Day-over-Day dramatic drop in per click earnings

slumbum · Sep 3, 2008

It was explained to me by Parked, that when earnings are adjusted it's because fraudelent traffic is being thwarted. But what happens when the number of clicks is the same, but $1.14 per click rurns to .38 cents per click the very next day?

Overall, the revenue goes down by approximately 50%

Thanks,
E.

Theo · Sep 3, 2008

It means Yahoo decided the traffic was not good enough for the advertiser's money. It's called, double-dipping in your pocket.

slumbum · Sep 3, 2008

Really? Wow... I suspected I was losing money. I was told about the "fraudent traffic" thing, but when I started looking at it, the only numbers that went down were the EPC.

It's not really clear on Park's interface. That should be upfront, otherwise...what good are preliminary numbers if they are not accurate or reliable? I believe my traffic is good quality. Any chance earnings will be reflected over time or should I just shop for another parking agregator? I am looking for one that updates regularly, and pays more than .02 - .20 a click.

Donny Simonton · Sep 3, 2008

slumbum - Acroplex is being a little over zealous. I'm not sure what account is yours, but whenever you add a domain into our system the first first days our estimate system can be a little off. It takes about 5 days for it to start estimating your numbers more accurately.

Donny

lotk.com · Sep 13, 2008

I'm going to reopen this because I am having the same problem now.
One of my domains that has been with parked for several months has a $3.02 click on one day and then the next day it is only worth .23 This has happened several times and would like an explanation.

Thanks in advance!

Donny Simonton · Sep 13, 2008

lotk.com - Without knowing the domain I can't really help. I am assuming you are talking about the estimates, if you only are getting one click on a domain I could see this happen. It's purely a statistical average that we are using to estimate clicks. So let's say you have all clicks from the US and then tomorrow you have 1 click from China, we will estimate the click at the full price. But then tomorrow the finalized price will be much less.

Donn