Earnings and CPM

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   chef-de-jourposted 13 months ago

   Anyone else have extremely low CPM figures over last 24 hours? Could this be a glitch or is the Russian invasion of Ukraine making global markets wobble? If so we could be in for a rough ride.

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      OldRosesposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      My CPMs have been low for months.  The last 24 hours have been no different, neither higher nor lower.

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      Kenna McHughposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      My All Programs Earnings is still pending under my Ad Progam. Amazon, as usual, is doing great. When I go directly to the Ad Program Summary, it's hilariously low. My take is that impressions and CPMs are stuck.

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      Glenis Rixposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      My earnings have not been recorded for the last two days..Prior to that they  dipped for a few days.Like you,,I wondered if business advertising has been affected by the Ukrainian war- stock markets certainly nose dived. But  in the context of what is happening globally Hubpages earnings are not much on my mind.

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      sudha madhuri dposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      I am new to hubpages ...hence still learning

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      EricFarmer8xposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      I made all of 14 cents yesterday. I have not had earnings this low since when I first started writing here.

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         eugbugposted 13 months agoin reply to this

         There's a lag in reporting earnings. It seems only stats of earnings from low value ads are being reported first before being eventually updated.

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   Shesabutterflyposted 13 months ago

   My CPM for yesterday is the lowest I have ever seen it. My impressions are also too low based on the new way they calculate it, so I'm hoping they are not correctly updated yet.
   
   Every Tuesday in Feb has been a bit lower than the rest of the week. I find it odd, but the rest of the days seem okay for this time of year so I haven't paid much attention to it.

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   eugbugposted 13 months ago

   CPM is 66c for me. Hopefully it'll update soon. I notice that's for half the impressions. So it mut be the other half that are making up most of the earnings.

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   Dean Traylorposted 13 months ago

   You're not alone. High viewership yesterday, but only made 8 cents. Most likely a glitch, considering that it hasn't been finalized and I still have a "pending" in one of the columns.

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   alexadryposted 13 months ago

   Same here, steady low and a very big difference from this time last year.

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   Jodahposted 13 months ago

   CPM yesterday .27c…overall for the month my CPM is slightly up on last month and overall earnings about on par.

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      Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

      Oh! Silly me . . . Here I was thinking, I'm the only lucky one.
      . . . Mine was also $0.27.
      
      The total payment for yesterday shows a * mark, so I believe it is a glitch; something similar happened a few days ago as well.

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         Amara Hassanposted 13 months agoin reply to this

         mine was also $0.22 cpm, n earning was $0.2* . I also thought it might be a glitch. But my earnings are very low for last 2, 3 months.

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            Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

            I see... Mine was alright throughout January and February

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   revmjmposted 13 months ago

   It's good news to see a low CPM in the PENDING status. It means * unaudited earnings have not been posted. That will change. Usually, it changes within 24 hours before the next report.

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      Cheryl E Prestonposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the update

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      sudha madhuri dposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      Read your Russian invasion topic...very interesting

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   CYong74posted 13 months ago

   This recently happened, didn't it? In January, I think.

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      Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

      I don't remember the exact date, but I guess it was somewhere around the end of January..

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         CYong74posted 13 months agoin reply to this

         I confess. For a short while, I thought we were under Russian cyber attack.

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            Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

            Yesterday, the European stock market suffered greatly. 

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               CYong74posted 13 months agoin reply to this

               Asian too.

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                  Misbah786posted 13 months agoin reply to this

                  That's a sad situation.

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            jansharesposted 13 months agoin reply to this

            Let's hope not!

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   honghanhvt1182posted 13 months ago

   My CPM for Feb 23rd was also at the lowest in my entire career on Hubpages. Hopefully things will get better soon.

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    Eurofileposted 13 months ago

    I noticed yesterday's CPM was very low too. I thought it was just me until I read these posts. It sounds like we are all in it together.

