A couple of years ago I was making good money each month with Google Adsense, enough so that it made sense to keep the codes running on the website. Then suddenly the revenue dropped, and it no longer made sense to have the Google ads running on the website.
Traffic to the website was climbing month to month, the content was largely the same yet I had no explanation for why the ads were no longer making money. So I pulled the banners.
Upon the launch of the new site design I decided to try Google Adsense again on a test run to see how it went. All I can say is that you don’t see the banners anymore for good reason, as earnings on Google Adsense was ridiculously low.
I am wondering if other bloggers are seeing the same drop in ad dollars running Google Adsense. I have been hounded by some ad networks to run contextual ads within the content but I really hate those types of ads.
Thankfully my podcast sponsors help keep the lights on, and allow me to hire bloggers that contribute here on Geek News Central. Google on the other hand was not even good enough for a cup of starbucks coffee.
adsense is a load of crap. I had an account with them for well over 5 yrs and never made much money. recently my blog has taken off so I started actually making some money with the ads. Last night they disabled my account and sent me a form letter. wow thanks google for thanks I get for my loyalty. I returned the favor and since there is no way to contact them I sent my complaint to the BBB.
I have been running Google Adsense for a little over three years now and have been making less each year although last year in the first quarter I had my best 3 months yet. Google is always tweaking Adsense mainly because of Internet Marketers that are always trying to dishonestly beat the system. In the long run it really hurts legitimate business folks. “black hat” tactics are primarily what drives some of Google’s changes in their Adsense algorithms. It will settle down at some point and we can all hope to use our creativity instead, to make Adsense revenue.
HI,
That’s quite true! the Google adsense earning has dropped quite sharply.. many bloggers and website owners are now searching for other options as well.
I m waiting for Google adsense to come up with something to counter this.
Regards
Zee