Has HP Changed the Revenue Sharing Model?

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   janderson99posted 10 years ago

   Generally the HP impressions are about 60% of the Google Analytics Stats reflecting the 60 (author) : 40 HP Share.
   Recent data suggests that the share has changed to 50:50????.
   Why has this occurred?
   Has there been a change of Policy?
   While the top three are * Pending the next three are confirmed values.
   Or perhaps this is some sort of random happening
   
   Date.............................. HP impressions, Percentage of Analayics
   Sun, Mar 30, 2014*........56%
   Sat, Mar 29, 2014*.........54%
   Fri, Mar 28, 2014*...........56%
   Thu, Mar 27, 2014..........49%
   Wed, Mar 26, 2014..........45%
   Tue, Mar 25, 2014..........59%
   Mon, Mar 24, 2014..........65%
   Sun, Mar 23, 2014..........65%
   Sat, Mar 22, 2014..........66%
   Fri, Mar 21, 2014..........66%
   Thu, Mar 20, 2014..........65%
   Wed, Mar 19, 2014..........65%
   Tue, Mar 18, 2014..........63%
   Mon, Mar 17, 2014..........65%
   Sun, Mar 16, 2014..........67%
   Sat, Mar 15, 2014 ..........65%

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      Writer Foxposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I think (but not sure) that HP uses Quantcast for its numbers.

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         wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Hp does not use Quantcast or any other counter to determine the percentages.  It is a random number generator assigning which code to use to each visitor.

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   Paul Edmondsonposted 10 years ago

   We haven't changed the revenue share model.  I actually was just comparing HP Ads to AdSense.  You may want to try it.  HP Ads is over 30% better for my Hubs in my test.

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      janderson99posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I use HP ads and have done so for years. There has been some change in the frequency of allocating ads to author and HP - perhaps it is a mathematical or a statistical error, and it will change back soon. It almost appears that the share has flipped from 60:40 to 40:60. Can you please check, as something has definitely changed over a period of 6 days. I regularly check the ratio of HP impressions to Analytics and this is definitely a major change. HP impressions should be about 60% of analytics 'visits', reflecting the sharing model. Page views on the stats pages is essentially the same as analytics, but reported a day later.
      Thanks for your help. It obviously has a major impact on revenue! Perhaps 10-15% drop for the same number of views.
      Perhaps other authors may wish to check their data.

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         yougotmeposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         We share the same observation. It seemed like it really did flip around. I computed it, and it was closer to that ratio.

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      Blake Flanneryposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Paul,
      I noticed the same thing. Can you elaborate on why the impression share seems to have changed?
      Thanks man.

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      Good Guyposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Sorry, what is the difference between HP ad and adsense, and how to go about it?

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   lbsf1posted 10 years ago

   I did find that mine dropped off recently a little bit. For example I only got 25% of views (unique visitors) as impressions on sunday.
   
   My numbers are very small (12 and 3) so I'm probably not the best example, however when I saw it I did think, hmmn.

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   janderson99posted 10 years ago

   There has been a clear change which is shown by the chart.
   Can HP staff please provide an explanation. It means a drop in earnings.
   
   Thanks,
   
   

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   Fiction Tellerposted 10 years ago

   I noticed a pretty radical dip in my HP Amazon earnings on March 27 that's persisted, but did not check the impressions...been so long since I checked them.  What's the quickest way to verify impressions?

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      janderson99posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Compare visits in Google Analytics with HP Ad Program Impressions reported on the Earnings Page - There is a day difference in the dates. You can also qucikly check latest visitor stats on HP with earning impressions. The earning impressions should be 60% of the visits in either case [the dates differ but if the stats are steady the comparison is valid]. Also earning are not verified, so part comparisons using analytics data is a better way to go.

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   janderson99posted 10 years ago

   UPDATE:
   Looks like the 'errors' in ad program impressions have been corrected, including the erroneous 'verified' ones for 24-27 March. However the CPM's appear to have been reduced(!). Thanks HP for clarifying this.

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