Comments on: Impact of Removing Spam Adsense Categories (Early Results) http://www.wangarific.com/impact-of-removing-spam-adsense-categories-early-results/ the internet is always open Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:38:13 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jim http://www.wangarific.com/impact-of-removing-spam-adsense-categories-early-results/comment-page-1/#comment-276 jim Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:26:57 +0000 http://www.wangarific.com/?p=376#comment-276 At least it's a good start, it's great to see income go up and CTR go down because it means that more people are sticking around AND you are earning more. At least it’s a good start, it’s great to see income go up and CTR go down because it means that more people are sticking around AND you are earning more.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.wangarific.com/impact-of-removing-spam-adsense-categories-early-results/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Patrick Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:59:52 +0000 http://www.wangarific.com/?p=376#comment-275 I'm going to stand by this being a small scale sample and not read into this too much: My CTR is down about 15%, but income is up 11%. (the last two days have been abnormally high for earnings, without an abnormally high traffic increase). I think I need a larger sample size for more accurate results. I’m going to stand by this being a small scale sample and not read into this too much: My CTR is down about 15%, but income is up 11%. (the last two days have been abnormally high for earnings, without an abnormally high traffic increase). I think I need a larger sample size for more accurate results.

]]> By: jim http://www.wangarific.com/impact-of-removing-spam-adsense-categories-early-results/comment-page-1/#comment-269 jim Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:00:07 +0000 http://www.wangarific.com/?p=376#comment-269 You can't A/B test this because it's an account setting, not an ad block setting, so it's very unscientific because you're comparing January 1st - 8th traffic vs. January 8th - 15th traffic. Presumably I could compare a few months worth of data once we're far enough away from January 8th (the day I switched it) to get something more scientific. The real take away from this is that the % of earnings reported by Adsense for these blocks will likely not be the actual loss of earnings should you block a category. You can’t A/B test this because it’s an account setting, not an ad block setting, so it’s very unscientific because you’re comparing January 1st – 8th traffic vs. January 8th – 15th traffic. Presumably I could compare a few months worth of data once we’re far enough away from January 8th (the day I switched it) to get something more scientific.

The real take away from this is that the % of earnings reported by Adsense for these blocks will likely not be the actual loss of earnings should you block a category.

]]> By: Fred @ One Project Closer http://www.wangarific.com/impact-of-removing-spam-adsense-categories-early-results/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Fred @ One Project Closer Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:23:47 +0000 http://www.wangarific.com/?p=376#comment-265 Hi Jim, How long was your test? Did you A/B test or could the fluctuation be accounted for in different traffic profile? Hi Jim, How long was your test? Did you A/B test or could the fluctuation be accounted for in different traffic profile?

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