What's good for Google may not be good for you

ReviewGolf.com · #1 (**permalink**) 02-04-2005, 10:02 AM

"Google's fourth quarter report is massive. Showing 26% revenue growth in the 3-months..."

During the same period I noticed a revenue drop in my AdSense program despite the constant traffic pattern. Has anyone else noticed similar coincidence?

jestep · #2 (**permalink**) 02-04-2005, 05:41 PM

Didn't notice any adsense changes, but we did notice an increase in adwods traffic, and less conversions without any signifigant changes.

ReviewGolf.com · #3 (**permalink**) 02-07-2005, 02:27 PM

This is actually what I meant. The conversion is way down and accordingly the revenue dropped.

activeco · #4 (**permalink**) 02-07-2005, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReviewGolf.com

During the same period I noticed a revenue drop in my AdSense program despite the constant traffic pattern. Has anyone else noticed similar coincidence?

Sure, I did. About 35%-40% drop here, despite providing more sites and naturally more clicks to the program.
I also tried putting everything back as before - no help.
What I experience now is very strange; about the same CTR and same number of clicks with revenue in enormous range - from 20% to 300% of usual average and I'm not talking peanuts.
No clue.

garbageaccount · #5 (**permalink**) 02-07-2005, 05:46 PM

we've seen a similar conversion drop on Google these past 3 months, while costs have gone up. Meanwhile our Overture conversions have increased significantly. Makes one think that perhaps Google is not going to keep their pace.