What is going on with my Adsense Earnigs?

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   2besureposted 12 years ago

   Hello Hubpages staff!  I have gone from $25 a day to 2.50 to .02! Can you check my account to make sure my Google number is still associated with my account. Something is terribly wrong!

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      Randy Godwinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      How is your traffic?  And do you have HPads activated? 
      
      
                                             

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         2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I go back in forth.  When it looks like one of those days; I turn them on.

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      Jason Menayanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Have you looked over the past month or two on a day-by-day basis to see if there weren't some days when your AdSense earnings went that low?
      
      It's normal for AdSense earnings to fluctuate a lot from day to day.

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         2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         My earning have never disappeared like this, even during previous P slaps.  My earning dropped but still did pretty good by the end of the month. My earning have not been like this since the day I began using adsense in 2008.  My earning dropped severely in Jan. I though, OK after Xmas drop and then the next month another 50% and now barely nothing.  I have tried to post on Adsense forum, but the links keep me going in circles.

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            Jason Menayanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Go to AdSense.
            Click the Performance Reports tab.
            Click the date range to the right, and select Last 30 Days from below Quick Dates.
            Scan the data in the table below.
            
            What changed: Page views? Clicks? CPC? Page RPM?

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               2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Jason, traffic and earning has already been down 75% from the holidays.  It looks like the beginning of March CRT dropped from 3 to 2 digits, clicks from 2 to 1 digit, an and CPC varies.

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                  Jason Menayanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  So it sounds like a traffic issue. Most people see traffic drop after the holidays.

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                     2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     We will see what happens in the coming days. Thanks!

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                     EmpressFelicityposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     It isn't just a traffic issue. My traffic is down by about 15 - 20 % but my Adsense earnings this month are going to end up being down by over 75% compared with last month. And last month was half of January's Adsense.

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                        2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        Empress, that is what I am saying!  The is not normal traffic and earning fluxuation.

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                           Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                           I have 3 sites besides Hubpages and every single one has had Adsense go down this month to all time lows.  They have the same traffic, but the ads have been really poor that are appearing. It may just be an Adsense thing.

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                              2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                              I had sombe of my blogspot blogs go down 90 and one 100%.  What is that all about.  I may just start running Chikita ads instead on my blogs.

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                                 Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                 Have you ever heard of smart pricing?
                                 http://www.xmakemoneyonline.com/get-out … t-pricing/
                                 
                                 It doesn't pay to use Adsense on your sites where you don't get much traffic.

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      JaleneStoneposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm no expert but if someone went from 25.00 to 2.50 to .2, that looks like a math error involving the DECIMAL POINT!

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         2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         LOL!  I would certainly agree!

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      weezyschannelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I am only getting .02 every 3 days

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   Welcome to the new reality.

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      2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Uninvited Writer, thanks...

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   andycoolposted 12 years ago

   Very sad... but from $25 to $2.50 to $0.02 in how many days? Are you talking about $25 pre-panda? Just curious!

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      2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, pre-panda.

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   EmpressFelicityposted 12 years ago

   My Adsense earnings have got noticeably lower over the last month. This month they're in the toilet!
   
   The £2 click (a rare enough post-Panda, post HP ads occurence) is now a thing of the past for me.

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   Randy Godwinposted 12 years ago

   Mine's been this way for 7 months now!  I'm beginning to think it might not be "normal"! 
   
                                                

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      2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Even the traffic on 3 of my blogger blogs are down 50, 90 and 99%.  Something is definitely wrong!

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      TamCorposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Ours, too, Randy!  Since May of last year, my husband and I have made a total of $16 with Adsense--that's with 236 hubs combined between us.
      
      I go into Google Adsense, but I just cannot figure that stuff out--I have no clue if we're doing something wrong or what the heck is going on...

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         Randy Godwinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Did your traffic plunge all of a sudden like some of us have experienced?  Mine fell overnight as did Izzy's and others last August.  We are in Google's sandbox which happened shortly after we changed over to sub-domains. You'll know this is the case if most of your Google.com traffic disappears from hubs which formerly received most of their traffic from them.
         
         It makes no difference if you have the very best article out there either.  Pure crap will be placed ahead of you and there's nothing you can do about it.  No one knows how to fix it either.  It's not very encouraging, to say the least!
         
