I've noticed a decrease, but with Halloween and the election I'm not worried. If it goes on for a few weeks, well then maybe ...

Lisa

Mine have been going up....but I made some changes to all my
sites and that may be the reason.

For me it came on sudden. Who knows i hope its from the election and everything.

Although Google did send out that email to publishers last week pledging to help us stay profitable, thats kind of odd to do right before alot of people see earnings slide?

I am getting same amount of traffic but the earning has gone down about 20% from past one week.

Hey captivereef how many sites do you have out there earning for you?

Mine has been up and down. On the average, I am still more or less maintaining that profit per month basis. In fact when the adsense earnings diid go down on a particular day, it was normally compensated with some affilaites earnings. So it balance

I have around 20 sites, my traffic has been steady but my earnings and CTR went down. I think the election maybe contributing as well. Time will tell.

I made $9 yesterday compared to my normal $25-$30 per day!

I think now is my time to move into another income stream.

I have been getting a slight increase in traffic and earnings so hopefully I won't be hit by this slump.

my earnings per click are down 32%. It will turn around but it happened at a bad time for me personally. Oh well I have not stopped promoting my sites and will keep on doing what works.

My only fear is that because of a slow down Google goes through and guts the Adsense program to satisfy advertisers.

Thats my plan, everything happens for a reason and maybe its time for me to diversify.

Heading towards a recession/in a recession would have something to do with it.

This is gonna have a big impact on everything.

Wow, I just logged in so I could ask this VERY question and this post is what I saw at the top of the topics.

I've seen a dramatic drop in earnings per click while maintaining the same or more traffic.

I'd love to diversify into affiliate sales, but I've never been able to make it work on my blogs.

Glad to know I'm not the only one on the Google issue. I was worried I was getting some sort of Google smack down.

i have ade $5.56 so far today!!!!!!!!!!! Normally by this time I am over $20 I hope after the election it calms down a bit and gets back to normal

Geeez - Doesn't look too Good.

Mine has been down for a while too.

I have bidvertiser on one site and the ads are terrible and the CTR is horrible!

20 sites is easy, ust build them up lowly over time the write and article or two a month for each site to keep it building links and traffic.

Captivereef -- My earnings did dip over the last week, but they are back up today (unless it's just a fluke). My traffic was lower along with the decrease in adsense earning which sounds different from what you were experiencing.

I would expect lower adsense payouts if advertising declines due to the tough economy. But it should really depend on what markets you've entered.

If you've already built 20 sites that are getting search traffic can't you go out and find affiliate programs based on those markets? You'll lose momentum if you start over so it would be nice to add what you've already built if you're thinking of moving away from adsense.

Lisa

Yes - me too. Hope it is the US election??? Or is this the recession striking?

today seems a little better then any other day this monthr, hopefully it will start to come back!

well i am over $11 so far today which is still low but beter then the $8 and $9 days i have been having. I started to article market a clickbank roduct today so lets see where that goes!

Made just under $12 yesterday and it picked up the day after the election and today seems to be starting good! I hope it was just people focused on the election!

I was expecting a little decrease this Halloween and it did happen

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No way of any violation.
If there was a violation then the account or specific site was banned or eliminated from the program. It is just the fluctuation of Adsense and perhaps the impact of the financial crisis.

finished just over $6 yesterday, i have not had earnings this low in almost two years!!!

I did start promoting a clickbank product and sold one yesterday so that helped! Hopefully I can sell 2 a day and get my earnings back to where they need to be

My Adsense earnings have held up during the past week, there was only a slight dip on election day. However a the same, my affiliate earnings totally collapsed (I promote physical products).

This seems to imply that businesses are still spending money on advertising even though sales have deteriorated markedly. My hunch is that this will not hold up and it is a matter of time before businesses are forced to cut adverstising. Right now, it seems that they want to get as much sales as possible before Christmas.