Problem with Google Adsense (March 2009)
March 4, 2009
What’s wrong with Google Adsense this March 2009?
That’s the question my friend who runs an entertainment portal emailed me to ask. He is wondering why the performance of his Adsense income has been “weird and erratic” during the first three days of March.
For instance, his double-digit daily earnings dropped considerably to just one digit during March 2 and 3. And yet, the number of ad clicks “strangely increased” with no corresponding increase in ad income.
Here’s a screenshot of his Adsense earnings during the past week.
The first strange thing here is the number of ad clicks on March 1. Although page impressions were relatively stable, the number of ad clicks that day surprisingly spiked to an “abnormal” 2,875. And yet, he only earned $21.35 that day.
The next day, March 2, ad clicks were supposedly 475 and yet the earnings were a meager $3.61. This, considering that on February 25, ad clicks were 105 and earnings were $21.89.
Worst, on March 3, ad clicks increased to 740 but the earnings fell to $1.06.
Can someone explain what’s going on?
In my case, my own Adsense income has been fluctuating uncontrollably since January 2009. There was one time when my income dropped by 50% from the previous day then went back to normal the day after only to drop again by 80% the following day.
I too have no idea what is going on.
A few minutes ago, I tried logging in to my Adsense account but cannot access it. I don’t know what the problem is but even after I’ve correctly typed my username and password, I just get redirected to the same Adsense homepage again (see screenshot). Dexter of Techathand.net apparently experienced the same thing.
Can someone tell me: What’s wrong with Google Adsense recently?
Related reading:
- Discussion forum: Google Adsense / Earn by Blogging / Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- More articles about Google and Adsense
March 7th, 2009 at %I:%M %p
it would be better if he’s tracking his blogs or websites using Google analytics so that he could check what particular webpage is the clicks coming from.
Usually, nangyayari ang ganito if your adsense account received invalid clicks.
March 7th, 2009 at %I:%M %p
@ice_hot, that’s not my earnings. I earn way less than that :)
@Dex, I too experienced that erratic adsense performance during the first days of March. Now, though, everything seems back to normal. I haven’t received any update from my friend yet if his adsense earnings stabilized.
@Marhgil, you said it. $1 for 740 clicks? Really insane.
@Pinay Celebrity Online, I have a feeling it’s because of invalid clicks too.
@jonhar, in Adsense for Search, you earn whenever a visitor clicks on the sponsored search results. You don’t earn when visitors simply use your Search Bar to search. As for Adsense for Domains, read our article here.
@JC, those are good insights on the issue. I’ll relay that to my friend.
@Rhodilee, it might be late now to tell you this but Adsense had maintenance work on their site that day that’s why our Adsense stats were stuck. They announced it on the official Adsense blog.
@yhadz, thanks for those insights. I’ll also pass that along to my friend.
@Paul, hope to see you soon so we can have some chat.
@Jay, as regards my own Adsense performance, everything has been erratic since late last year. In recent weeks, though, earnings have dropped relative to last year’s levels. I really hope this is only temporary.
@Nerbie, good for you. Probably the blog’s niche is also a factor because I see Adsense publishers posting in other forums that they are not seeing a decrease in their earnings.
@Lito, that’s not mine. That’s my friend’s who run an entertainment portal.
@Selboy, I’m not sure if he’s tracking his blog. But he told me that he emailed Adsense to inquire about the incident. I hope he gets a response then I’ll ask him to share it to us.
March 8th, 2009 at %I:%M %p
@James, the servers I use to promote my business websites are up and running again. Im expecting my Adsense earnings to go back to an average of $20 a day again. I’ll keep you posted.
@Jay Castillo, Ferdie, Lane, Rhodilee, Eliwingz, I apologize if I haven’t sent you any e-mail up to now regarding the system I developed and used. The thing is, I am using my system to do offline promotions for my business sites. I will e-mail you my proposition this week (between March 9 and 13) on how you, guys, can earn more from adsense.
At present, I have 3 clients who are using my other servers to earn money from Big G. I’ll keep you posted, I promise.