The problem is, they do not actually know if your clicks lead to sales or not. So, it makes sense for them to cut their high-dollar outputs -- even if they convert. The publishers will never know.
Actually, unless you have both an adsense and adwords account, you would not have known they changed how they are paying you.
Some of their assumptions are invalid -- such as their examples. I do not buy from a "reviews" page, I buy from a tips or examples page. I scan reviews for information, then move on to find a better price, or examples. They are penalizing those sorts of actions.
"clicks" was hard data.
This "expected revenue" is not.
Web publishers were getting a reasonably fair shake, and positioning was was being paid at what were 'posted' standard rates 2-3 years ago. Now it seems that is dropping again.
It's too soon to really tell, as weekend revenues are always lower, as are start of month revenues for some reason.
But I'm comparing same monthly time periods to same periods, and am seeing a ppc drop.
Micro managing is never a good thing -- trends are what is important, but coupled with the posted change, it does not look good. My CTR's are up, higher than theyve' been in years, and have gone up steadily through the program, but now the ppc is dropping, while CTR is rising.
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Actually, unless you have both an adsense and adwords account, you would not have known they changed how they are paying you.
Some of their assumptions are invalid -- such as their examples. I do not buy from a "reviews" page, I buy from a tips or examples page. I scan reviews for information, then move on to find a better price, or examples. They are penalizing those sorts of actions.
"clicks" was hard data.
This "expected revenue" is not.
Web publishers were getting a reasonably fair shake, and positioning was was being paid at what were 'posted' standard rates 2-3 years ago. Now it seems that is dropping again.
It's too soon to really tell, as weekend revenues are always lower, as are start of month revenues for some reason.
But I'm comparing same monthly time periods to same periods, and am seeing a ppc drop.
Micro managing is never a good thing -- trends are what is important, but coupled with the posted change, it does not look good. My CTR's are up, higher than theyve' been in years, and have gone up steadily through the program, but now the ppc is dropping, while CTR is rising.
PUGDOG� Enterprises, Inc.
The best way to contact me is to NOT use Email.
Please leave a PM here.
