Falling back to summer 2004 income levels

Falling back to summer 2004 income levels
The Panda update hits since April 2011 6:51 pm on Aug 11, 2012 (gmt 0)
My first Google AdSense Month, June 2004, just US$ 357

My highest records around US$ 4500

Since April 2011, it goes down. This month about US$ 600 expected.

 7:26 pm on Aug 11, 2012 (gmt 0)
August is a very slow month...
 7:43 pm on Aug 11, 2012 (gmt 0)
Is the drop since April because of traffic, epc or CTR?
 8:09 pm on Aug 11, 2012 (gmt 0)
80% lose of traffic, I think the Panda update
 8:37 pm on Aug 11, 2012 (gmt 0)
Don't forget Penguin too, what date did your traffic drop?
 9:06 pm on Aug 11, 2012 (gmt 0)
I feel your pain. The same happened to me on April 11, 2011. I've done everything to recover - but thinking I'm going to have to start submitting my resume and get a job. Whatever I have to do. I've got two kids and one that is starting college August 20th. YIKES!

Sucks too.... because what is ranking for my niche is pure BS. Crappy, out-dated junk or sites owned by Internet Brands that have tons of cash to buy their rank.

 9:34 pm on Aug 11, 2012 (gmt 0)zeus

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 9:49 pm on Aug 11, 2012 (gmt 0)
Frost_Angel - im in the same boat, since april 2011 I have lost traffic I have 2 Month left, if nothing changes im out of the internet business, have to sell my car and move to another place. Whats almost worse is when I look at the first 10 pages where I used to rank, I hardly find anything that can compete with my site at all, so I even dont know what to change and why I should do.
 9:28 am on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0)
Frost_Angel - im in the same boat, since april 2011 I have lost traffic I have 2 Month left, if nothing changes im out of the internet business, have to sell my car and move to another place. Whats almost worse is when I look at the first 10 pages where I used to rank, I hardly find anything that can compete with my site at all, so I even dont know what to change and why I should do.

I did in December 2011 a big update in design.
My first big change where I see changes in the Google Analytics data.

30% more page views per visitor.
Even a bigger increase at visitors with smart phones.

Thought this should bring the big recovery, but it got even worse.

 5:47 pm on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0)
I'm in the same boat too. My sites have lost about half their traffic since last summer, but it has been a gradual decline so probably not due to Panda/Penguin.
Maybe not enough content ATF, the freshness factor or something else.
I have spent a lot of time going over the sites trying different things to turn it around. Even a redesign to liquid layout did nothing to improve things.
Seems like the EPC also declined at the same time. Did anybody else notice that? Maybe the SERP ranking of site is a factor in the smart pricing algo.
 12:47 am on Aug 13, 2012 (gmt 0)
That's staggering! From 4500 to 600 is a big drop. Usually, you should be getting at least 2000 still.

How often do you update your site(s)? I think I may have figured out how google ranking works. It's how often you update your sites; the type of visitors you're getting; where they came from; repeat or new visitors; and how long they stay on your sites.

I only had one site when I started. My traffic took a nosedive about 2 years ago. Then I did something clever -- I separated my main site into 6 new sites. Let's say if your topic is about fashion, you can separate it to different categories with new domains: baby fashion, teen fashion, women fashion, advice fashion, and so on. Within a year, I was able to recover my lost traffic and it just keeps growing and growing. However, I work many hours a day -- at least 8 hours.

The secret to success is keeping your new visitors. The moment they land on your page, you have to get them hooked so they stay longer and get them to come back to your site again and again. How to accomplish this? Regular update; fast page load; well designed site; easy fluid navigation; great fun/relevant/interesting/popular/unique content.