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    PaulGoodman67posted 13 months ago

    There appears to be some sort of problem going on with the revenue reporting. I wouldn't trust any figures at the moment. They will probably be updated at some point.
    
    I've got two days of "pending" for the Hub Ads at the time of writing.

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       Kenna McHughposted 13 months agoin reply to this

       This was discussed on another thread.

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    jansharesposted 13 months ago

    Yes, something appears to be going wrong: 8 cents yesterday and 14 cents the day before? Yeah, looks like a glitch (hopefully ).

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    Dean Traylorposted 13 months ago

    By any chance, has there been some official word from admin on the matter?

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       eugbugposted 13 months agoin reply to this

       No, we have to milk it out of them since there's no official community liaison person. Matt might come up out of the engine room to give us the heads up.

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          JerryFisherposted 13 months agoin reply to this

          Seems to have self corrected itself.

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             Kenna McHughposted 13 months agoin reply to this

             It's still lagging.

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    Cheryl E Prestonposted 13 months ago

    I was told this happens from time to time and it will straighten itself out.

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    dredcuanposted 13 months ago

    Yes, $0.07 for me but it had changed.

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    eugbugposted 13 months ago

    CPM went up a bit on Wednesday compared to the rest of February (actually the highest since Dec. 30th)

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    PaulGoodman67posted 13 months ago

    Now that the reporting backlog has been sorted, both CPMs and traffic are up a bit for me. A glint of sunshine? We can only hope...

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    Misbah786posted 8 months ago

    Okay, just bumping this thread to let you know that the CPM for me (this month) July is $0.59 USD. I'm just curious if they're screwing up just me or all of us.
    
    

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       jansharesposted 8 months agoin reply to this

       It's rough right now, Misbah. Up and down, mostly down, under a dollar a day sometimes. Let's hope it gets better next month.

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          Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

          I hope

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       SerenityHaloposted 8 months agoin reply to this

       I'm down about 30% this month compared to June. June was actually a better month. July is pretty similar to the spring months.

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          Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

          I see. I was worried if I was doing something wrong. For me, the CPM for July has increased somewhat (Or maybe that $0.59 was a technical glitch.  I'm not sure!), but still lower than it was in May and June... It is now $1.91...

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    Pamela99posted 8 months ago

    I only have $3.51 and I have been here for a long time, but I haven't written too often lately.

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       Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

       For me, it was $2.61 in June and $3.59 in May. But July is horrible!

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          Jodahposted 8 months agoin reply to this

          Last month was the most I have made here since July 2020. So far this month is not looking quite as good though, but still around the average for the year so far.

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             Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

             That's great, John. Perhaps you are on the other half of the ship shown in image below.
             
             

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    eugbugposted 8 months ago

    It must be all going to investors. Traffic is the lowest its been for 3 years. Every Google update seems to drag levels down further.

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       Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

       Still, it's encouraging to know that we're all drowning together.

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          chef-de-jourposted 8 months agoin reply to this

          It's tough at present that's true, the waters are choppy, the ship swamped, the crew restless, the captain quaffing rum on the poop deck, the sails torn, the albatross laughing its head off....yet we're still afloat, guided by stars alone and the unknown navigator.
          
          Bail out the lower decks, share out the last rations, there's hope yet for a fair wind and a harbour awaits in Utopia.

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             Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

             I hope we’ll get through this. Fingers crossed

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             jansharesposted 8 months agoin reply to this

             Andrew, that was beautiful. I think you should put it in a poetry hub and submit to LetterPile. I'm serious. I mean, you may as well pull in every penny you can while we're still afloat.

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                eugbugposted 8 months agoin reply to this

                I think they call that an "allegory"

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                   jansharesposted 8 months agoin reply to this

                   An excellent one, so gifted is he.

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             SerenityHaloposted 8 months agoin reply to this

             Reminds me of "Our Flag Means Death"

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          Kenna McHughposted 8 months agoin reply to this

          This can't be sugar coated. We have a crackpot captain, who has no regard for his crew.