         
                                                    

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            2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            My traffic dropped drastically after Christmas.  I stopped writing.  What is the point?  I nor HP can make any money until this is resolved.  I have a blogspot blog (about 5 yrs old)whose traffic is down 99.59%.  How does one loose almost 100% of their traffic?

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   Rosie2010posted 12 years ago

   My March Adsense earnings are down also.  Except for one day, my Adsense earnings this month so far, are less than a dollar a day.  Let's hope March is just a slow month.

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   jenuboukaposted 12 years ago

   I have stopped looking at that thing.  My avatar should sum it up.

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   ngurecoposted 12 years ago

   Let’s hope that traffic and average earnings per click will get better in the near future.

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   prettydarkhorseposted 12 years ago

   The advertisers are paying less! It might be a diff. story if you are also on the HP ads?

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    Journey *posted 12 years ago

    Hi 2besure, this must be so frustrating for you. Ive never been at $25 a day but I sure wouldn't want to lose it if I was. This is always a challenge and you wonder if it's worth the time but hopefully improvements will be made soon.

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       2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Journey...I like that username!  Writing is a Journey and you have to learn how to adapt.  When eHow stopped its writer compensation program, I lost 700 a month in earnings.  They offered me a nice pay off; and I took it!  I have three blogspot blog that I am doing over in Wordpress.  I will see what tomorrow brings?

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          WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Uh... how are you doing blogspot blogs in wordpress? They are completely different platforms.
          
          And are you on HP ads? When HP ads came in (Feb/March '11) the site was re-optimized for them as opposed to Adsense.

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             2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             I am transferring them through Godaddy using their webhosting and wordpress format.  You can actually download you blogspot blog and them upload it when ready.

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                WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                Ah. You do realize that doing it that way resets all the page age you have with Google? And Godaddy has a bad history with web hosting. You might want to research them first...

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                   2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   OK I will.

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                Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                How old are your blogspot blogs?  Did they have domain names or were they just ".blogspot" names?
                
                If they are ".blogspot" names and you've had them more than a year, you'd be mad to move them to wordpress.  You'll lose all the backlinks and subscribers you've already gained, any page rank you've earned, and you'll have to start right back at the bottom of the pile again.
                
                And as Wry says, GoDaddy is OK to buy domain names from, but not a good place to host your blog.

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                   WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   +1

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                   2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   I have 2 that are over two years old.  Not much traffic and no money. So I am not losing anything. A few years ago, I used to make money from them regularly. Three years ago, I had also had 2 blogspot blogs deleted for no apparent reason.  I am a pretty straight arrow, so i could not figure out why they were deleted.  Now I don't trust them.

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    Java Programsposted 12 years ago

    Have patience and everything will go well .... dont wry dear ....

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    JaleneStoneposted 12 years ago

    Is it worth writing on Hubpages?
    Even with many followers how can anyone make money here?
    I realize I did not have the pennies I have earned here when I started but pennies????

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       2besureposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       It is a choice you have to make.  I have done very well on Hubpages.  The key thing with writing, is not to put all your eggs in one basket!  Deversify!

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          JaleneStoneposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Thank U for a uplifting voice!
          This is all I can do now and nice to have a small piece of hope.

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       WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Jalene, followers do NOT bring you money. Neither does traffic from other hubbers. You get money from ranking in search engines.

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    rob_allenposted 12 years ago

    Oh God, Adsense is power tripping! Or should I say Google is Power tripping! I agree, welcome to reality

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    andromidaposted 12 years ago

    My earnings is all time low with a stable traffic.Chitika ads are performing much better in my personal blogs.I suspect the problem is with the Adsense ad delivery mechanism or Google is tweaking their ad delivery system.

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    Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

    I hace applied for Chitka twice and have never heard back, should i keep applying? Do they accept people outside the US?

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       andromidaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       They do accept.But their ads are highly targeted for US and UK visitors, in most cases.

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       mistyhorizon2003posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I was accepted for Chikita, but I have not used it because everyone says it is rubbish and earns zilch! I am guessing it is a bit like Kontera! (PS. I am in the UK)

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    inevitablesecretsposted 12 years ago

    Earnings might be plummeting on here but it's way better than YouTube still.

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