Call it a combination of bad news and a bit of reassurance: if your AdSense earnings are sinking, you’re not alone. Anecdotal evidence abounds, and a new (and admittedly unscientific) survey pretty much clinches the trend.
A total of 187 people responded to Barry Schwartz’s question on the subject, and 117 of them (or 63 percent) said their AdSense earnings are down from last year. Thirty-one individuals (or 17 percent of respondents) said their earnings are “about the same,” and only 39 people (or 21 percent of the total) thought their earnings had risen.
The discussion about what caused these changes remains lively - is it Google’s fault? the economy? this week’s eclipse? - but at least people who are affected by the problem now know they didn’t make some catastrophic mistake. Also, since Schwartz’s survey didn’t touch how much earnings have sunk, it’s possible that things aren’t quite as bad as they seem.
Meanwhile, if it’s any consolation (or just another piece of not-great news), Google’s continuing to take some hits on the stock market; the company is down $4.23, or 0.84 percent, so far today.
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February 29th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
adsense help
March 5th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
It seems people all over the net are complaining about their adsense earnings.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:52 am
You can find it odd, but my adsense earning from the same site that got penalized from google and is pr0 instead of pr4 increased 10 times from last year. Of course, I get more traffic, but not that much. The main reason is that my CPC went up from .20 to over $1 a day. My other websites earn more now as well, but I believe that on the other ones it is mostly because of traffic.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I think it might be the economy. The Internet isn’t immune from real world economic trends. This might be a crossover effect.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Mine have gone down a ton since Dec. Not sure if it is my content, or if people are just getting smarter.
March 15th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
This happens all the time, from one year to the next. It’s all to do with seasonal stuff etc. Don’t worry about it, I find most of the time it balances out in the end.