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             eugbugposted 8 months agoin reply to this

             Matt is in the engine room, so we'll have to trust in him.

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                Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

                I am grateful to Matt for his continued help and support in forums and emails. He appears to be the only active HubPages staff member.

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                Kenna McHughposted 8 months agoin reply to this

                Yeah. That's about it.

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                Madeleine Claysposted 8 months agoin reply to this

                Yes, Matt is amazing. So thankful for him.

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             Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

             

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    PaulGoodman67posted 8 months ago

    Things have reached a new low, that's for sure. Part of it is that we're in July, but the rest is general malaise.
    
    Both traffic and CPMs are bad and have been for over a year.
    
    And like Eugene says, each Google update seems to pull us down a little further. Rather than being mauled by a panda, it's death by a thousand cuts.
    
    I'm hoping that the Owlcation clean-up works out, then they'll roll it out across the other niches. The fact that more editors have been hired suggests that at least there's a plan...

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       eugbugposted 8 months agoin reply to this

       There's also the new ad layout that was mentioned briefly. Hopefully that improves things if changes are implemented. Apart from having less ads, why do other sites rank so well? Is it just that they've been established so long, before there was competition or because so many high ranking sites backlink to them? I'm thinking for example Family Handyman in the DIY niche.

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          PaulGoodman67posted 8 months agoin reply to this

          I trust HP's competence on the ads. I suspect that simply removing ads would just reduce revenue further.
          
          Trying to figure out why other sites rank better is the game of every man and his dog on the internet.
          
          It's not really worth worrying about on HP. We just control the writing part of the SEO.
          
          A lot of SEO stuff is at a coding level. Some elements can be seen on the page. But there's also a lot of stuff that's way more technical happening behind the scenes.
          
          I know enough to know how much I don't know. I am wary of speculating beyond my expertise level.

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          Madeleine Claysposted 8 months agoin reply to this

          Improving the Ad layout will surely help retain readers, which is a win-win for all. Hopefully that will happen soon.

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             PaulGoodman67posted 8 months agoin reply to this

             The optimum experience for readers would be to remove the ads altogether.
             
             The bottom line for HP is to maximize revenue. This is achieved through analyzing data on how readers interact with the page.
             
             It's a complicated balancing act, as ads by their very nature always have some degree of obtrusiveness.
             
             Added to that is all the politics. Google will talk about "reader experience" and how they don't want ads ruining it. The truth is that they themselves are one of the biggest generators of advertising. What they really want is to undermine rivals and get more people to pay for their advertising.
             
             Google have a virtual monopoly on placing the ads inside search results, so that they are so inconspicuous, casual users can click on an ad without realizing it's an ad.
             
             Their rivals are forced to use more obtrusive advertising, while Google claims the higher moral ground.
             
             That might sound cynical, but I don't see any other good explanation for their behavior over the years.

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                DrMark1961posted 8 months agoin reply to this

                My cynical father always said there is no such thing as a free lunch. I guess we are the ones paying for it: https://www.glassdoor.com.br/Benefits/G … irect=true

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                   chef-de-jourposted 8 months agoin reply to this

                   All I want for lunch is uninterrupted text blocks, with a side dish of ads, all smothered in HP sauce. Bom appetito!!!! Parabens!!!!

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                      Misbah786posted 8 months agoin reply to this

                      
                      
                      Bon Appétit!

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                      Madeleine Claysposted 8 months agoin reply to this

                      Yuck!

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                SerenityHaloposted 8 months agoin reply to this

                I agree with what you have to say about Google. Very well put.

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    Deborah Osadjereposted 8 months ago

    I have read everyone's review or experience but new in Hubpages, I am still learning.

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       jansharesposted 8 months agoin reply to this

       Welcome, Deborah. Enjoy the ride!

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