Comments on: Google Adsense Smart Pricing – Help Please

By: TerryG

TerryG — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:02:05 +0000

Hi Everton, I checked my all time stats and with the sites that had a low ctr I deleted. Thats right deleted. Wasting space anyway on my server. Since then I have not noticed any difference in the cpc so I am now looking into the competitive ad filter. It is my guess that is the first place to start.
TerryG aka Psychic

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By: Ajay

Ajay — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:15:15 +0000

I guess the best option is to write to Google then.

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:50:16 +0000

#Ajay

It’d be nicer if someone had the answer though!

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:21:44 +0000

Everton I have the same problem this month, same difference in ECPM for ghacks. I have not found a reason for this other than the possible reason that sometimes I get worse ad feeds from google.

It also is affected by which ads are clicked on by the users which can make a difference as well. Don’t think you can influence this though.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:23:47 +0000

That is why you should give this a test for atleast a month so you can evaluate it throughout.

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:16:45 +0000

It’s hard to tell though Ajay as my rates fluctuate so much. E.g for my best day this month (yesterday in fact) my eCPM was $8 better than my worst day.

Admittedly, that day was awful for some reason, but the spread between my good and bad days is still $4-5. I really wish I understood what was driving the eCPM on my good days so I could be more consistent!

By: Ajay

Ajay — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:51:49 +0000

My suggestion is why not give it a shot. Knock off the ads from the other sites and see how well the ads out here perform. Then give us feedback about the same :)

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:46:40 +0000

Well Smart Pricing affects all sites under an Adsense account even though only one site might have activated it. This is a pretty stupid ruling by Google.

Smart Pricing normally drops the price per click to some cents the most, if that is not the case here you should not be worried.