Smarpriced to the max
May 2, 08:01 AM
Something is happening to my adsense account, and I have to be honest, its never happened to this degree before. I’ve been smartpriced so hard, that my clicks are worth almost nothing at this point.
I know its not just me, I get lots of emails about people who are smartpriced as well. Google tells us, smartpricing is by an account basis, and doesn’t apply to all publishers as a whole. I’m starting to question this, after reading threads from around the adsense community, as the complaint level is higher than ever before.
This will inevitably change, but the disappointment of checking your daily revenue is frightening at times. I’ve had days recently, with 60 clicks, and less than 50 cents in revenue. That’s atrocious, no matter how you look at it. But its not just me, a lot of publishers are struggling with this.
What are the odds that clickthrough traffic on one site, are generating less value than another, on the exact same day? Two different niches, but all domains are smartpriced?
I’ve been smarpriced before, everyone has. However, sometimes its more harsh than others, and it hurts. If it continues, I’ll yank down adsense from a few of my larger sites, for a couple of weeks.
I’ll keep you upto date on the results.
5 Responses to "Smarpriced to the max"
May 2, 01:57 PM
If its a poor month for advertiser spending, I’ll understand. But.. the entire publishing community is being slammed with smart-pricing it seems.
May 2, 01:58 PM
Dude, my entire account of domains has went from solid earnings, to pennies this week. This sucks.
May 2, 02:01 PM
:) 58 clicks = 1$ for me yesterday. Beat those smart pricing stats.
May 3, 09:19 PM
Not only is this a bad month, as was April, but my earnings are down 65%. Question is, it won’t change until google decides to do so. Smartpricing by account isn’t really fair, it should be by domain.
May 7, 08:16 AM
I’m really struggling with smartpricing this month as well. This sucks.