of thumb, at least that's what I use, if you don't average at least 10-20 cents per click, might want to re-think your strategy : different layout, keywords, check your backlinks, etc.
As has been said in this thread, traffic from asian countries, smart pricing, and low paying niche keywords are the cause of low payouts from adsense. But if you were already earning lots and suddenly your earning went low, only the first two factors could be the possible causes.
We can look at it one or the other way: Either "They are against me" - or "This is a way that does not work! Let's see what works then". Don't give up! Successful people learn from what does not work, loosers give up! We want to be successful, isn't it?
Google is just a machine! STUPID machine so don't take personal other wise you will never get results...
What niche are your websites? I had a terrific week on AdSense, a little slow down on 2 of my sites but they other ones experienced increased CTR... My slowest niche was a 'Relationship' site, highest was a 'Finance' site.