AdSense incomes dropping?

altyfc · 04-07-2004, 02:07 AM

Are there many users of AdSense here?

I know we can't talk about the specifics of the stats but I'd like to see if any other users are noticing any similar trends to those that we have experienced. We have AdSense across a number of large and popular sites, including one site serving well in excess of 100,000 uniques per month. The program has served us well - and continues to do so; however, in the last week or two, I have noticed income drop significantly (yet our impressions/clicks stats remain the same). Is anyone else out there using AdSense seeing the same, or is it something that's particular to us?

Thanks

Aaron

MadHatter · 04-07-2004, 05:37 AM

There was an email from google adsense recently that announced changes in advertisers prices structure.
However, I have actually seen increases!

spidersam · 04-07-2004, 07:29 AM

I just started an account, but my traffic really isn't comparable. Sorry.

MadHatter · 04-07-2004, 09:28 AM

Well, I have excel graphs of all my stats data... and I have a great consistent increase in adsense impressions & site impressions, and then the clicks/day are almost directly proportional to those impressions... but my earnings/day seems to have increased alot more than usual, I am getting a better CPC for the same topic of ads (counter strike servers usually)

dave conz · 04-07-2004, 05:43 PM

Probably too early to tell but it looks like I am making less money since the changes.

starca · 04-09-2004, 10:25 PM

Less money for me as well.

GoldDust · 04-09-2004, 10:42 PM

I myself have noticed drop in adsence takings per month - and my trafiic has risen considerably, so im feeling google are focusing on product related adds (Smarter Pricing) - and kinda rewarding clicks based relitive products on page!

I have placed adsence on a number of dance music related page such as

DJ Mixes
DJ Sites
Soulful House Mixes with adsence dropping on related subjects

John Scott mentions some usfull info on the subject of adds being more productive the nearer to the product relating to the adds..

you can read more about this topic here:
Adsence - Smarter and Smarter Pricing

WebMonkey · 04-12-2004, 06:18 AM

Wonder if this is related to my AdWord problem, we outbid all our competitors and have been no1 for months as we have an excellent conversion rate. So guess we our good for adSense users.

Over the last two weeks our impressions have fallen by 50% and our CTR has increased from 3% to about 6% might be costing us less but would rather spend twice as much and get those visitors.

altyfc · 04-22-2004, 03:41 AM

I understand that our income has dropped because of the changes in the way ads are delivered. I wouldn't mind so much but the relevancy of the ads served has got so much poorer IMO. We have pages about London hotels that are visited regularly that, from time to time, will advertise something like cottages in Ireland. There's plenty of ads related to London accommodation out there, so what's going on?

Aaron

seoguru · 06-18-2004, 02:21 AM

I have an adsense account for my site [url=http://www.himadventures.com] Himalayan Adventures[/url..

I myself having different theme of sets shown... I think they should also take webmasters opinion too.. Since we know which users are coming to our site... I know this can lead people demanding high paying ads, but atleast we can have suggestions, and google can give some weightage to webmaster suggestions too....