Have any of you noticed that over the last 6 months that Adsense earnings have dropped significantly. I'm earnly about 1/3 of what I used to each month.
I've even thought about getting rid of the adsense adverts all together and selling those spaces myself - probably get more by doing that (definetly would).
Driving me nuts - I've got more traffic, better rankings... it's the cost of clicks thats plumerted.
anyway, as for adsense, try placing less adsense, or maybe otimize them for best positions on page, (lessads because then u only have ads with high bid displayed)...
I've tried all sorts of things - less ads, more content, less content... baaa humbug nothing works LOL. And you're right I can't remember you... but then thats probably cause I can't even remember who I am .
Could be your niche lost alot of bidders in adwords. Quite possible the great majority flew the coop to ypn or several other places due to bad leads. Google has a way of generating alot of clicks, but leads really suck in many cases. Inevitably advertisers move on.
Your blog is good, the article "8-year-old boy being "punished" under Shia law" was an terrible eye opener and it is mostly a good read something you can really promote as others will want to read it.
As for www.kiwisgraphics.com I think the ad placement could be better. That big top banner could be placed on the footer to capture the people who read to the bottom. Keep only one top banner maybe the 468 as the more expensive bids will be more focused there.
Interesting. With the nature of my sites, I find a huge range from 1 cent to $2 but with the majority being on the lower end - probably close to what John posted. I haven't been in for 6 months to notice any difference but I find it interesting.