I know it's not the end of the month yet, but I noticed my HP ad income is half of what it was last month. The impressions are about half. The traffic seems to be the same.
Are there less ads?
There shouldn't be, unless the mix in traffic from various countries changed significantly. The reason fill rates change by country is that there is a lot more demand for US traffic than say Nicaragua traffic. That's about the only explanation I've seen for traffic levels to stay the same, but ad impressions change. From our overall end, things look like they're functioning right.
by Ivan Zečević 9 years ago
about 500 visits and just 52 ad immpresions every day
by Ben Guinter 12 years ago
I'm curious if anyone has tested by a month to month basis whether or not you make more with Adsense alone or with HP Ads?It's impossible to do a true split test, since each month will be different, but I'm curious to hear your results...Some of us won't get a lot of traffic so Adsense might be...
by Eugene Brennan 5 years ago
It seems to be almost down to the level it was last year and never recovered much since the start of Q3. I reckon though it's probably because I'm getting a lot more views with lower CPM in addition to views with high CPM plus backouts from pages before ads load. The result is that it's pushing the...
by Liz Elias 5 years ago
I'm extremely under-impressed since the **Maven** takeover. Yes, I regard it as a hostile takeover, and not a friendly merger!My earnings and traffic are WAY, WAY DOWN compared to last year at this same time, when they were way, way UP!!While I am still making payout each month, I am seeing a...
by Krzysztof Willman 6 years ago
I just checked earnings for yesterday and I have half the impressions I normally get despite having similar traffic to the previous days. What's going on?
by Adele Cosgrove-Bray 22 months ago
My earnings on Hubpages this month have been horribly low. I've only just scraped past the pay-out threshold which is the lowest income by a huge measure for years!Has anyone else experienced a similar drop in income, or does anyone know what the cause might be?
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