May Shaping Up to Be Worse Than April?

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  1. PaulGoodman67 profile image68
    PaulGoodman67posted 3 years ago

    My earnings are currently running at about 50% of what they were at this time last year. Right now, it feels like every time the site seems to have bottomed out, things then sink even lower.

    Admittedly, the first five months 0f 2021 were particularly good for me, by historical standards, so it's maybe a bad year for comparison. However, even in 2020, which was a terrible year, my earnings were 20% up on what they are right now.

    Very recently, traffic seems like it might be improving slightly, even if the CPMs are still generally dreadful. But there's been so many false dawns over the past year, I can't help but suspect that this is just another one.... I'm still writing, but struggling to be optimistic at the moment.

    1. SerenityHalo profile image84
      SerenityHaloposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Every time I’ve logged in this week, the traffic is lower.

      1. Miebakagh57 profile image85
        Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

        No doubt about that.

  2. eugbug profile image66
    eugbugposted 3 years ago

    Same here, the drop in traffic and CPM combined giving earnings 50% of last year. I presume the drop in CPM is because we're getting a smaller share of revenue from Hubpages, considering there was no reply to the thread I posted.

    1. Glenn Stok profile image67
      Glenn Stokposted 3 years ago

      I have the same problem. Despite adding four new articles in the past two months and updating many older ones with new content, I see a continuing drop in earnings.

      It's troubling that TAG continues to advertise HubPages in those videos on top of our articles even though they tell us not to mention or link to HubPages from niche sites. There are many things that can be improved to help.

      The only hope is with the new hired editors. I notice they are making an effort.

      1. PaulGoodman67 profile image68
        PaulGoodman67posted 3 years agoin reply to this

        Yes, lets hope that recent developments (editors etc.) are part of a solid plan, rather than just a stab in the dark. I worry when HP doesn't seem to know how to respond.

        They used to tell us what they thought the problems were and how they intended to respond. I miss those days. The rapport between management/staff and the writers was a big strength of the site.

    2. Shesabutterfly profile image67
      Shesabutterflyposted 3 years ago

      My cpm's are comparable to April, but my impressions have been incredibly low since Thursday.

      My views are back up today, and I'm hoping when impressions come in they will be higher as well.

      When I compare to last year, I'm only down a couple dollars for this month so far. I started the year out poorly, but I saw an increase in cpm around mid-April and hoping it sticks around.

      This March was comparable to last year, and April did a little better. 2020/21 were pretty dismal for me in the beginning though, and it would not take much to earn more.

    3. Rupert Taylor profile image76
      Rupert Taylorposted 3 years ago

      I don't know what I'm doing right but this month is shaping up to be my best ever. Perhaps, my true genius has been recognized after all these years.

      1. PaulGoodman67 profile image68
        PaulGoodman67posted 3 years agoin reply to this

        I'm guessing that it's an increase in views, due to things like your traffic spike, but your CPM is still bad?

        I have eleven HP accounts (don't ask!) and a couple of them are doing well, but overall, I think that the site is doing badly.

    4. eugbug profile image66
      eugbugposted 3 years ago

      Impressions to view ratio for me is a lot lower than it was last year. I wonder has the system reverted back to the way it was before where Hubpages and our ads are displayed alternatively.?

    5. hclpd profile image85
      hclpdposted 3 years ago

      Ill stop writing here for the time being. Mulling over either Medium or Vocal. While Vocal is available in India, we need a workaround to set up a Stripe account in India.

      Both work, though.

      It would be awesome If anyone could shed some more light on these 2 websites.

      1. Kenna McHugh profile image82
        Kenna McHughposted 3 years agoin reply to this

        Lots of HPs have given their insight into Medium on various threads. Vocal is new to me.

        1. hclpd profile image85
          hclpdposted 3 years agoin reply to this

          I went ahead and signed up do Vocal. Will let you know if anything new comes up.

          1. Kenna McHugh profile image82
            Kenna McHughposted 3 years agoin reply to this

            That'd be great.

      2. SerenityHalo profile image84
        SerenityHaloposted 3 years agoin reply to this

        I have found it is easier to grow on Medium than Vocal.Media. The audience/traffic isn’t as big on VM.

        It did however just add comments. I have contacted staff on VM on a couple of occasions, and they respond quickly and professionally.

        Read the guidelines for VM carefully. They have certain topics they don’t permit. If you take your own pictures and use them in your posts, you have a better chance of getting a top story. If you also like to add a lot of pictures to your post, make sure to save after adding 3-5 pictures. This helps with VM’s system.

        I also recommend seeing yourself as a freelancer and talking directly to editors, publications, and others to market yourself. Editing and adding new articles on HP is groovy, but diversifying where you put writing and developing a contact list can keep you afloat.

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        TessSchlesingerposted 3 years agoin reply to this

        GDPR Deleted

        1. hclpd profile image85
          hclpdposted 3 years agoin reply to this

          There is an easy workaround for us Indians, though.

      4. hclpd profile image85
        hclpdposted 3 years ago

        My earnings have been 60-70% down in the last 2 months alone.

      5. eugbug profile image66
        eugbugposted 3 years ago

        Maybe Google is starting to apply the same treatment/penalty to the network sites that it has applied to Hubpages? Was that a penalty or some sort of downranking mark? And is it a life sentence for a domain or do domains get released for good behaviour after years of sentence?

       
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