AdSense earnings horrible this month?

[cpvr]

Is it just me or are the adsense earnings sucking this month? My earnings have gone down 50% and doesn't show any signs of coming back up this month - my traffic has gone up as well, but perhaps, less advertisers, or less payouts this month.

Who's with me?

 

[sufi]

I didn't notice much difference. May be there is less competition in advertisers in your niche thats why you are getting low bids?

 

[happyhappy]

Holiday season usually you should see a drop in traffic and drop in clicks...

 

[bluearrow]

First 15 days were ok but then It have started dropping I hope things will get back to normal when holidays are over.

 

[domainco.us]

maybe people are spending more time eating/getting gifts and less online

 

[chicker]

Noticed in the teenage areas it has definatly dropped, myspace sites etc although clicks etc have been higher the payout is definatly less

 

[rbedell]

I noticed double the earnings this month on steady traffic thanks to the holiday shopping season. Product/shopping traffic does well this time of year.

 

[shockie]

i've seen less traffic in general which has attributed to dropped earnings. and on the odd days where traffic has risen, bounce rates have increased... it seems people have less time to spend online and are less patient during the holiday season.

 

[Ntech1125]

My clicks have also slowed down a bit. Hopefully they back back up next year

 

[gmtfan]

Lower traffic but doulbe earning. Just being happy with this holiday. Best month ever on adsense

 

[TheBulldog]

I did good. Opened up a new site which in the last two days alone has done about $40. Nothing fancy, just a typo type site. No, not a TM either

 

[simon johnson]

I think it depends on the category. Health, weight loss, dating etc.. are up. Others are right down.

TheBulldog: $40 in 2 days! Care to share the category?